DOOM - PC System Requirements - Comments (Page 2)

HRose

2016-03-14 18:21

This screams as TERRIBLE PC port. This game on consoles is 1080p and 60fps. It means it should run on toasters if the port was even barely competent. The fact that you get parity at 1080p with a PS4 only with a 970 speaks volumes about the ****ty quality of this port. Just stay away if that's the case.

#5245034

FranciscoCL

2016-03-14 18:28

4790k is already have 4.4Ghz boost clock. I would not matter that much.

I think that 4.4 GHz boost is for 1 core stressed only, and 4 cores stressed is around 4.2 GHz, at least in stock: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2401165

#5245035

CalculuS

2016-03-14 18:29

This screams as TERRIBLE PC port. This game on consoles is 1080p and 60fps. It means it should run on toasters if the port was even barely competent. The fact that you get parity at 1080p with a PS4 only with a 970 speaks volumes about the ****ty quality of this port. Just stay away if that's the case.

It doesn't have to say anything, recommended spec these days means running all maximum settings at a playable framerate. 1080p/60fps is easily achievable by running it on lowest settings. Resolution isn't everything as per quality.

#5245039

vbetts

Moderator

2016-03-14 18:34

This screams as TERRIBLE PC port. This game on consoles is 1080p and 60fps. It means it should run on toasters if the port was even barely competent. The fact that you get parity at 1080p with a PS4 only with a 970 speaks volumes about the ****ty quality of this port. Just stay away if that's the case.

Or they're just trying to standardize gameplay for people. The greatest thing about the old Doom and Quake games, everyone could run them no issue. They're targeting that still with the new Doom. This is a warning for everyone as well, this topic was not created to bash the game, ID, Bethesda, or consoles. Do not bring that here. You have been warned.

#5245047

PrMinisterGR

2016-03-14 18:42

There have been quite a lot of bad ports lately. Noticing for example how the minimum requirements went higher, is an indicator of a possibly rushed port. We can't even say that now? He simply used the word "TERRIBLE".

#5245052

CalculuS

2016-03-14 18:45

There have been quite a lot of bad ports lately. Noticing for example how the minimum requirements went higher, is an indicator of a possibly rushed port. We can't even say that now? He simply used the word "TERRIBLE".

I agree there have been a lot of bad ports recently, but we can't judge anything now when we don't even have any benchmark of the released game. EDIT: Especially when in the alpha benchmark the 7950 outperforms the 970 and 780ti.

#5245058

vbetts

Moderator

2016-03-14 18:53

There have been quite a lot of bad ports lately. Noticing for example how the minimum requirements went higher, is an indicator of a possibly rushed port. We can't even say that now? He simply used the word "TERRIBLE".

You're not helping your case just so you know.

#5245092

m4xc4v413r4

2016-03-14 20:14

But does that make an i5 any less playable...nope. When its the difference between 90fps or 110fps its irrelevant.

Since when do "system requirements" on any software meant that hardware below what they put in it won't be usable?

#5245093

PrMinisterGR

2016-03-14 20:16

Since when do "system requirements" on any software meant that hardware below what they put in it won't be usable?

System requirements have changed lately. They used to be that minimum was really minimum, but these days things seem to be much more liberal. I would say that "minimum" is more like "XboxOne", and recommended is more like "60fps PS4".

#5245126

ScoobyDooby

2016-03-14 21:12

I don't expect this game to be as ground-breaking as Doom 3 was at its time of release, but this does look like a pretty fun SP Campaign, and the MP looks like it could be worth the price paid as well. So long as a TI can run this game with mostly high/ultra settings, I'm a happy camper.

#5245135

tsunami231

2016-03-14 21:25

Those some spec right there. I remeber when I got doom 3 and it played like slide show on my 8400e and 6600gtx? or was it the card before that it ran like slide show, cause i remeber having to get new gpu for the game to run..

#5245141

PrMinisterGR

2016-03-14 21:41

Those some spec right there. I remeber when I got doom 3 and it played like slide show on my 8400e and 6600gtx? or was it the card before that it ran like slide show, cause i remeber having to get new gpu for the game to run..

That sounds wrong. Doom 3 was first demoed on the unreleased Radeon 9700.

#5245179

tsunami231

2016-03-14 22:54

That sounds wrong. Doom 3 was first demoed on the unreleased Radeon 9700.

your right it wasnt my pc it was my uncles old AMD and he had really cheap low end gpu then

#5245193

Stormyandcold

2016-03-14 23:37

Look, if the beta was anything to go by it'll run fine at 1080p with a gtx960. gtx970 should play this fine.

#5245233

KissSh0t

2016-03-15 00:59

Maybe the specs mean that is what you need to run at the highest settings at the specified resolution? Because they separated 720p and 1080p.. *shrugs*

#5245246

Corrupt^

2016-03-15 01:51

your right it wasnt my pc it was my uncles old AMD and he had really cheap low end gpu then

Yup. I had my one and only RMA case of a faulty GPU back then. 6800 was pulling great frames, but I had to RMA it and use my Geforce 3 Ti 500 again. Which was capable of running the game in a low resolution (800x600) with decent detail. It was either lower resolutions or a flat Doom 3 with barely any lightening on that Gef 3 😛

#5245247

DerSchniffles

2016-03-15 01:52

Still no mention of Xfire/SLI? Damn, I'm not saying I am holding my breath....but I am holding my breath haha. Edit- I am glad they are raising the minimum and recommended. Too many people running the minimum system requirements and then wondering why it runs like garbage. Seems like companies are adding a little buffer for community backlash when it comes to performance. Seems smart to me.

#5245307

__hollywood|meo

2016-03-15 05:41

hmm wonder if i should bother pumping some voltage thru my proc...im usually more gpu limited, but 4ghz+ would potentially help my minimum frames

#5245324

Kyrat

2016-03-15 06:57

What? 970 for 1080p? Another unoptimized s.it... -.-'

#5245544

m4xc4v413r4

2016-03-15 15:16

System requirements have changed lately. They used to be that minimum was really minimum, but these days things seem to be much more liberal. I would say that "minimum" is more like "XboxOne", and recommended is more like "60fps PS4".

No they haven't, minimum was never "the real minimum". I've been playing on PC for over 20 years, half the time I played games where I was below the minimum requirements and they still played well enough.