Small Inklings On System Specs

**VACkillers** · 08-04-2007, 09:56 AM

I found this while i was on the www.planetunreal.com website, gave some sort of insight as to what rig you might need to run UT3.

"Your Crappy 2½ Year Old Computer Will Run UT3 - RaptoR -
7/31/07 7:18 PST - General UT3 News
Unreal Tournament 3 lead designer Steve Polge dropped by the BU forums to talk about the recent glut of UT3 footage to come out of Comic-Con. Steve comments that the top-of-the-range Alienware systems used at Comic-Con would easily run UT3 at max details, and that UT3 playtesting was being done on 2.5 year old rigs with mid-range GeForce 7800 graphics cards.
A few comments: we're still working on player and pickup visibility - we're confident we've got a system that will address those issues well. We haven't fully implemented this system because we need to make sure all character skins and level lighting is finalized before we tweak it. We also have a very nice material based system for making it easy to pick out team colors on players and vehicles at any distance, where the red or blue is boosted based on distance. That way you get natural looking characters and vehicles up close, whose team is clearly distinguishable even at the furthest viewable distance.

Those machines are way overkill for the highest detail level - the only reason it wasn't turned on was because the option isn't exposed in the menus. We do all of our play testing on 2.5 year old systems with 7800s in them - that's our target medium detail (what you were seeing today) platform. Quad core doesn't help much for performance, but having a dual core machine is a big benefit.

Stinger primary fire is still a hitscan minigun, although that build has some issues with the tracers feeling a touch laggy. Stinger alt-fire is not hitscan, however."

hope it helps somewhat

**Lert** · 08-04-2007, 10:29 AM

Excellent. My 7600GT is not entirely outdated then.

**VACkillers** · 08-04-2007, 10:34 AM

well im personally only running a BFG 7800 myself... so i was concerned... so hopfully it'll run okay for me too now

**Henrik** · 08-04-2007, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Lert

Excellent. My 7600GT is not entirely outdated then.

Not entirely... but close.

**HypedGaming** · 08-04-2007, 11:35 AM

I am going to be running:

Core2duo 2.4
Geforce 7950GT
XMS2 2gigs DDR2 ram

I think I should be alright, but maybe I am wrong?

**DefJam101** · 08-04-2007, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by VACkillers

We also have a very nice material based system for making it easy to pick out team colors on players and vehicles at any distance, where the red or blue is boosted based on distance. That way you get natural looking characters and vehicles up close, whose team is clearly distinguishable even at the furthest viewable distance.

So simple..and I would have never thought of that O.o

Quad core doesn't help much for performance, but having a dual core machine is a big benefit.

Woot.

**MysTikal** · 08-04-2007, 12:05 PM

Guess I'm out of luck with a 6600GT OC then.

**da ghost** · 08-04-2007, 12:59 PM

Someone dig out my posts more than a year ago telling people that the "OMG I'M GONNA NEED 123309218 GIGS OF RAM AND A 2352355 GHZ PROCESSOR" stuff was overkill and that current technology will suffice.

**Vendetta** · 08-04-2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by MysTikal

Guess I'm out of luck with a 6600GT OC then.

You might be able to run it at a low resolution with low detail.

**Cuddles** · 08-04-2007, 05:55 PM

I wonder if I can play UT3 with my 4200ti.

PS! it can barely play UE2 games on low setings.

**Teaio** · 08-04-2007, 07:32 PM

I'm kind of hoping my 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo Mac laptop will run it if anyone has any info on this being a possiblity plz tell me

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics

Green_Day_584 · 08-04-2007, 07:39 PM

geez, ur all luky cause i got a geforce 7600gt. hope THAT does the job, cause iv been waiting all year and pooling all the cash i can get...

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by Green_Day_584

geez, ur all luky cause i got a geforce 7600gt. hope THAT does the job, cause iv been waiting all year and pooling all the cash i can get...

My friend, You are not alone..not alone. Well look at me. First how old are you? Second: I collected 1200$ for my PC only so thats gonna be a lot of money to spend.

**Jamezterr** · 08-05-2007, 01:39 AM

Awesome so my 7800 GT will still be of some use. ^.^

**DanB91** · 08-05-2007, 01:48 AM

wahh i guess my ibook g4 w/ ati radeon 9550 w/ 32mb vram wont be able to run it, even though it ran ut2004 perfectly

**Ultron** · 08-05-2007, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by MysTikal

Guess I'm out of luck with a 6600GT OC then.

If you have a fast enough computer that card will work fine, but yeah it can't do the highest end graphical settings or take advantage of features that the newer and higher-end cards can do. That's a 2 year old card, really.

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 07:31 AM

The comic con systems were running at medium detail??

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by Mark Rein

We do all of our play testing on 2.5 year old systems with 7800s in them - that's our target medium detail (what you were seeing today) platform.

Now comic con PC's were playing on Medium detail?

Please answer.

**Aaron.:LLS:.** · 08-05-2007, 09:14 AM

Well he said that those machines could go up to max. but it wasnt exposed on the menus.

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by durtytarget

Were the comic con PC's were playing on Medium detail?

Please answer.

Can I have a more specific yes/no answer?
He mentions: Medium detail:the one you were seeing today..i.e. at the time of the comic con matches.
Were those PCs playing on medium detail level?

**Justice Janitor** · 08-05-2007, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by durtytarget

Can I have a more specific yes/no answer?
He mentions: Medium detail:the one you were seeing today..i.e. at the time of the comic con matches.
Were those PCs playing on medium detail level?

From what I read, yes, don't know why. But it seems those machines could easly run it on max settings with no problem at all.

