I read it would be able to run on a 1gig machine fairly well (developer said that during interview with IGN). They mentioned something about newer technology making this possible? How can a 1gig machine run a game like Doom3? Am I the only one that thinks this is nuts??
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a 1 gig machine with a 9700 pro or better no problem. You won't be able to crank up the resolution but it will be playable. MOst games depend much more on the video card then on the procesor.
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If you can't crank up the resolution on an 9700 pro what will you be able to crank it up on? A video card not out yet?! I wonder what the devs are using on there systems?
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make sure you got a good math coprocessor
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DKarn said:
Math co-processor, eh?
*Oni warps back to 1990
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DKarn said:
Guess my 486SX25 is out then
Time to upgrade to the 486DX66 I guess. Maybe I should go balls out and get a Pentium 60mhz.
<shrug>
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The shadow calculations are going to be calculated at the GPU in the newest video hardware. The CPU will be used for physics, enemy AI, skeletal animation, input and network code.
Depending on how elegant you could make the code and how well you could optimize under SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/etc, you could probably get all that squeezed into a 1ghz processor.
Depending on how elegant you could make the code and how well you could optimize under SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/etc, you could probably get all that squeezed into a 1ghz processor.
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All speculation at this time in my opinion, we wont know for sure how it runs until it is actually released. What they call "fairly well" is probably 640*480 with low detail which is what we call playable. Games are getting more GPU intensive but you can bet your last penny it will run a hell of a lot smoother with more than 1Ghz of processing power.
A game like Doom3 is one which is crying to be played in all its glory with all the bells and whistles!
-Chris
A game like Doom3 is one which is crying to be played in all its glory with all the bells and whistles!
-Chris
