UT2003 demo impressions - Page 19

thcdru2k · 09-21-02, 02:54 PM

wow gf2mx, that is great to hear. ehh guess i'll try to get ut2k3 workin on my gts systems now than.

SnakeEyes · 09-21-02, 04:58 PM

Yeah, the game runs pretty well on most nVidia hardware without AA or anisotropic filtering. The real problem is, once you try it with one or both enabled, it's hard to accept it without it. (Trust me, the AA shows VERY clearly once you compare the game with it to the game without it..)

**john19055** · 09-21-02, 05:14 PM

The game looks very good without AA but when I use 4AA and 8 anios on my TI4600 the game slows to a crawl to about 20 FPS.

thcdru2k · 09-21-02, 05:19 PM

for me sweet spot is 1024x768 with quincunx. looks good enough, and the speed is still great.

thcdru2k · 09-21-02, 07:33 PM

yay got my athlon tbird 1.1ghz and gf2 gts to run ut2k3 800x600x16, lowest details with lighting, getting between 40 and 110 fps. i'm sure i can turn up the details but its running really smooth and sweet. now i have two computers to play ut2k3.

sancheuz · 09-22-02, 11:22 AM

The game still look incredible great with out aa or aniso. Very good job by the programmers. It's great to see PCs as the graphic leader again. I was tired of consoles being ahead.

thcdru2k · 09-22-02, 11:32 AM

even at 640x480x16 with lowest details the graphics easily equal what a ps2 is capable of displaying on a tv.

skipparoo · 09-22-02, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sancheuz
The game still look incredible great with out aa or aniso. Very good job by the programmers. It's great to see PCs as the graphic leader again. I was tired of consoles being ahead.

PCs have ALWAYS looked better than consoles, no question.

-Skippy

LORD-eX-Bu · 09-22-02, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by skipparoo

PCs have ALWAYS looked better than consoles, no question.

-Skippy

Yep, consoles operate at low resolutions, and since they are on TVs they look "good". But the thing is, even at those low resolutions, none of the consoles can maintain framerates under stress like a decent PC can.

SnakeEyes · 09-22-02, 04:31 PM

Which is one reason it will be interesting to see Unreal Championship running on the X-Box. I get the feeling that there's much more we should be able to do in the way of performance optizations with our hardware without causing the framerate hits we've been seeing. Just judging by preview movies of UC, anyway, which has the same lush graphics engine UT2003 is using, but cranked. If it runs smoothly on an XBox, which is basically the equivalent of a low end GF4 on a 700Mhz processor, then UT2003 should be able to run as well at higher than TV resolutions on a monitor with our 1-2GHz machines and GF4Ti's.

Things that make ya go hmm...

LORD-eX-Bu · 09-22-02, 04:33 PM

hmmmm...

thcdru2k · 09-22-02, 04:34 PM

xbox isn't bogged down by an operating system such as windows xp. plus being a console, everything is optimized perfectly.

09-21-02, 02:54 PM	#217
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	wow gf2mx, that is great to hear. ehh guess i'll try to get ut2k3 workin on my gts systems now than. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

09-21-02, 04:58 PM	#218
SnakeEyes Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lake Zurich, IL Posts: 502	Yeah, the game runs pretty well on most nVidia hardware without AA or anisotropic filtering. The real problem is, once you try it with one or both enabled, it's hard to accept it without it. (Trust me, the AA shows VERY clearly once you compare the game with it to the game without it..) __________________ Snake-Eyes

09-21-02, 05:19 PM	#220
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	for me sweet spot is 1024x768 with quincunx. looks good enough, and the speed is still great. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

09-21-02, 07:33 PM	#221
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	yay got my athlon tbird 1.1ghz and gf2 gts to run ut2k3 800x600x16, lowest details with lighting, getting between 40 and 110 fps. i'm sure i can turn up the details but its running really smooth and sweet. now i have two computers to play ut2k3. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

09-22-02, 11:22 AM	#222
sancheuz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 186	The game still look incredible great with out aa or aniso. Very good job by the programmers. It's great to see PCs as the graphic leader again. I was tired of consoles being ahead. __________________ huh?

09-21-02, 05:14 PM	#219
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	The game looks very good without AA but when I use 4AA and 8 anios on my TI4600 the game slows to a crawl to about 20 FPS.

09-22-02, 11:32 AM	#223
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	even at 640x480x16 with lowest details the graphics easily equal what a ps2 is capable of displaying on a tv. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

09-22-02, 04:31 PM	#226
SnakeEyes Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lake Zurich, IL Posts: 502	Which is one reason it will be interesting to see Unreal Championship running on the X-Box. I get the feeling that there's much more we should be able to do in the way of performance optizations with our hardware without causing the framerate hits we've been seeing. Just judging by preview movies of UC, anyway, which has the same lush graphics engine UT2003 is using, but cranked. If it runs smoothly on an XBox, which is basically the equivalent of a low end GF4 on a 700Mhz processor, then UT2003 should be able to run as well at higher than TV resolutions on a monitor with our 1-2GHz machines and GF4Ti's. Things that make ya go hmm... __________________ Snake-Eyes

09-22-02, 04:33 PM	#227
LORD-eX-Bu Horus the pointy master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 4,609	hmmmm... __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

09-22-02, 04:34 PM	#228
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	xbox isn't bogged down by an operating system such as windows xp. plus being a console, everything is optimized perfectly. __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

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