The Incredible Hulk of post whoring

[Capmaster]

I was skimming through a gamers forum trying to get more info on the Doom3 system requirements and came across this guy. He ought to be a poster boy for our modest efforts here in OT :




His post count comes out to:
50,318 posts/month average
1,623 posts/day average

All I can say is .....**** me!

[Treebeard]

That is some big time posting


here are the doom 3 specs




Id releases Official Doom 3 hardware guide


Extensive article on HardOCP.com breaks down the demanding shooter's various quality settings and details which hardware they will run best on.

PC gamers wondering if their rig will be able to handle Doom 3 can now get a definitive answer. Today developer id Software released the Official DOOM 3 Hardware Guide on hardware site HardOCP.com. The lengthy article covers every aspect of the game's hardware demands, including:






Minimum System: According to id, the minimum requirements to run Doom 3 are:

DX 9.0-compatible 3D card w/ 64MB RAM
MS Windows 2000/XP
Pentium 4 1.5GHz or Athlon XP 1500+
384MB RAM
8x CD-ROM
2.2GB of HD space
Broadband (for multiplayer)


Supported 3D graphics chipsets:
ATI: Radeon 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
Nvidia: GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, GeForce4 Titanium, GeForce FX, GeForce6

Ultimate System: HardOCP also outlined its dream system, which consists of:

BFGTech GeForce 6800 Ultra OC (goes on sale in mid-August)
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53 w/ 1MB L2 cache
ABIT AV8 motherboard
2GB of Corsair XMS RAM


System Video Quality Settings: In addition to explaining the game's four quality settings--low, medium, high, and ultra--the guide provides reference screenshots contrasting the low, medium, and high settings as well as the high and ultra settings.

Resolution: HardOCP's analysis of resolution settings came to a surprising conclusion: Doom 3 does not require antialiasing. Instead, the guide suggests simply increasing the resolution settings. HardOCP suggests a "sweet spot" of 1024x768 resolution set to high quality.

Nvidia Versus ATI Image Quality: Following a controversial benchmark test that said Doom 3 performed best on an Nvidia GeForce 6800GT, the site again compares GPUs from the two leading manufacturers. The results? HardOCP found that "the ATI Radeon X800XT-PE has slightly more aliasing than the Nvidia GeForce 6800Ultra OC," but also noticed some "odd texture patterns exhibited by the GeForceFX 5900Ultra." Overall, though, the guide found that "there are no major differences in image quality between NVIDIA and ATI video cards when playing DOOM 3 at the same settings."

Value Video Card Image Quality: For gamers with not-so-deep pockets, HardOCP tested lower-end GPUs, with surprising results. "By default, all of the advanced quality settings such as shadows, specular lighting, and bump mapping are enabled," it said. "As long as your video card meets the system requirement of a GeForce4 MX-440 64MB, all of these effects will be available to you."

Enthusiast Video Card Image Quality: The site also displayed several spectacular-looking screenshots from the game running on the highest-end BFGTech GeForce 6800 Ultra OC and ATI Radeon X800XT-PE cards.

General and Specific System Performance Analysis: The guide outlines the general system performance, tested on a minimum-spec system provided by id Software. The testers also analyzed the performance of dozens of other GPU-specific systems, ranging from the BFGTech GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB to a Vision Tek Radeon 9800XT 256MB.

[Capmaster]

Thanks Treebeard. That's pretty much what I've been able to dig up. But I was more interested in the OS requirements since we have the hardware side covered pretty well.

The machine I want to run it on has Win98SE for compatibility with older games. I know that officially Doom3 is only supposed to be supported by Win2000 and XP, but I was wondering if anyone has actually tried it with 98SE.

If necessary I will decide if I want to keep the older stuff and run Doom3 on one of the XP machines, or if I can live without them and upgrade that gaming machine to Win2k. I could always set it up as dual-boot, but I'd rather not.

BTW, My take on Mr. Syanide above:

An insomniac, unemployed, pasty-skinned forum addict who rarely budges from his chair

As opposed to me: An employed, well tanned, forum addict who sleeps well and rarely budges from his chair

(I'm a bit envious of that post total ......WTF? Over a million in 20 months?)

[housepig]

that's one post every 39 seconds for 16 straight hours... average.

I call bullshit.

[Guest]

probably a mod,mod.