**AFG34** · 08-05-2007, 11:02 AM

hope my X800GTO2 will do it

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Well if that is right, Then brilliant!!! The medium setting graphics rocked my brain out of my eye sockets!!!!!!!! So i guess you can get mind blowing graphics even with 7800s and 1800 above.

**DefJam101** · 08-05-2007, 02:35 PM

This means good news for PS3 and XB360, playable framerates might actually be in the picture!

**durtytarget** · 08-05-2007, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by DefJam101

This means good news for PS3 and XB360, playable framerates might actually be in the picture!

Where did that come from? Yes they did mention PS3 will play very good but nothing about the x360. What are you referring to as you speak/write/type?

**DefJam101** · 08-05-2007, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by durtytarget

Where did that come from? Yes they did mention PS3 will play very good but nothing about the x360. What are you referring to as you speak/write/type?

The XB360 and PS3 are getting pwned in the graphics department. They don't have Crysis, which means the wave of "LOL GRAFIX" games following it, they will also not receive.

I was expecting UT3's framerates to be terrible, like Oblivion on the 360 and Morrowind before it, on the XBox. When, in fact, it might turn out to be running fairly well.

**btcomm** · 08-08-2007, 09:17 PM

Video card and CPU hardware has been going along fairly well. We might actually get a game that you can play on max details with the TOTL hardware the day of release. I don't think that was the case when UT2004 came out.

**VACkillers** · 08-09-2007, 03:44 AM

UT3 is going to be released for the x360 sometime next year while the PS3 and PC versions will be out in novermber (hopefully). Yes i did read somewhere that the comic con clips weren't actually playing on full detail, i dunno if you could say that they were running on "MEDIUM" settings, im sure it was on HI, jus not ultra or anything but who knows, its all guess work really unless u were there playing it.

Im thinking that personally, its gonna come to more about your CPU then the speed of your graphics, yes of course the gfx card is definately a major part, but the statement for duel cores and quad core performance makes me wonder exactly what kind of cpu you might need to run it smoothly, im personally only running an athlon64 3700+, no duel core lol...

i might need to get a new comp heh... yeah i got a BFG 7800, but its AGP

**[TT]BrundleFly** · 08-09-2007, 09:47 PM

So my 386 and Voodoo II still have some life in them...

**intentsly** · 08-10-2007, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by [TT]BrundleFly

So my 386 and Voodoo II still have some life in them...

Too much Grand Marnier

lol

Intentsly

**mossa** · 08-10-2007, 06:43 AM

Just built new comp...

£1200 worth
Intel Chip 2.66 dual core, BFG 8800, raptor HD which I need to raid ...more speed on seek...

Still kept my G5 mouse, and N52, old ms keyboard

So all in all should be fine for UT3... but then again my old system would have been ok... but the new one is just pure grunt...

Anyone know if UT3 will run on 64bit?

**A_Spec** · 08-10-2007, 06:45 AM

\/\/00t Radeon 9200 ftw

**oldkawman1** · 08-10-2007, 11:21 AM

I just put together a new one. You can get alot of computer if you choose your components carefully and build your own. Everything I purchased was NEW.
Lian Lee case, mid tower aluminum PC-7A, $116 (includes shipping)
OCZ 600W power supply, $98 (includes shipping)
EPOX socket 939 Infinity EP-9npa3 NF4 Ultra, $89 (includes shipping)
XFX GeF 7950, 512mb DDR3, 570Mhz GPU clock, $179 (includes shipping)
2 GIG DDR400 value ram (which I already had, does real cheap now anyway, real cheap now anyway, like $100 for 2 gig)
Seagate 120 GIG ata HD (which I already had)
Hitachi 500GIG SATA HD , $125 (includes shipping)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 6.1 sound card (which I already had, onboard sound uses too much CPU, better to have a good card)
Sony DVD/CD combo drive, (which I already had)
AMD Opteron 180, 2.4 Ghz, dual core, $179 (includes shipping)
Titan Vanessa type L, 120mm fan, $47 (includes shipping)
Total of $833
Even if I would have bought new memory and the DVD, it would still come in under $1K. But if I had to buy memory, I would have then went with an AM2 platform build.

**VACkillers** · 08-10-2007, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by mossa

Just built new comp...

£1200 worth
Intel Chip 2.66 dual core, BFG 8800, raptor HD which I need to raid ...more speed on seek...

Still kept my G5 mouse, and N52, old ms keyboard

So all in all should be fine for UT3... but then again my old system would have been ok... but the new one is just pure grunt...

Anyone know if UT3 will run on 64bit?

yes they will do, but weither or not it'll take more advantage with 64bit chips is another thing, im sure it will

**Teaio** · 08-10-2007, 04:30 PM

Erm will a ATI Radeon X1600 run UT3?

**VACkillers** · 08-10-2007, 05:37 PM

it should do.... but to how well it'll run no one can guess yet as specs not been released officially

**srsairbags** · 08-10-2007, 10:12 PM

someone please mention about mobile gpu . . . will the 8600m gt be enough . . ? ? or maybe 8700 gt / 7950 gtx . . . . or should one wait tilll next year and het the 8700 gtx ultra . . . . ? ? ?

**VACkillers** · 08-11-2007, 03:08 AM

any of those cards "should" be enough to run it... but make sure you have a least 1GB ram minimum on laptops....

but no official word has said anything yet but seriously those cards should be fine if their test machine was a 7800 srsairbags.

**Cykoe** · 08-11-2007, 04:54 AM

Anyone got a guess as to how a (see below) would run?

XFX 8800GTS XX 320mb
Core2Duo 6400 2.13ghz
2gig G.Skill Ram
ASUS P5N-E Mobo

I was aiming for max settings. I have never seen below 70fps in RoboBlitz. I usually average well over 90fps. But I know UT3 will probably make RoboBlitz look like a toy in a graphics comparison.