UT 2003 Demo out!!

[Viper_Maniac]

Yep its finally been released. Grab it for yourself here: UT 2003 Demo

 

[Solid Fro]

100MB! I guess I could let it dl overnight.

 

[LoudMusic]

What are the hardware/software requirements?

~LoudMusic

 

[Solid Fro]

Operating System: WIN 98/ME/2000/XP

CPU: Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (*Pentium® or AMD 1.0 GHz or greater RECOMMENDED)

Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM or greater RECOMMENDED)

Hard Disk Space: 3 GB

CD ROM or CD/DVD ROM: 8X

Audio System: Windows® compatible sound card (*Sound Blaster® Audigy(tm) series sound card RECOMMENDED) (NVIDIA® nForce™ or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby® Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio. Also RECOMMENDED)

Video System: 3D Accelerator card with 16 MB VRAM (*32-128 MB VRAM RECOMMENDED) 16 MB TNT2-class DirectX® version 6 compliant video card. (*NVIDIA GeForce 2/ATI Radeon RECOMMENDED) DirectX® version 8.1 (Included on game disc)

Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. *Internet play requires a 33.6 Kbps or faster modem





Now double all of that nonsense and you're looking at a 1.5 GHz with atleast 256MB memory and a GeForce 3 or Radeon for UT to run well enough to play it. Forget about those intergrated graphic chipsets like the nForce, I bet it won't even run on them.

 

[Pako]

Demo? Who's been playing the BETA 967 release?

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
Now double all of that nonsense and you're looking at a 1.5 GHz with atleast 256MB memory and a GeForce 3 or Radeon for UT to run well enough to play it. Forget about those intergrated graphic chipsets like the nForce, I bet it won't even run on them.

I hear you on that one. The only thing I'm lacking on is the processor then. I'm still kicking a 600mhz P3. Though I do have 512k of cache, which is double what any of the current chips have. BAM! (:

I don't see myself shelling out another $1,000+ for a new fangled pixel stomper, though. Maybe if I can build a computer to do actual *work* with, that turns a profit, then maybe. Or if someone else will pay for it.

~LoudMusic

 

[Viper_Maniac]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
100MB! I guess I could let it dl overnight.

Thats what I'm going to do.

 

[Solid Fro]

My system: Athlon XP 2000+ (1.8GHz) GeForce 3 Ti 500 (265Mhz) 512MB DDR PC2100 (555MHz) SB Audigy Gamer. 1024x768x32.

It runs pretty good even without my system being overclocked like it is above. The demo lacks an FPS counter but, I guess it ran about 30-40 FPS with everything maxed out. The lighting effects are good and the player models are very detailed. Though, the textures weren't as sharp as you could get them in Quake III. You get two maps, an outdoor map with cool water effects and trees, and an indoor industrial type map with lighting effects. Up to 3 characters can be selected. The guns are pretty much the same from UT. The music is rather bland, but it looks like you can edit them and switch it with your own music because the files are .ogg vorbis files. The controls are good too, I prefer arrow keys and the mouse. Take a look at some of my screenshots below. Click on them to make them bigger (1024x768).

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[Solid Fro]

More pics. CTF map and the bomb run map.

 

[Viper_Maniac]

This thing took me about 16-18 hours to dl but it was worth it. Damn this game kicks ass!

 

[KosmikFool]

I can't wait to get CABLE....!!!!

 

[Viper_Maniac]

I'm getting DSL in 4 days.

 

[Acid X]

What kind of video card do you have Viper Zero?

 

[Solid Fro]

VisionTek Xtasy 6964 GeForce 3 Ti500.

Why do you ask?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

cause it looks pretty good on it

 

[Solid Fro]

Yeah, it looks pretty cool. Imagine a GeForce 4 with its extra pixel shaders and all of that crap.

I found out how to measure your fps. There are benchmark demos in the benchmark folder in the main UT directory. Here are my marks with everything maxed out:

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Fly-by:

ctf-citadel
39.374119 / 73.173981 / 173.772919 fps
Score = 73.280647

dm-asbestos
43.678341 / 99.054176 / 343.836304 fps
Score = 99.132889

dm-antalus
34.558659 / 56.352909 / 159.252090 fps
Score = 56.376743

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Bot match:

br-anubis
6.079011 / 42.577324 / 85.251038 fps
Score = 42.583302

dm-asbestos
9.345043 / 35.012318 / 75.235970 fps
Score = 35.028271

ctf-citadel
7.217102 / 33.183189 / 69.957352 fps
Score = 33.216801

dm-antalus
8.183006 / 35.865788 / 63.892651 fps
Score = 35.890198

 

[CloneHead]

Originally posted by viper_maniac
This thing took me about 16-18 hours to dl but it was worth it. Damn this game kicks ass!

I've got cable, and it sure was worth the HALF HOUR download 😈

Let's get some online games going, once you get cable too...

 

[CloneHead]

The game runs pretty smooth, but it really should have a frames counter.
Maybe I shoud get the fraps thingy..

BTW, I've got almost the same specs as you Viper Zero, exept for my DDR's which is PC2700.. :thumbsup: And a Daytona GeForce 3 Ti200 with 128Mb DDR

 

[Acid X]

Jebus ... THats crazy viper zero... I want your video card. May i have it for 5$?

 

[Solid Fro]

$5! LOL! I'll give you my power cord for 5 bucks! Seriously though, you could get a GeForce 3 for around $80, not dirt cheap, but cheaper than what I paid for mine.

I wish I had a 128MB card Clonehead. 128 must be sweet. Mine is only 64.

 

[Acid X]

Blah, i dont have 80$ man!

 

[Viper_Maniac]