Releasedate for Doom 3 announced

Damrod · #1 November 3rd, 2004, 05:06 PM

I fished that from a mac-news page, and thought I'd share.

(Translated, the source is www.macnews.de)

Aspyr announced that Doom 3 will be released and shipped next February. It will be one of the first titles that will only run on G5 macs. The port is done by ID software themselfs. The Game only runs on the yet to be released OS X 10.3.6, at least 52 MB RAM, Radeon 8500/Geforce 3 with at least 32 MB, and a G5 CPU of 1.6 GHz and more. The game is shipped on a DVD. THe price will be around 50 US-$

HateEternal · #2 November 4th, 2004, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damrod

I fished that from a mac-news page, and thought I'd share.

(Translated, the source is www.macnews.de)

Aspyr announced that Doom 3 will be released and shipped next February. It will be one of the first titles that will only run on G5 macs. The port is done by ID software themselfs. The Game only runs on the yet to be released OS X 10.3.6, at least 52 MB RAM, Radeon 8500/Geforce 3 with at least 32 MB, and a G5 CPU of 1.6 GHz and more. The game is shipped on a DVD. THe price will be around 50 US-$

Do they not plan on selling many copies or what? I don't understand why they would go G5 only..

JetwingX · #3 November 4th, 2004, 12:56 AM

do you have any idea how graphically intense the game is?

The PC world has a big of a cut off as we do

Zammy-Sam · #4 November 4th, 2004, 04:37 AM

A G5 1.6ghz won't be so much faster (if at all) than a Dual G4 1.42ghz (if dual processing is used). And I don't think Doom3 is going 64bit. So, why only G5 compatible? Our powerbooks have much stronger hardware than the requirement..

Damrod · #5 November 4th, 2004, 06:29 AM

Well, if it really gets G5 only, I'm already out of the game with my G4 MDD...

It's really sad that they bring it only to the highest ranked machines. But, with some adjustments, it may also run on slower machines. (Heard it from a friend who owns a 'slow' PC) Let's see what it eventually brings in February.

Viro · #6 November 4th, 2004, 08:49 AM

The G5's have much better FPUs than the current G4s. That's probably the reason for the requirement since the G4s are only competitive with hte G5 when Altivec is used. Without Altivec, the G4s are not brilliant number crunchers.

TWRayer · #7 November 8th, 2004, 04:36 PM

I wonder if they are going to force a G5, or if that is simply a recommendation. If you have a fast G4 (or two) with a good graphics card, I think they should allow you to run Doom3.

Flanjoo · #8 November 23rd, 2004, 03:21 AM

Bear in mind that this is id we're talking about here, folks. Normally, you can run their games on machines slower than the recommended specs after an update or two. I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to update it to support 64-bit and dual processors. Then it would fly....