More Doom 3 news; (yes, I know it's sad to be this excited over a game, but I'm not the only one...).

id Software have generated some official Doom 3 benchmarks which show framerate data for high end graphics cards. But for me, that's not the really interesting bit; this quote is:

As of this afternoon we were playing DOOM 3 on a 1.5GHz Pentium 4 box with a GeForce 4 MX440 video card and having a surprisingly good gaming experience. Even a subtle jump to an AMD 2500+ with a GeForce 3 video card that is two years old will deliver a solid gaming experience that will let you enjoy the game the way id Software designed it to be. That fact alone should let many of you know that you will not be left behind in experiencing DOOM 3.

This just sounds too good to be true! So, am I going to be able to stick with my GeForce FX 5700 Ultra for the time being? Much as I'd love to go out and get a 6800 Ultra, finances just won't stretch to that at the moment.