Yes, especially since there is no such card available to the best of my knowledge (find me a link to a buyable card with 512MB onboard RAM).There is no game out there that uses 256 of onboard graphics ram.
I take it you haven't bothered looking at the requirements for Doom3, huh? In the highest quality mode, it _requires_ a 512MB video card -- basically because the textures are all loaded uncompressed...
...it's silly...
Where are you getting this from? According to the Activision support (and the Id Software page):
What are the minimum system requirements?
Answer
Minimum System Requirements
English version of Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ processor
384MB RAM
8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows swap file)
100% DirectXÂ 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
DirectXÂ 9.0b (included)
3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectXÂ 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers.
*Important Note: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0b compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME or NT.
Supported Chipsets
ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9000 ATI Radeon 9200 ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 ATI Radeon 9800 All Nvidia GeForce 3/Ti series All Nvidia GeForce 4MX series All Nvidia GeForce 4/Ti series All Nvidia GeForce FX series Nvidia GeForce 6800 series
And on a personal note, my bf can play Doom 3 (under Windows; I can't get it to run, myself) on HQ settings with an ATI 9600 Pro; he doesn't, because it's a bit choppy, but that may also be due to his (slowish) Celeron or the fact that he runs the software router on our network (so any I-net use by me slows his PC down), as well as the fact that the video card is not the highest-powered version.
Maybe you mean 512MB system RAM (which most likely is the recommended minimum for HQ settings), or maybe you'd need such a video card (if one existed) to play Doom 3 Multiplayer at 1600x1200, but otherwise, I think you're mistaken.
Holly
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