Anyone know how well UT2004 will run (if at all) on my PC?
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- Mouse
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Anyone know how well UT2004 will run (if at all) on my PC?
I have a laptop - which means no graphics card updates
So, my laptop is as follows:
AMD Athlon Mobile 2.4Ghz
512mb Ram
64mb graphics card (pish, I know)
Will this run at ANY sort of speed whatsoever?
So, my laptop is as follows:
AMD Athlon Mobile 2.4Ghz
512mb Ram
64mb graphics card (pish, I know)
Will this run at ANY sort of speed whatsoever?
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- Heavy
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Yep Stoat is right, if anything UT2004 will run better than UT2003 would, because of the way they've optimised the memory in the 04 version.
You've got enough processor and ram to help push the game along, so as long as you don't stick everything on a high setting, you should find it works quite well.
Download the UT2004 demo from here to try it out first http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/downloads.php
P.S. Stoat, I'm lovin' the Squow avatar mate
You've got enough processor and ram to help push the game along, so as long as you don't stick everything on a high setting, you should find it works quite well.
Download the UT2004 demo from here to try it out first http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/downloads.php
P.S. Stoat, I'm lovin' the Squow avatar mate
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yay for squows!
and yay for well optimised games; any of you guys tried Doom 3? i Swear that game will run on a typewriter if its configured right.
In an attempt to keep this on subject: Yes, you should run ok with that. A mate of mine has similar specs, and it runs just fine, albeit at not very high settings
and yay for well optimised games; any of you guys tried Doom 3? i Swear that game will run on a typewriter if its configured right.
In an attempt to keep this on subject: Yes, you should run ok with that. A mate of mine has similar specs, and it runs just fine, albeit at not very high settings
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Joose wrote:yay for squows!
and yay for well optimised games; any of you guys tried Doom 3? i Swear that game will run on a typewriter if its configured right.
In an attempt to keep this on subject: Yes, you should run ok with that. A mate of mine has similar specs, and it runs just fine, albeit at not very high settings
Doom 3 barely moves on mine
I got a 128 meg ATi 9200 (i think) and its quite jerky even with low detail and screen size set to 640x480
but... I have a cunning plan :twisted: As our IT Team are friendly with the Engineering lot im going to see if I can buy (or otherwise aquire) one of their old CAD Graphics cards (assuming it will fit/run on my PC) now THAT will be good!
but... I have a cunning plan :twisted: As our IT Team are friendly with the Engineering lot im going to see if I can buy (or otherwise aquire) one of their old CAD Graphics cards (assuming it will fit/run on my PC) now THAT will be good!
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watashi-wa wrote:Doom 3 barely moves on mine
buh?
fabyak wrote:I got a 128 meg ATi 9200 (i think) and its quite jerky even with low detail and screen size set to 640x480
BUH?
Fabyak, you talking about Doom 3 there, or UT?
Ive got Doom 3 working on the computer of a guy who live across the road from me, and thats a 700Mhz thingy with 512meg of Ram and some old GeForce card i scavenged from my old computer. Its none too pretty and chuggs a little, but its playable enough for him to have completed it.
Theres a bunch of tweaks you can do to it to make it go faster by messing around with the .ini files. Look here:
http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html
and here:
http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/doom3/index.shtml
although, to be honest, i got bored with the game half way through and stopped playing. Theres a limit to how long distant muttering and zombies jumping out of cupboards can stay scary.
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fabyak wrote:As our IT Team are friendly with the Engineering lot im going to see if I can buy (or otherwise aquire) one of their old CAD Graphics cards (assuming it will fit/run on my PC) now THAT will be good!
Stay away from Quadro cards. Even though they are one of the most expensive cards on the planet, they are notoriously bad at just becoming "borked" for no apparent reason.
Both myself and another friend who works in I.T. have had to replace countless Quadro cards where they decide to go screwy for no reason.
They are nice cards, but only when the work! :wink:
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On the subject of Doom3
It took a while to get it going but using trial and error with the custom tweaks i got it playable on my Matrox Parhelia 256mb, still not great though.