What will I have to upgrade for UT2003 ?

[Fin]

Resolution 1024*768:

If you have at least an 1.2 GHz CPU, just get a new GFX-Card. No real need to upgrade your CPU if you didn't plan to do so anyway.

These numbers are taken from Anandtech.com's latest gfx-card comparison that can be found here. Keep in mind that UT2003 will run faster than the Unreal Performance Test (it is build to stress the system as much as possible) which was used to benchmark the cards.

Seeing this number, I am confident, that I don't need to upgrade. But I play 800*600 anyway.

 

[-CrackKing-]

my p400 will simply own UT2 and if i have to upgrade i'll eat my hat

 

[Fin]

don't forget to chew each bite 32 times

 

[smark]

guess it's time to upgrade my old PIII733 512Mb 32Mb TnT2 right?

 

[LatinoMi5]

guess so mark

 

[Termi]

it depends what you mean by "need" - i mean even in UT, if you have GF3 and a 1.4ghz machine - it still slows down if you backhammer of the siege tower or run into about 50 rockets and 2 shock combos on gardia, so i spose its how much do you wanna spend.

I think UT's recomended 400Mhz is bollocks, so if they recomend a 1ghz for UT2003 i wouldnt be supprised if it wasnt smooth all the time....

 

[Konnan]

wtf, my gf2mx wont do
ah well, a nice start with 10 fps in bombrun will do

 

[KillarTron]

Im with konnan fs
My pc is gonna blow up with unreal2003
My gf1 jus wont do!

 

[MrMerc]

 

[-CrackKing-]

ah well, a nice start with 10 fps in bombrun will do

or on golgotha, ballistic, overlord, siege...

 

[Phear]

The big difference is HW T&L support. The UT engine can't handle anywhere near as many polys as the new Unreal Engine simply because it doesn't support HW T&L. At simply running UT the new engine would be a lot faster than the one in UT, at least if you've got a T&L card. Trouble is they've upped the poly count to compensate for that

If you don't have a T&L card give up now, if you do, you'll at least be able to play it but you'll need a Geforce 3+ to do it at high detail I would imagine

 

[Andy]

RE:

aye and stick 4 delta fans to it and clock it

 

[TexasTom]

Alternatively stick to UT and CS

 

[Plonko]

I'll just have to run UT2 in 640*480 and pretend it looks real good.

Either that or not play it cos there's no AS anyway.

 

[munkZ]

the guys on the mtw site said they were playing at 100fps+ off a gf4MX card, I reckon about 800mhz and a gf2 gts will do fine.

 

[Crusader]

Aye CS is a great gamer .. and u dont need a fast comp to play it either .. unless ur mean like me and throw loads of smoke grenades around

Crusader

 

[Neo]

Hope I can run it sweet off me Geforce 2 Ultra.. I aint gonna be able to upgrade

 

[Termi]

you're joking right Neo... lol, you must be - if you aint do you wanna buy a GF3? lolol

 

[Termi]

someone clever - why does it make such a difference for the GF4 having more clock speed? compared to say the radeon where it makes no difference.

 

[Fin]

The resources of the radeon (memory bandwith, fillrate) are maxed out right from the start, while the TI needs a fast system use get to use it's full potential.