Epic: Will UT2007 (PC) use more than one core?

[CounterZeus]

I just pray my future laptop will be able to run UT2k7
and of course my Pent D 830 with 1GB DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 6700XL

[Oddside]

I just pray my future laptop will be able to run UT2k7
and of course my Pent D 830 with 1GB DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 6700XL

Hmm, I've never heard of a '6700XL' before, but after a bit of searching I've found that it's a factory overclocked 6600GT, so it'll run it, just not on high settings (probably not medium either ).

[MonsOlympus]

umm perhaps

Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo Ready
Quad-core CPU Ready
DDR2 800/667/533
FSB 1066/800/533
Quad PCI-E x 16 slots

http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...41&modelmenu=1
Or http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...89&modelmenu=1

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/975x/index.htm

[jbizzler]

I see no need for the 4 PCIe x16s, but the P5WDG2-WS Pro is probablyt he best you can get without a budget. Right now, this si the best config ont eh market for games:

P5WDG2-WS Pro
Core 2 Extreme X6800
2x TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF (4 DIMMS total) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145044
X1950XTX+CF
X-Fi Elite Pro
Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC (Way too powerful network AIC) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833342001
ASUS P1 PhysX

That's what I'd have if I had no budget.

[unknown_lord]

umm perhaps

http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...41&modelmenu=1
Or http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...89&modelmenu=1

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/975x/index.htm

I just now realized that 16 pci slots is little to much for an average pc

[Hanji]

The 975X chipset runs on an older Memory controller, the 965 series has the new memory controller, its speed can almost reach the 975X's speeds, but check out the price, like 50-100 bucks USD$ differents. Blah blah blah, anyway, the 975X won't support Core 2 Quadro when the MAINSTREAM ones to release Q1 2007, the expensive Core 2 Quadro X6700 will release this November.

[Oddside]

Blah blah blah, anyway, the 975X won't support Core 2 Quadro when the MAINSTREAM ones to release Q1 2007...

Why not? If it supports a top end Core 2 quadro why would it not support the 'mainstream' versions, which are probably just going to run at lower frequencies & have less L2 cache?

I see no need for the 4 PCIe x16s, but the P5WDG2-WS Pro is probablyt he best you can get without a budget. Right now, this si the best config ont eh market for games:
...

I wonder how much faster a system of the same price will be this time next year.

[Sharpfish]

I wonder how much faster a system of the same price will be this time next year.

about 4 times faster than a system that cost double the price last year!

I am looking at picking up a nice core2Duo E6600 (overclocked to 3ghz) which should be fine. Would love a quad but they are going to be pricey when they drop, I also here that some stuff is going to have trouble working with them out of the box (because some software is only good for upto two cores).

We'll see!

[MonsOlympus]

Ok so is this what we can expect from quadcore?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OF9q...elated&search=

[jbizzler]

I just now realized that 16 pci slots is little to much for an average pc

the x16 means speed. It doesn't mean there's 16 of them. It's one slot with 16 PCIe lanes.

Ok so is this what we can expect from quadcore?

Yes, but I don't know if UT2007 will be optimized for Quad-Core out of the box. If it isn't, I imagine they'd patch it fairly soon after. Apps that aren't optimized for Quad-Core will run as well as their dual-core counter part. ie. the Q6600 would perform like the E6600 if UT2007 isn't optimized for Quad-Core.

[MonsOlympus]

Yeah I looked on the alan wake site and it says vista/360 exclusive, Im guessin that means we'll start seeing more of this later when UE3 moves towards dx10. I mean UE3 looks awsome as it is so I cant imagine how impressive its going to be later on. On the unreal wiki it says something about UE3.5 using dx11 and dx12 but Im not sure if that'll be right or not, it just seems that if UE3 is at 3.0 now then we can expect quad-core and dx10 from 3.5 I reckon. Mind you there has been talk of UE now working on mulitple cores with both 360 and ps3, maybe thats just an insight though.

Im really just waiting to see if there is more to come like six cores or oct cores, whatever, because if they are going to be making ultra beasts that can run way faster than current systems in like 2 years time then maybe its worth the wait. Then I can just boot up my 360 and ps3 emulators and play any game I want that was made from now till then hehe

I can really only see things getting cheaper, I was really surprised at the cost vs performance of core 2 duo as amd had set a pretty low mark for prices already. Its good to see the cpu makers fighting it out decently, Id only hope that things are looking this good for gpu makers as well. Quad sli might be pretty promising but I wonder about the future of multi-core gpu's the 7950gx2's are something like that and I think asus has one with 2 7800gtx's on it as well.

Its definatly going to be great to see all this stuff come to bloom over the next few years, I just hope it does lead us into a golden age for gaming while bringing back some of the nostalga the industry seems to have lost. Imagine what an arcade machine could do if these are desktop/workstation specs, consoles are definatly looking strong but the Id like to see the industry be alittle less split over online gaming. I guess no matter how far the technology goes it'll always be limited by us humans lmao

[Gearbox]

10 pages later........

YES

[jbizzler]

10 pages later........

YES

Yes.

I wonder how much faster a system of the same price will be this time next year.

Next year's ultimate system:

Bearlake-X Chipset Motherboard With Dual PCIe2 x16 and SATA3
45nm Native Quad Core Intel Processor
4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
Dual G90s or R700s or Intel's Upcoming Enthusiest GPUs

Super drool awsome right now, but by that time we'll have somethign new to marvel at...
Some law states that processor speeds double every 16 months. That doesn't translate directly to performance, but you get the idea.

[Oddside]

Some law states that processor speeds double every 16 months...

I don't mean to be pedantic but it's 'Moores Law' & it states that transistor density (number of transistors per unit area) will double every 18 - 24 months (depends where you look). But like you say, it doesn't directly relate to performance.

[Artmic]

One question i have, are the character models and outdoor things in UT2007 drawn as complex as the Gears of War game on the xbox360? or are we reduced to nice looking texturers and effects, but with low low polygon models I HATE THAT about pc games, the stupid arse low polygon counts in games, everything looks like a freaking lego block.