UT 2003 demo out

Page 7 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Assimilator1

Elite Member
Nov 4, 1999
24,155
520
126
No one joining me?:(
Not much time left

Good game Confused :) ,I was lucky to win that last1! ,I got a double kill by chance ,though I did get a string of kills just before;)

DMCowen
I saw you briefly joined ,where did you go?

Anyway ,I'm off now.
 

BGod

Golden Member
Oct 9, 1999
1,375
39
91
EvilWobbles, Ping time is a product of routing. I doubt there's much you can do on your end to improve it. I'm on a 384/128 ADSL line and get consistant 150ms ping from Mutley's server. Just where his is and how many hops it takes to get there. I'm sure someone else will start a server with a better ping time.

When I had a UT server up and running in North Dakota, there were people in the UK getting better pings / less lag off me on a T1 than the Game Box in Utah on an OC-12. Wish I could have kept that server going, but as we all know, speed costs money. :(
 

Confused

Elite Member
Nov 13, 2000
14,166
0
0
Assim1, good game then! :) I looked at the scoreboard, i was on like 15-10 and you were like 8-6 then next thing i know you're ahead of me and then we were switching and swapping the lead! And you just got that last little double-kill! :p

My system spec:
ECS K7S5A
Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1686MHz (146.7x11.5)
2x 256MB PC2100 DDR
IBM 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 HDD
MSI GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB with DVI/TV-Out (not O/Ced)
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 with Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 speaker set



I will go in again later, gotta get my Duron 850 up again with the 2 4.3gb drives i got from work today :) Now where did those two jumpers go from that drive...:eek:
 

Tetsuo316

Golden Member
Mar 14, 2000
1,825
0
0
saw Fingers for a second in there. hey asslaminator, get in there will ya? i usually don't get a chance to play in the middle of the day.
 

Mardeth

Platinum Member
Jul 24, 2002
2,608
0
0
I had my UT historys best match today!! I was uber lol. I had even one Mega kill! If you know the Citadel map I was in the flag room with four enemies alone. Killed them all! Lol man Im good! (Not). After 2h 30min gaming had 1000p. :).
 

muttley

Senior member
Jun 2, 2001
760
0
0
here is a suggestion on getting lower ping times
type in the numbers or type in advancedhelp.org.
I believe that if you type in www.advancedhelp.org the ping time will be higher cause it routes through TZO.

muttley
 

Assimilator1

Elite Member
Nov 4, 1999
24,155
520
126
Originally posted by: Tetsuo316
saw Fingers for a second in there. hey asslaminator, get in there will ya? i usually don't get a chance to play in the middle of the day.

That was the after work slot for me :p ,this is the just before bed slot & there's no time to play games now!;)
 

CADsortaGUY

Lifer
Oct 19, 2001
25,162
1
76
www.ShawCAD.com
OK now that you've all seen how bad I suck....:p How the heck are you guys typing messages?

<- first time playing ANY FPS :Q (besides the original Doom;) )


CADkindaGUY goes to lick his wounds...
 

EvilWobbles

Golden Member
Nov 13, 2001
1,688
0
76
Just hit "T" when you're in the game to talk!

You didn't do so bad, you got a couple good shots in on me!

Of course, I suck at this game ;)
 

RaySun2Be

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
16,565
6
71
Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
OK now that you've all seen how bad I suck....:p How the heck are you guys typing messages?

<- first time playing ANY FPS :Q (besides the original Doom;) )


CADkindaGUY goes to lick his wounds...

I get it, CKG=CADkindaGUY. And you were doing good for your first time FPS. :) Better than I did when I started. I just stood there with this dazed look, trying to figure out where everyone went, as they would blow by and frag me. :)

And you type messages by pressing the T key (talk) and typing in what you want. Just be careful during the game, as you are powerless while typing. I forgot that a few minutes ago, and was painfully made aware of that. :Q

Check my post above for a link to a site that has more tips and techniques. :D

No, EvilWobbles, GIMPY=IS SUCK :) See, I'm so slow, you even posted to CKG before I did. And you were in PLAYING after I left. :Q
 

ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
31,516
167
106
OK, that's it Mech, I can't let you pick on these poor souls any more.:p You, me, and a rocket launcher tomorrow night.:D
 

mechBgon

Super Moderator<br>Elite Member
Oct 31, 1999
30,699
1
0
There ain't room enough on this server for the both of us, pardner. Draw! :p
 

networkman

Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
10,436
1
0
Due to driver problems, I'll be upgrading my gaming rig to Win2K - I'm used it before and not had many problems except with really old games.. maybe I'll just have to build another rig for times when I want to play those and let it crunch SETI when I'm not using it. ;)

 

CADsortaGUY

Lifer
Oct 19, 2001
25,162
1
76
www.ShawCAD.com
Thanks for the beat-down Fingers :p Everytime I turned around (or didn't :p) you were all over me, and then that Engineer guy
rolleye.gif
geez - don't even see the guy and he's fraggin me:p

I'll be back once I get used to the controls

<-- SUCKS AT UT
 

ProviaFan

Lifer
Mar 17, 2001
14,993
1
0
Originally posted by: networkman
Due to driver problems, I'll be upgrading my gaming rig to Win2K - I'm used it before and not had many problems except with really old games.. maybe I'll just have to build another rig for times when I want to play those and let it crunch SETI when I'm not using it. ;)
Very good idea, NWM! Windows 2000 is fine for most games these days, now that the video card manufacturers have gotten up to date as far as the drivers are concerned. :)
 

Engineer

Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
39,230
701
126
Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
Thanks for the beat-down Fingers :p Everytime I turned around (or didn't :p) you were all over me, and then that Engineer guy
rolleye.gif
geez - don't even see the guy and he's fraggin me:p

I'll be back once I get used to the controls

<-- SUCKS AT UT

Well, thanks to the continuous fragging from mechBgon and fingers....and sometimes Gimpy (Ray), I'm starting to get the hang of this. I've remapped my mouse and keyboard a tad.....and, taking fingers advice, love to jump! :D

Won my first match last night...even killed mech 2 times! :Q....but in all fairness, mech joined in the middle ....so if he would have been there from the start, he would have probably won! :)

I'll be back there later! :D



 

dmcowen674

No Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
54,889
47
91
www.alienbabeltech.com
<FONT size=1>
DMcOwen
I saw you briefly joined ,where did you go?</FONT>

Hi Assim,

Saw me briefly because the game keeps crashing out. MY PC continues to run OK but can't get more than a couple of minutes in the game and that is I am able to successfully join in to begin with. Most of the GPF's seem to be having a problem with my sound card which is an ordinary CMI 3738 chip very common on many Motherboards now. I may try a different sound card to see if that helps.
 

Assimilator1

Elite Member
Nov 4, 1999
24,155
520
126
I think my Asus A7V 266-E has the same sound chip as you(I'll check) ,game runs fine :) (aside form GTS2 just barely being fast enough!)
 

deerslayer

Lifer
Jan 15, 2001
10,153
0
76
Flyby: 24.939562
Botmatch: 14.297615
Resolution: 1024x768


Horrible, I know. Geforce2 MX400 64mb. I need a new video card, BAD!

Suggestions? I'm lookin for a GeForce4 Ti4200 but i'm not sure what kind to go with.
 

Confused

Elite Member
Nov 13, 2000
14,166
0
0
Originally posted by: LyNx01
Flyby: 24.939562
Botmatch: 14.297615
Resolution: 1024x768


Horrible, I know. Geforce2 MX400 64mb. I need a new video card, BAD!

Suggestions? I'm lookin for a GeForce4 Ti4200 but i'm not sure what kind to go with.

With the GF4s they are all pretty much very similar. Just go for the cheapest one that has all the features that you want. I recommend a 128mb version, because when the textures get bigger than 64mb (which they will do very soon) the speed that the 128 versions have by not needing to go into main memory.

I got an MSI 128mb with DVI and TVOut for £125 from work, very nice card!
 

ProviaFan

Lifer
Mar 17, 2001
14,993
1
0
I've not had a chance to benchmark it yet, but I just put in my old Radeon SDR PCI card, and it seems to run a good deal better at UT2003 than my other AGP Radeon VE card did. Any idea why? Perhaps it's because the Radeon SDR PCI has T&L, while the Radeon VE doesn't.
 

ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
31,516
167
106
I return victorious against the savage MechBgon, having sent him back to the test tube he once came from. I declare you free, my TA brothers(and sisters).:D