doom 3

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hey everyone. i downloaded doom 3 and get get it to play on my computer. is my computer just crap or can i download something to make doom play? this is what i get when i try to start playing:

1495 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2

512 MB System Memory

32 MB Video Memory

Winsock Initialized

Hostname: johnscomputer

IP: 192.168.2.2

doom using MMX & SSE & SSE2 for SIMD processing

enabled Flush-To-Zero mode

enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode

------ Initializing File System ------

Current search path:

C:\Program Files\Doom 3/base

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak004.pk4 (5137 files)

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak003.pk4 (4676 files)

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak002.pk4 (6120 files)

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak001.pk4 (8972 files)

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak000.pk4 (2698 files)

C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\game00.pk4 (2 files)

game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0

file system initialized.

----- Initializing Decls -----

Detected

1.49 GHz CPU

512 MB of System memory

32 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for Low quality.

------- Initializing renderSystem --------

using ARB renderSystem

renderSystem initialized.

4966 strings read from strings/english.lang

Couldn’t open journal files

execing editor.cfg

execing default.cfg

couldn’t exec DoomConfig.cfg

couldn’t exec autoexec.cfg

4966 strings read from strings/english.lang

----- Initializing Sound System ------

sound system initialized.

----- R_InitOpenGL -----

Initializing OpenGL subsystem

…registered window class

…registered fake window class

…initializing QGL

…calling LoadLibrary( ‘opengl32’ ): succeeded

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB

…calling CDS: ok

…created window @ 0,0 (640x480)

Initializing OpenGL driver

…getting DC: succeeded

…attempting to use stereo

…PIXELFORMAT 7 selected

…creating GL context: succeeded

…making context current: succeeded

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB

Couldn’t find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB

------- Input Initialization -------

Initializing DirectInput…

mouse: DirectInput initialized.

keyboard: DirectInput initialized.

sound: STEREO

…using GL_ARB_multitexture

X..GL_ARB_texture_env_combine not found

X..GL_ARB_texture_cube_map not found

X..GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 not found

…using GL_ARB_texture_env_add

X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found

X..GL_ARB_texture_compression not found

X..GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic not found

…using GL_EXT_texture_lod

…using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias

X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found

X..GL_EXT_texture3D not found

…using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap

X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found

X..GL_EXT_stencil_two_side not found

X..GL_ATI_separate_stencil not found

X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found

…using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object

X..GL_ARB_vertex_program not found

X..GL_ARB_fragment_program not found

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features

Error during initialization

Shutting down OpenGL subsystem

…wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success

…deleting GL context: success

…releasing DC: success

…destroying window

…resetting display

…shutting down QGL

…unloading OpenGL DLL

any ideas?

2

The video requirements for the game are pretty steep, and it looks like your video won’t cut it. That may not be the only problem, but it’s the first show-stopper.

In general, you can find out games’ system requirements on the web, and you should do that before you spend the time downloading something you might not be able to play.

3

Your system just isnt up to the task for that game my friend. I run Doom3 and Quake 4, and it takes alot of RAM and procesor speed to run these games smoothly. Just to give you an idea, I had been running Quake 4 on my second, ( older ) system, it has a 512 MB video card, 2 gig of RAM, and an overclocked 3.2 Ghz P4 processor, and it still ran alittle jumpy. I’d say thats your first problem. Sorry.

4

thanks for the info guys. i finally found out the big problem, googled my graphics card and found out it’s no good! (not for doom 3 anyways!) sorry to post a question that i could have answered myself with a little work!