[Capmaster]

that's one post every 39 seconds for 16 straight hours... average.

I call bullshit.

Here's the link:

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=2643&hl=&

Check it out for yourself. I didn't doctor anything. Maybe he fudged the forum counter, and his total is maybe 6371 in real life?

[Treebeard]

looking at his personal info shows he is only 17yrs old. must be a dropout addicted to posting. stats show 1718.4 posts per day

[tekkieman]

looking at his personal info shows he is only 17yrs old. must be a dropout addicted to posting. stats show 1718.4 posts per day

17 year old virgin, no doubt!

[Guest]

I still dont buy it.

[Treebeard]

I still dont buy it.

me either.

[indolikaa]

Indolikaa

[indolikaa]

Took

[indolikaa]

31 seconds to make those two posts!


That guy must be using a script. Or a T3 line directly to the server.

[Treebeard]

or its a group of kids all posting under 1 name

[DVD_Ripper]

His post count comes out to:
50,318 posts/month average
1,623 posts/day average

No way... impossibly... he must be admin and gave himself false counts....

[Guest]

maybe we should ask him.Cap, u belong to that forum?

[Capmaster]

maybe we should ask him.Cap, u belong to that forum?

Naw, I was just following a Yahoo search for Doom3 system requirements. I've never seen the board before.

[housepig]

Check it out for yourself. I didn't doctor anything. Maybe he fudged the forum counter, and his total is maybe 6371 in real life?

Cap - no aspersions on you at all - I meant that it was spoofed on their end, by a mod or admin on that site.

the numbers just don't add up - even if he was sitting there 24 hours a day, that's still a post every 53 seconds, 24/7.

[Capmaster]

Check it out for yourself. I didn't doctor anything. Maybe he fudged the forum counter, and his total is maybe 6371 in real life?

Cap - no aspersions on you at all - I meant that it was spoofed on their end, by a mod or admin on that site.

the numbers just don't add up - even if he was sitting there 24 hours a day, that's still a post every 53 seconds, 24/7.

I wouldn't be above doctoring it up for controversy's sake here I was just stating for the record that I came across it as-is and had to do a screen grab and get your comments.

The more I think about it, the more I think it's gotta be bogus. The guy is a moderator at the site, and he might even be the admin, as DVD_Ripper suggests. I'm sure it would be easy enough for Baldrick to give himself a gazillion posts, but it wouldn't be honest :P

Even an insane posting lunatic with a direct mind interface to the forum wouldn't be able to put up that number of posts

[Guest]

probably a mod,mod.

yep

edit-I posted this thread link in their OT forum.

[tekkieman]

....Even an insane posting lunatic with a direct mind interface to the forum wouldn't be able to put up that number of posts

But it won't stop you from trying, will it? :P

[Capmaster]

Just look at his sig pic in my first post. It identifies him as a moderator.

[Guest]

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=6256&hl=6000

[Capmaster]

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=6256&hl=6000

Aha! It was only 6,000. Mystery solved. Thanks Doc

[Guest]

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=6869&s=306f17c38f919ec7b...656adfc0bcb1e4

[Doramius]

I like his signature.

If it Moves - Shoot it!
If It Doesn't - Shoot it Anyway!

A motto to live by. I have another motto.

Shoot small animals with 10/12 gauge spread-shot.
Saves you the time to cook it.

[tekkieman]

Now we can do the real math.

6000 /2 years = amateur.
4351 /5 months = Capmaster - Post Whore demi-god! :P

[888888]

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=6869&s=306f17c38f919ec7b...656adfc0bcb1e4

Will there be a forum war? I hope so. We are the best. Their forum is so puny.

And theirs is a perfect example of why there are limits to how big sig pictures are. There is more space taken up by game banners than by text.

note: I do not really want a forum war. That would be stupid. I am just kidding.

[Capmaster]

http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invision/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=6869&s=306f17c38f919ec7b...656adfc0bcb1e4

Will there be a forum war? I hope so. We are the best. Their forum is so puny.

And theirs is a perfect example of why there are limits to how big sig pictures are. There is more space taken up by game banners than by text.

note: I do not really want a forum war. That would be stupid. I am just kidding.

I noticed that too. Buncha kids :P

[Guest]

Maybe teegee got banned and is hold up in another vid forum. We should do some trolling