Doom3 benchmarks

[Ribbit]

NOLF 2 apparently has co-op. (God, I have to buy that game!)

[leech]

My brother has it and beat it, (NOLF2) though I don't recall there being a co-op in it. I just asked him and he didn't remember it being in there either. Did they add it in a patch?

Leech

[Ribbit]

I read it here (under the Multiplayer? heading). Let me know if they're wrong.

[Wombat]

NOLF2 doesn't have co-op in the "beat the game together" sense of the word. Some of the multiplayer levels are cooperative.

Still, I really wish that MW4 had been co-op. Man, two humans could beat that game with 1/3 of the weight of a player + stupid computers lance.

[Helevitia]

That would have been a lot of fun playing MW4 in co-op. Too bad MW5 isn't in the works

[Joel]

One I am really looking forward to is Dungeon Siege II. But by the looks of it I will probably have to consider an upgrade also. The question is which one and what since there is really only two players in the game anymore, which is really sad.

Joel

[Paddy the wak]

Hey isochar,

Alien Swarm is great fun ... thanks !
Just a shame the FOV adjustments aren't working for us Surround gamers.

[Elie]

Speaking of NOLF2 will there be a NOLF3?

I really enjoyed both games

[Ribbit]

There was Contract JACK, which was done on the cheap and got (no doubt deservedly) horrible reviews. I hate to say it, but that may well have killed the franchise.

[thop]

Contract Jack was just an attempt to cash in on the old engine. Fortunately it didn't work. Anyway i read somewhere they are working on a new engine. NOLF2 was probably my favourite game of the last 3 or so years.

[GT98]

Originally posted by Ribbit
There was Contract JACK, which was done on the cheap and got (no doubt deservedly) horrible reviews. I hate to say it, but that may well have killed the franchise.

Boy must have sucked so bad that I never even heard of it

NOLF 1 & 2 where some of the best FPS games out there.

[Helevitia]

Just in case you missed it, the Doom3 hardware guide.

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

[agallag]

Okay, so based on that hardware guide, and considering a max price of $300 canadian dollars, which video card would you purchase for Doom3? Here's what you have to choose from. I'll consider ATI or nVidia equally. Only the gameplay and price are factors.

Oh, dual monitor support is also a must. I have a spare 19" crt that I'm not using at the moment.


Edit: I'm thinking it's a toss-up between these two...

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9800 Pro 128M (lite retail) 289.00
MSI GFX5900XT-VTD128 128M VIVO/DVI (box) 275.00

Whaddaya think?


Edit2: More options...

http://www.canadacomputers.com/video.html

AOpen GeForce FX 5900XT 128MB (DV128) w/ DVI/TV-Out $259
MSI GeForce FX5900XT-VTD128 VIVO 128MB DDR more info $267 (same as above but cheaper)

[Wombat]

Damn, you can't get better than that on the 9800? The 128MB 9800Pro can be had for $170-$200 now here.

[Helevitia]

Something else to consider, if you have a 2.8-3.0GHz CPU, no need to upgrade it becasue the FPS don't scale with higher CPU's. The FPS stay the same, which is kind of weird.