Spec as follows:

AMD 3500 / ASUS A8V DLX / OCZ PE PC3700 EB / Aopen 6800GT

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Thanks for your help on here before, from the like of Meridian / Mr Footlong.

I've now got two good systems now

 

What HS u got on the chip? also what have u got your FSB set at? are you running an xp2500 at that speed?

 

check out this link:
Doom 3 bench marks
It'll give you an idea of what it will run on and which are the optimal settings, should some specs close to your system.

 

Bwahahah course it will, can't really buy a better pc atm. Nice choice on the EB/6800, you just wanna get it on phase-change cooling & you'll be rocking

 

I think I have resigned myself to the fact that neither Doom3 or HL2 will run on wither of my PC's...

 

doom 3 runs sweet on mine even when set to 1600 x 1200

 

I think he's just showing off - it'll run just fine. Actually it runs OK on way slower rigs than that. John Cormack is not stupid - he's not going to release a game that won't run on most peeps computers, so it's actually less abusive of hardware than Far Cry I believe. Bu now I'm going to have to give up on buying the Morrettes so I can afford to upgrade the comp anyway....

 

do you think considering mine is only an AMD 3200, dont think it hard to see his cpu is better

 

Sorry guys, was a little tongue in cheek my first comment.
But thanks for pointing me at the other forum for computer stuff.
I've no just got to tune my ram / cpu settings and a fresh WinXP install, with the latest drivers.

The ATi9800pro I started with is now in the P4 system, which I also bought a few bits for (P4C800-E DLX / TwinX XMS3200C2PT amonst others) and running much better.

My original questions on here was along the lines of what could I do to get the most out of my P4/ATi9800pro... well, the basic answer was AMD/ATi.. but then I starting looking at Doom3 reports... so the final purchase (honest) was the 6800GT (and a Zalman 7000B for the P4).

I'm now skint for the rest of the year!

Thanks guys, Alex

 

PS.

KingRA - I'm not O/C 'ing yet, been building the systems for the last couple of weeks.... I've not decided on a cooler yet for the AMD, complete specs are:

AMD 3500 / A8V dlx / OCZ PE PC3700 EB (1Gb) / Aopen 6800GT
2x Samsung SATA 80Gb / NEC 2510A / AKASA FC-03 Fan controller
3.5" disc drive / Coolermaster Praetorian (Silver) / side window panel
4x CM blue led fans / Antec True Blue 480W PSU / ASUS wireless card

P4 Northwood 3.2 + Zalman 7000B-Cu / P4C800-E DLX / Twinx XMS3200C2PT
Gigabyte ATi9800 PRO 256MB / 1x Samsung SATA 160Gb / NEC 2510A /
SONY DVDR / AKASA FC-03 / 3.5" disc drive / CM Praetorian (black)
side window panel / 4x CM red led fans / Antec True Blue 480W PSU
ASUS Wireless card

Using LG 1710B and 1720B respectively for screen.

 

I currently have the following which runs Doom 3 at 80+fps from timedemo 1

P4 3.0 @ 3.9
PNY 6800 Ultra
1GB XMS3500 Cas 2
2 x 80GB SATA Raid 1
2 x 160GB SATA Raid 1
1 x DVD-r A106
1 x DVD/CD-R/CD-RW
Hitachi 174SXW

BTW if anybody is interested I'm thinking of floggin the 6800 Ultra as I'm going SFF and will get a x800xt to go in that as the 6800 won't fit...

Steve

 

Nice, might I recommend to you buying the OCZ ram from ebay. I bought my OCZ PC3200 EB 1gb from a trader (brand new) and it was about £40 cheaper than any online store.

 

You could, but those are the bits I've already bought
Infact ordered the Zalman 7000B to fit to the AMD today.
And thats it now, no more spending....