Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Originally Posted by Richard M

A Radeon 9800 Pro:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...00_Series.html
They are faster than even the NVidia FX5950 in most games and are ridiculously cheap at the moment.

If you want the ultimate card, then get one of these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X800_Series.html
I'm waiting for the Sapphire X800XT to become available at the bottom of the page myself... :)
Forget NVidia, they cost about £100 more for less performance. :confused:

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

I have mine ordered at play.com. Them and everywhere else I checked has it due on the 13/8 which is a friday and that is always the release date for games in the UK.

Originally Posted by mrmassive

i put farcry ut2004 on dvd will do the same with doom 3 :D

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Check this awesome G4 Tech TV Doom3 footage:

http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=16444 (110.8MB)

Originally Posted by Bifta

Works for me ok ... weird

Originally Posted by Richard M

Thanks for that video, very interesting. :)
I like that bit in the corridor when you hear a woman say "they took my baby" and you hear babies crying all around you. :disturbd:
We're going to be scared stupid in two weeks. :D

Originally Posted by poolking

Win98 users won't be too happy though.

Originally Posted by poolking

I know, but who's going to shell out £100+ for the upgrade? :)

Originally Posted by poolking

I know, but who's going to shell out £100+ for the upgrade? :)

Originally Posted by Neil

:LOL: www.nforce.nl appears to have collpased under the weight of people posting just to say "is it out yet?" :D

Originally Posted by Foo Fighter

lmao theres 21,500 people on a certain torrent thats gotta be the biggest ever and its still growing

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Yeah its pretty slow coming down too...

BTW- before anyone complains - I've bought it already and its on pre-order. Just means i get it quicker.

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Yeah its pretty slow coming down too...

BTW- before anyone complains - I've bought it already and its on pre-order. Just means i get it quicker.

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

scary stuff then , would i need my teddy bear for company :D :D :D :D

Originally Posted by Bifta

It is pretty scary, especially as you're wandering down a passageway, all the lights flicker out, you turn your flashlight only to find a big demon bearing down on you. *parp* It's more of the "make you jump" scary than psychological scary, reminds me a bit of Aliens Vs. Predator in that respect.

Originally Posted by Bifta

It is pretty scary, especially as you're wandering down a passageway, all the lights flicker out, you turn your flashlight only to find a big demon bearing down on you. *parp* It's more of the "make you jump" scary than psychological scary, reminds me a bit of Aliens Vs. Predator in that respect.

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

AvP 1&2 they were so scary. I am not joking when I say I fell off my chair once or twice...... Slowly walking down a darkened corridor only to miss the fact that the corrider split in 2, I turned just as a xenomorph leapt out at me. Never been so scared in my life. I mean it was 1.30am and no lights on!!

Originally Posted by Richard M

Nice screenshot Bifta, I assume it was well worth the wait. :)

Originally Posted by Richard M

Looks like as well as sales records, it's going to be breaking piracy records too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3527332.stm

Originally Posted by kronas

i was just reading that (wonders how the BBC picked up on it ;) )

Originally Posted by Bifta

I take back what I said about the BFG, I remembered to keep my finger on the button this time :D

Have any of you reached the shrine with the candles/pentagram etc yet? That voices etc freaked me right out.

Originally Posted by Bifta

I take back what I said about the BFG, I remembered to keep my finger on the button this time :D

Have any of you reached the shrine with the candles/pentagram etc yet? That voices etc freaked me right out.

Originally Posted by Richard M

Oh yeah, just wait until you get further.

I just played it again (couldn't help it! :D) - I take back all I said about repetition, just after you finish Alpha Labs 2 there's this absolutely terrifying part where you follow a scientist through some very small corridors.
For some reason the electrics interfere with your lights and when you get to the end, your torch and his fail completely so you're totally in blackness with "things" approaching from all sides. :Yikes: :disturbd:
That was the most scary part by a long way.

After that, you meet the nasty spiders... :cool: :shocked:

BTW - I have already paid for this game, it's coming on the 14th and when it does I'll be uninstalling/reinstalling with my own copy. :)

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Is this a warez forum now then? I just hope you guys have a legal *cough* copy *cough* :nono:

Originally Posted by Ben

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3527332.stm

:rolleyes: Don't really matter considering 1000's of people have downed it.... You might as well be one of them..

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Argg - couldnt find the BFG - i got the Code - but couldnt find the locker...

Got killed. :D

Originally Posted by Bifta

Press CTRL-ALT and ¬ to bring up the console, type give all

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Thanks - i really dont like using cheats though so I will just play through it as is. I'll get it eventually.

Originally Posted by Bifta

Press CTRL-ALT and ¬ to bring up the console, type give all

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

surely you can bind a key to console in your config?
i remember doing that in the alpha anyway :erm:

Originally Posted by TheShadow

I'm downloading it too at the moment (I hope NTL doesn't foam at the mouth because I've uploaded quite alot).

Anyway, I'll be buying this as soon as it's released in England. It's one of those games you have to buy purely because it's a classic (and the fact I've got all the other Doom games).

Shame about multiplayer though, only 4 people max per server, but I'm getting this purely for SP. I'm sure some fan made mods will up the max player amount.

Originally Posted by Richard M

One word: arghh!!! :Yikes: :disturbd:

I just spent about 3 hours playing Doom III and it's everything I expected and more.
The graphics are generally excellent, lots of dark corners you just have to check with your torch and awesome pixelshader effects all over the place, although the low res textures on the people's clothes really annoyed me. :grind:
Being used to Far Cry, I've also seen a lot of this before which is a shame. :(

It really is as if they opened a gateway to hell, it's complete chaos in the research facility, some of the visuals are pretty gruesome and it can get quite violent so it's not a game for kids.
The area I think it really excels is the sound though, I highly recommend a minimum of a 5.1 system playing it - the voice acting is also superb. :eek:

The gameplay rocks, it feels bit repetitive sometimes but it's not too bad, you're usually on the edge of your seat the whole time you play it and a few times I yelled out "oh <expletive>" when something came around the corner and lunged at me. :p:
I also like the scout-bots, they were very cool.

My system played it extremely smoothly on max details and the high quality setting at 1024x768, in fact it plays so well I'm putting off the purchase of a new graphics card for a while I think.
I'll see what it plays like at 1280x1024 tomorrow but I'm not really that bothered, you don't notice the jaggies when playing. :)

Anyway, I've got some screenshots up - a couple attached and some more here:
http://www.richardm.co.uk/images/for...m%203%20Grabs/

PS. Try not to play it in the dark. ;)

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Feckin Eck.

Any news on how it works? (downloading it now)

Originally Posted by theblueraja

Seems pretty good actually - smooth as a nut in fact, cant say how many more FPS i get but it seems better.

Might even try Ultra settings.