Launching doom3, it aborts with an error stating my video card/driver combination is not good enough.
I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200, 128MB, with the NVidia drivers. GLQuake and Quake II both run great on this system using Open GL.

Quake readme says I need a NV10, or R200, or better. I can't figure out if my card is better than this or not.

I'd like to buy the GIGA-BYTE nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-Bit.

What's the consensus on the best video card in the $200-$350 price range to run Doom3?

Thanks.

Launching doom3, it aborts with an error stating my video card/driver combination is not good enough.
I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200, 128MB, with the NVidia drivers. GLQuake and Quake II both run great on this system using Open GL.

Quake readme says I need a NV10, or R200, or better. I can't figure out if my card is better than this or not.

I'd like to buy the GIGA-BYTE nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-Bit.

What's the consensus on the best video card in the $200-$350 price range to run Doom3?

Thanks.

The 6800 is the best card available right now so it's certainly a good choice, it might be worth thinking about if you're intent on running on linunx because game performance might not be up there with windows(driver issues mainly) and this of course is a cutting edge game that takes a top end system to get the most of on any OS unlike the older Quake titles.

However it sounds like you have a software problem not a hardware problem so you might not even want to fork out for a new card, the GeForce4 Ti range are n25 chips so they're definately compatible with Doom3, in fact I've ran it on a Ti4400.

Thanks for the info, You were right the problem was my NVidia driver. I installed the latest one an now it works.
Also thanks for the tip on the 6800, I'll probably get that card eventually.

Nah, get the 6600GT. $200, as powerful as the 6800 Ultra (in a few cases, not that many), and has Dual PCI-E capabilities.