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UT2003: How will it run on my machine (specs inside)

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Night201

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Just got UT2003 for Christmas. My machine is as follows:

P3 - 866
512MB PC133
Geforce 3 ti200

How will the game run on these specs? Anyone using a similar setup? I will be upgrading big time in the spring, just want to know for the time being how it will run and what I can expect.
 
I think the minimum specs for UT2003 is 700mhz. You have plenty of RAM and a good video card. With a P3 866mhz, though, I probably wouldn't plan on playing over a resolution of 640x480 though 🙁

But then again, I have not played UT2003, so hopefully someone with experience will help you out. 🙂
 
I play with an old Radeon DDR and it is quite smooth. Now I have an AthnlonXP 1600 but used to run on Duron 900 and it was fine. With your TI200 I would imagine you could run smothly at almost any quality setting as long as you don't use AA or only little AF.
 
Originally posted by: elkinm
I play with an old Radeon DDR and it is quite smooth. Now I have an AthnlonXP 1600 but used to run on Duron 900 and it was fine. With your TI200 I would imagine you could run smothly at almost any quality setting as long as you don't use AA or only little AF.
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Thanks everyone. can't wait to try it once I get home from work.
 
My roommate runs it on a P3-933@982, 512MB, GF3ti200 (overclocked but i'm not sure to what). He runs it at 800x600, with all the settings turned down, and he gets about 35fps normally but it dips below 20 sometimes. He tried 640x480 but he gets about the same framerate so he leaves it on the higher res.
 
Originally posted by: Night201
Just got UT2003 for Christmas. My machine is as follows:

P3 - 866
512MB PC133
Geforce 3 ti200

How will the game run on these specs? Anyone using a similar setup? I will be upgrading big time in the spring, just want to know for the time being how it will run and what I can expect.
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Those are the same specs of my wife's computer and it runs way fine on her system. You'll be totally good to go with that setup.
 
Originally posted by: RoodyPooGangsta
Those are the same specs of my wife's computer and it runs way fine on her system. You'll be totally good to go with that setup.
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What kind of frame rate does she get? What resolution and graphics settings is she running?

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If a 1 would be all settings at lowest and 10 all at highest I'd say we're right at about a 5, running in 800x600. As far as framerate, I don't know. I'll run the included benchmark sometime today and update with that info.
 
different people have different views on what is "fine" "good" etc for games... For some if its not 1024x768@32 with at least basic settings and 60+fps generally then its not really fine. For others 800x600 with absolute minimum settings at 30 or 40+ fps is considered perfectly fine...

I reckon you'll have everything on miniumum and probably get low but playable fps (30+ generally, but not on some maps or intense action). Take a trip to www.beyondunreal.com and have a look for the config/ut2003.ini tweaks.
 
i had no idea CPU speed had anything to do with how the graphics detail should be, because i thought the VGA did all of that work.

i dont know how much this would help, but i have a similar level video card as you. i have a radeon 8500 original and i run the game at high settings (not highest, or higher, just high) at 1024 resolution 32 bit. and it runs very well.

however, if the CPU matters, i have a p4 2.4GHz and 384 PC2700.

your video card should handle it just fine. as for the CPU, im not sure.
 
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
i had no idea CPU speed had anything to do with how the graphics detail should be, because i thought the VGA did all of that work. i dont know how much this would help, but i have a similar level video card as you. i have a radeon 8500 original and i run the game at high settings (not highest, or higher, just high) at 1024 resolution 32 bit. and it runs very well. however, if the CPU matters, i have a p4 2.4GHz and 384 PC2700. your video card should handle it just fine. as for the CPU, im not sure.
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CPU does help alot. My game will run more than twice as slow as your probably because of my CPU. With my setup, my 3dMark would be about double if I increased my cpu to an XP2000 or so.

In fact, I was in BestBuy the other day just browsing and I overheard a guy telling the salesman that he wanted to upgrade his video card to make his machine super fast. He told him that it was a Pentium 3 - 733 and he wanted a fast card to put on the computer for his son to play games. The sales guy tried to sell him a Radeon 9700 Pro and before the guy went up to the counter I went up to him and pretty much told him to put that card down. I told him that with his CPU he won't really get any more performance out of that card as compared to a Ti200. I told him that the CPU would be a HUGE bottleneck. Granted, he could have gone with a Geforce4MX or something just to get the extra features, but in the end, he didn't buy it. I gave him my card (business). He called me and I emailed him some benchmarks with both of those cards in his computer and showed him how they were very close in speed. In the end, I saved him over $200. He gave me $75 🙂

I just can't wait until I upgrade. I haven't touched my CPU in about 3 years.

 
The game won't run very well at all on that rig and will be unplayable. UT2003 is extremely CPU limited and I'd recommend a 2 GHz processor or better to run it well in most situations.

Also be prepared to run the game at low resolutions on that video card as some of the bigger levels tax even a Radeon 9700 Pro at high high resolutions with high detail levels.
 
my roomate plays on at Tbird 800MHz with a Gforce 256 32meg card and it plays just fine. he has 384 megs of ram and plays at 800x600 with medium detials OR 1024x768 with Low detials. works just fine
 
I might as well put my 2 cents worth in. When I bought the game I was trying to play it with my GeForce 2 gts 32 mb. My p4 1.5 512 rd ram could run it fairly well at 800x600, details set to low to medium. Any of the big maps, especially the one that lets you join the ladder in single player, were unplayable. I got the ti4200 128 and I went to a smooth playing game at 1024-768 with detail settings on high, but aa set to 2x. The last few maps caused me some grief. Major stutter, hanging. That's my story. The game is built for speed and power, and gives lots of eye candy. I hated playing it at 640x480 with details off. At those settings it's nothings special at all.
 
Originally posted by: BFG10K
The game won't run very well at all on that rig and will be unplayable. UT2003 is extremely CPU limited and I'd recommend a 2 GHz processor or better to run it well in most situations.

Also be prepared to run the game at low resolutions on that video card as some of the bigger levels tax even a Radeon 9700 Pro at high high resolutions with high detail levels.
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I disagree. I've played the demo on an Athlon 700[/n] with a gf2 gts. I get 20-40 fps, upper 20s average. I have to play at low resolution and low detail. With your hardware, I would expect it to be completely playable, if not aesthetically pleasing.
 
well, here's my experience:

XP 1600+
GF3 Ti200
256 DDR
7200rpm drive

i run redhat 8.0, so os bloat is comparable. the demo under linux ran great, but it would slow down a little after a while of playing.
 
850Mhz Celeron
128MB Ram
Radeon 8500 64MB

While I am just running the demo, it runs fine on my machine. Perfectly playable with bots. I havent looked at the FPS.
 
dunno what you guys are talking about.. i'm playing it fine @ 1024x768x32 on my GF2 GTS and 256 pc133 ram.
 
disagree. I've played the demo on an Athlon 700 with a gf2 gts.
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The demo has textures about 1/4 the size of the ones that ship in the full game.

I get 20-40 fps, upper 20s average.
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I rest my case. That is not playable by any stretch of the imagination, especially in a competetive multiplayer environment.

Also your minimum framerate will probably drop below 5 FPS with an average like that.
 
upper 20s average is not playable if you plan on going online without getting worked. if you want to mess around with some bots then i guess it's cool.
 
I said, it is not pretty. i use low textures. but it is playable offline, and with 866mhz intead of 750, plus a much better video card, i would expect it to stay above 30.
 
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