Best Vid Card for Doom 3?

HeadHolio · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 445

Well, the topic says it all. I need to upgrade my GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB vid card to something better so I can savour the flavour of Doom 3. Of course, I do have limits and I want to stick to an NVidia card with the best price/performance ratio, that will play Doom 3 with no slowdowns/choppyness at a good quality setting. I was thinking something like a FX5800??? I think? Is that a good card?

DarrenM · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:06 am Post subject:

Look here to see how all the cards perform on different systems:

http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ0

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

Plastic · l33t Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 649

A Geforce 6800 should do nicely. You can get an eVGA one at newegg.com for less than $300

John5788 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:00 am Post subject:

5200 shouldnt cost that much.. maybe like $60-75
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Satertek · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 15

Do NOT buy a 5200 *shudder*

I'd just skip the FX line and get a 6800.

John5788 · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:13 am Post subject:

the 5200 is just the FX version of a geforce 4 mx440, supporting directx 9
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DarrenM · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:55 am Post subject:

The mx440 is a geforce 2 with directx 8 support added. It's a POS. Don't buy those cards unless you absolutely cannot afford a decent card.

aethyr · Veteran Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 1085 Location: NYC

If you want to spend less than $300 I'd say you have two choices:

5900 XT for <$200
6800 for <$300

If you don't mind spending over $300, there'd the 6800 GT.

jerome187 · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 584

u2mike · Apprentice Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 209

I have a FX5600 and it works ok with doom 3. I have it on high settings running at 640x480. Its smooth, doesn't look as good as a 6800 but....

Phorem · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:32 pm Post subject:

As aethyr mentioned, the 5900XT is well worth the money. I used to have a FX5200 and i wouldn't recommend that to my worst enemy. What a POS the 5200 is. I wouldn't even go below the 5900 if at all possible. And obviously if you're loaded, buy the 6800.
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PZoned · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:31 am Post subject:

Ive only got Windoze experience to work from here. (stupid no linux client on CD) but i got a Radeon 9800 pro. and my doom kept crashing and it was slow, then i realized that i had Catalyst 4.3 (newest is 4.7

) so i upgraded, now i can play at High Quality mode at 1280x1024 and it runs smoothly

but since were talking about ATI and their linux drivers, it will most likey be a shitty card (unless if ATI keeps the tradition of good performance only with ID's engines

)

ckenda1 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 126

just sold my radeon 9800 Pro today and bought a 6800 GT... all i can say is wow... the 6800 GT owns the crap out of the 9800 Pro... hands down.. Doom3 now looks so much better...

9800 Pro - 1024x768 Medium Quality

6800 GT - 1280x1024 Ultra Quality 4x8x

mmm Doom3.. if you got the cash... the 6800 GT is the way to go....

blixel · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:24 am Post subject: Re: Best Vid Card for Doom 3?

kevdoig · Apprentice Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 171

6800Ultra all the way.. i'm away to order mine! and the 5200.. how can i put this.. NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

supated · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:46 am Post subject:

Yeah, I'll testament that the FX5200 is a POS for 3D gaming, its a good budget desktop card but thats about it. Apparently there were 5200Ultra's or something along those lines that were a fair bit better but I digres.. I was actually looking at video cards myself this morning in preperation of D3 and yeah, I probably wouldnt go for anything less than an FX5900.

cylgalad · Veteran Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 1327 Location: France

Geforce 6800 => 2 molex on it => you need a new power-supply.
D3 should run on a 4MX (in 320x240 maybe :lol:

)
btw isn't doom3 suppose to be shipped with nvidia cards in the near future ?

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mr sk · Apprentice Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 174 Location: Hollis

5200 suXors for d00m III. I have 2.8 P4 - 1.5DDR RAM - fx5200..blah blah..i want a x800

anways i have to play doom at 480" and with everything but shadows turned off 8O :x :o :(
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archsvile · Apprentice Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 164 Location: PA

yo guys that think the geforce fx 5200 sucks yer wrong you probly never even tested it well i did

and it goes at 800x600 high quilty

well i would rather use my 5500 though runs twice as fast
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HeadHolio · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 445

Okay, after reading through some suggestions (thanks for the suggestions by the way), I am thinking of purchasing a Leadtek A400TDH GeForce 6800 AGP8X 128MB. I found this one for $385 Canadian not including tax. What do you guys think? Is this a good decision? Someone mentioned waiting about a month or so before purchasing because prices are expected to fall. But that applies at all times of the year, so theoretically, I could wait forever. But anyways, I want to see a significant difference between the new card I purchase, and my old Asus GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB.

archsvile · Apprentice Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 164 Location: PA

i think a geforce fx 5900 would run it full graphics but yea sure the 6800 is better

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