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does SM 3.0 matter

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If your graphics card does not support SM 3.0 will you be able to play games like Doom, if can't why and if you can what difference will it make? thanks in advance!

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i didn't mean SM 3.0 i meant Pixel shader 3.0

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Name: Stu.B
Date: June 24, 2004 at 13:37:02 Pacific

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Yeah you'll be able to play DOOMIII without PS 3.0. It won't make a huge difference no. Have a look at some of the SM 3.0 threads below on Farcry. Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb AMD Barton 2800 Asus A7N8X E-Deluxe 512 DDRAM PC2700

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