I installed this game on a Vista 32-bit laptop, which should meet the minimum requirements, and on a Nvidia Geforce GT 120M with updated drivers.

I run the game, and I get this window with a blue background. The contents of this window are as follows:

QA Timing INIT: 000160ms
D3BFG 1.1400 win-x86 Nov 9 2012 10:38:21
2000 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & HTT
3072 MB System Memory
1024 MB Video Memory
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {F30F37EC-794C-4650-A5AB-1880BB88B0BA} Atheros AR928x Wireless Network Adapter - 10.0.1.6/255.255.255.0
Found interface: {A0BBAC67-483F-495C-AC61-DBB492CA07A9} SiS191 Ethernet Controller - 0.0.0.0 NULL netmask - skipped
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
doom using MMX & SSE for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded resource file _common.resources
Loaded resource file _ordered.resources
Loaded resource file _sound_pc.resources
Loaded resource file _sound_pc_en.resources
Reading resource CRCs...
Current search path:
D:\Steam\steamapps\common\DOOM 3 BFG Edition/base
C:\Users\George\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM 3 BFG/base
file system initialized.
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WARNING: Unable to open resource file maps/_startup.resources
----- Initializing Decls -----
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Couldn't open journal files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec D3BFGConfig.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem with multisamples:0 stereo:0 fullscreen:1
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
X..WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear not found
display device: 0
DeviceName : \\.\DISPLAY1
DeviceString: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
StateFlags : 0x5
DeviceID : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0653&SUBSYS_1A421043&REV_A1
DeviceKey : \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{F65D1351-F882-4E78-85CD-9CB654D90C3D}\0000
DeviceName : \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
DeviceString: Generic PnP Monitor
StateFlags : 0x3
DeviceID : MONITOR\SEC324C\{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0001
DeviceKey : \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0001
dmPosition.x : 0
dmPosition.y : 0
dmBitsPerPel : 32
dmPelsWidth : 1280
dmPelsHeight : 720
dmDisplayFlags : 0x0
dmDisplayFrequency: 60
display device: 0
DeviceName : \\.\DISPLAY1
DeviceString: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
StateFlags : 0x5
DeviceID : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0653&SUBSYS_1A421043&REV_A1
DeviceKey : \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{F65D1351-F882-4E78-85CD-9CB654D90C3D}\0000
DeviceName : \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
DeviceString: Generic PnP Monitor
StateFlags : 0x3
DeviceID : MONITOR\SEC324C\{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0001
DeviceKey : \Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0001
dmPosition.x : 0
dmPosition.y : 0
dmBitsPerPel : 32
dmPelsWidth : 1280
dmPelsHeight : 720
dmDisplayFlags : 0x0
dmDisplayFrequency: 60
...created window @ 0,0 (1280x720)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...creating GL context: failed to create OpenGL 3.2 context
created OpenGL 2.0 context
succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
X..WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear not found

------- Input Initialization -------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
freespace_version: 0.6
0 freespace devices
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OpenGL Version: 2.1
OpenGL Vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL GLSL : 1.2
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_EXT_direct_state_access
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
...using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map not found
X..GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB not found
...using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
Couldn't find proc address for: glBindBufferRange
...using GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
...using GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
X..GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex not found
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
X..GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object not found
...using GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
X..GL_ARB_sync not found
...using GL_ARB_occlusion_query
X..GL_ARB_timer_query not found
...using GL_EXT_timer_query
Couldn't find proc address for: glGetQueryObjectui64vARB
X..GL_ARB_debug_output not found
--------- Game Map Shutdown ----------
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0: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
2 channels, 48000 Hz
Front Left and Front Right
Default Console Device, Multimedia Device, Communications Device, and Game Device
1: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
2 channels, 48000 Hz
Front Left and Front Right
2: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
2 channels, 48000 Hz
Front Left and Front Right
Using device 0
********************
ERROR: GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex not available
********************
Error during initialization
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL

I also tried to go to C:\users\username\... the place where D3BFGconfig.cfg is, but it is missing. Not only that, I modified the launch options so it starts in windowed mode, and it still doesn't work.