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Doom 3 system requirements



Written by: Fredrik Olsson
Published: 05-10-02 18:36


Thease are the official system specifications from id Software.

PC Minimum System Requirements
P4 1.5Ghz CPU (or equivalent).
384MB of RAM.
64MB graphics card (see below for chip details).
2GB of free hard drive space.

Lowest supported GPU is a Geforce 4 MX (worse than Geforce 3).
Radeon 8500s, 9000s and higher.

PC Recommended System Requirements
Thease are recommendations by us at FreakyGaming, based on the systems we had an opportunity to try out Doom 3 on.

Recommended for Medium Quality - 1024x768:
2Ghz CPU.
512MB RAM.
Radeon 9800 or GeForce FX 5950U.
5-channel sound card and speakers or headphones.

Recommended for High Quality - 1280x1024:
3Ghz CPU.
1024MB RAM.
Radeon X800 XT or any Geforce 6800.
5-channel sound card and speakers or headphones.


Mac Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later
CPU Processor: PowerPC G4/G5 or later
CPU Speed: 1.5GHz or faster
Memory: 512 MB or higher
Hard Disk Space: 2.0GB free disk space
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600 or better
Video Card (NVIDIA): GeForce FX5200 or better
Video Memory (VRam): 64 MB
Media Required: DVD Drive

Mac Recommended System Requirements
CPU Processor: PowerPC G5
CPU Speed: 2.0GHz or faster
Video RAM: 128MB


More detailed system requirements from id Softwares homepage:
  • 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers*.
  • English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
  • Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or Athlon® XP 1500+ processor or higher
  • 384MB RAM
  • 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
  • 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® swap file)
  • 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
  • 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
  • DirectX® 9.0b (included)
    MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS:
  • Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
  • Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
  • LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers

  • Important Note: *Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0b compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/ME or NT.
    SUPPORTED CHIPSETS:
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 8500
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9000
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9200
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9500
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9600
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9700
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9800
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 3/Ti series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4MX series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4/Ti series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) FX series
  • nVidia® GeForce(tm) 6800
 

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