You need a videocard with 1 gig to run the future games in full detail.

I think not too long ago I posted some stuff on the "Cell" processor (thread called The "Cell" Games...). But I agree with Gastrian.

Here are more links concerning Doom3. The articles are about a year old, but I'm sure they're still relevant (had them bookmarked when researching on what GPU I should get).

GPU Comparisons...
@AnandTech - http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2146

CPU Comparison...
@AnandTech - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149

The Quest for More Processing Power... "Multi-core and multi-threaded gaming"
@AnandTech -
Part 1 - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2343

Part 2 - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2377

And the "Cell" article I posted not too long ago...
@AnandTech - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2379

Well, i ran Doom 3 with an ATi Radeon X300 128MB. With 1gig RAM, i ran it at 1024x768 (about that) resolution. It ran on full settings, who needs a 1gig card? It had no slowdown either.

[ Edited by shiptoncraig on 2005/3/27 19:38 ]

well, i knew i missed understood something. then ok, i was wrong and you had right.