DOOM 3..What should I upgrade first?

[noah68]

I have a 2200xp
512 mb pc3200
geforcefx5200 128mb
on board sound card...
Doom 3 plays good but it studders and the sound skips sometimes ,what would be good to get first besides a $500 video card?

[Force Flow]

I'd say you're up to par in everything except the video card, there.

What motherboard and HDD are you using?

[noah68]

epox mobo and ? HDD= Hard drive...if so 60 mb I dont know the rpm's

[yellohut]

definately the graphics card..
you can pick up a radeon 9600xt
or better yet a radeon 9800pro/xt if you can afford it..
you'll get MUCH better performance, but not have to spend $500...
with any other upgrade you'll only see slight improvement in performance.

[mystvearn]

1. graphics.
2. New processor, either a AMD 64/prescots. -whit your current system, you need to upgrade the, ram first before this,

[Strong Lead]

Everyone sounds to be doing well with their systems and D3 except me.

I am running a Barton 2500 /w 1gb RAM and have an Radeon AIW 9600.

My 3DMark scores can't break 2500...anyone have any suggestions because before I could have sworn I was getting scores around 7500?

My friend has a 2.4 P4, 1GB RAM and a 9500PRO and he plays at high settings with no problems.

[kram 2.0]

Graphics Card for sure. The Radeon 9800 Pro is at a godo value right now - if you can pay more like 300 USD, go with the GeForce 6800.

Hope that helps,
kram

[deadman.inc]

can a 9800pro be oc'ed to x800 standard? if not, then how about a 9800xt?

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

The 9800Pro is an 8Pipeline card, the X800 has 12, the X800XT PE has 16 I think. Although the clock speeds could become what a X800's is you will never get the extra pipelines. 9800XT is the same.

[ja83]

Originally Posted by deadman.inc can a 9800pro be oc'ed to x800 standard? if not, then how about a 9800xt?

If the 9800 Pro has the right core (I think it's R360), it can be modded to a 9800 XT. I don't think it's possible to reach x800 speeds with a 9800 Pro.

[deadman.inc]

how about with a 9800XT? is it possible to reach x800 clock speeds?

yea i think the x800 xt pe does have 16 rendering pipelines.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

Looking at it you could overclock the xt by that far, with good cooling, however high the clock speed though it will not match the quality/performance of the extra 4 pipelines (considering you can't overclock that far.)

[Tin]

you dont need some wicked card to make it play good. my 5700 ultra breezes right along at 1024 x 768 on high with 4xAA. the best bang for the buck right now for Doom 3 is probably a 5900XT. they can be had for around the price of a 5700 ultra, but you get the added benefit of 8 pixel pipelines.

[Stuttgart 911]

Originally Posted by mystvearn 1. graphics. 2. New processor, either a AMD 64/prescots. -whit your current system, you need to upgrade the, ram first before this,

I don't think RAM would be too much of a priority, you'd just have to endure 3-5minute loading times, like I do with my 256MBx2 PC3200 2-3-2-5. I run Doom 3 AWSOME With 512mb RAM (The 9800pro helps, too )