Ultron's UT3 Tweaks

[Sir snipes AloT]

BTW.Im using XP pro.

[Sir snipes AloT]

Hey also i have another puter with a ATI 9800 AIW
and a AMD:XP2400+
What gives?
Keeps giving me an error and at times before a ati driver install rebooting the rig?
Opps I have 1024 gigs of ram too.

[Sir snipes AloT]

Its prolly coz of the map that you are running at the time
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[Sir snipes AloT]

I may be a noob but???How can I bench mark my rig on UT3?
ABIT:motherboard
Chipset:550
CPU: AMD socket AM2 4200 2.53mghz
1048 meg ram ddr2
NVIDIA 8500 gt
Creative: Audigy 2 ZS
COMCAST: CABLE>>>>ZZZZZZZZZ

[Capt. Maverick]

anakin, I have missed it, but what are your system specs? For example

HP Pavillion a6350z
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (CPU)
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon 2600XT 256MB (video card)
Creative Labs Audigy SE (sound card)

Something like that. I'm convinced it's not a video problem. I think it's either audio (for example OpenAL or something else) or perhaps a corrupt install.

Thanks for all the help Ultron. We all seem to be in the same boat. and btw, my specs are 3.4 P4, 4GB of RAM, big-honkin' hard drive, (that's a technical term...hehe), ATI Radeon X1600 XT extreme gamer edition with 512 of DDR3 on board, Sound Blaster Audigy 4, and a Logitech G7.

-Mav

[Ultron]

Give me some time guys, I'll do some research.

[Ultimatemale]

hi there i need some advice im running unreal 3 i have a decent resolution set but my fps keeps dropping every now and again the frame rate drops an bounces back up again an drops regardless of resolution ive even tried lowest ress
so id like someone toadvice on the exact setting i should use that would brings the most out of my system since im quite nooby myself

here are my system specs

windows vista ultimate 32bit edition
3.06 Gigherts 64bit processor with hypothreading techonology socket 775
Asus mother board P5NSLI nforce 570 SLI intel core 2 ready
2GB DDR2 RAM
320GB SATA 2 hardrive
n-vidiea g-force 7600GT
i was wondering what would b the best settings to use in unreal 3 for my system
i was also wondering if it is possible to SLI my 7600GT with a n-vidia card of the 8series
if i had to upgrade my system which part should i upgrade for most value for money and max game playability

[anakin14]

Here is my computer's set-up:
Windows Vista Home Premium
Gigabyte Aurora 3D 570
OCZ GameXStream Power Supply (NVIDIA SLI-Ready)
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB 16MB SATA II X2
Asus P5K Deluxe with latest BIOS
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Retail with Heatsink
Corsair Dominator RAM (2GB, 2X1GB DDR2, PC2-8500 C5)
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM with latest firmware
MSI RX2600XT-T2D512EZ Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Silent Heat Pipe Video Card - Retail - with latest firmware
Samsung SyncMaster 226BW
Kingston DTR2GB 2GB DataTraveler ReadyFlash USB 2.0 Drive With ReadyBoost
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1600

I have all the updated drivers for all components. Plus, I tried uninstalling OpenAL with no luck. I've also tried removing my TV card and uninstalling its software - nada. Keep in mind, my rig is not overclocked and other than this game, I have absolutely no issues with it. Right now I'm playing Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, and Tomb Raider Anniversary.

Wait a minute, the only other game I've ever had an issue with is Quake 4 (game wouldn't boot and screen would go gray). However, I do play Quake Arena, and Unreal 2003 & 2004.

Not that it matters too much, but I'm 41 years old and I've been building computers since 1993 (golly, a 486 DX with 4 MB RAM, a Cirrus video card, and a 170 MB hard drive, DOS, and a 13 inch monitor all for $2,100!!!). However, I certainly don't know it all as evidenced by my inability to get this game to run.

[Tutor]

Can any one help???
UT3.exe stopped working appears, and the game wont run, i get the spalsh screen which freezes then nothing else, ive tried uninstalling and redoing it, look at hundreds of different tips, nothing works, i have vista compatible copy of the game and am running it on my vista ultimate laptop
2048MBDDR11 533 RAm
Intel 943GML +ICH7-M
GMA 959
100GB S-ATA HDD
intel core duo T2080 1.73 GHz

[Ultron]

anakin, I have missed it, but what are your system specs? For example

HP Pavillion a6350z
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (CPU)
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon 2600XT 256MB (video card)
Creative Labs Audigy SE (sound card)

Something like that. I'm convinced it's not a video problem. I think it's either audio (for example OpenAL or something else) or perhaps a corrupt install.

[anakin14]

I think the only "Unreal" action I'm going to get out of this disk is if I take my shotgun to it. I'm "this close" to actually doing it and posting it on You Tube.

[madZ]

FYI - I tried uninstalling the Ageia software - no luck. Game still won't run. I also tried downloading the latest version and still, no dice. Game sticks at the splash screen.

Boohoo. Any better ideas people?

[anakin14]

FYI - I tried uninstalling the Ageia software - no luck. Game still won't run. I also tried downloading the latest version and still, no dice. Game sticks at the splash screen.

[madZ]

I noticed that AGEIA was both installed and is active on my computer. Funny thing is I DON'T HAVE AN AGEIA PHYSX CARD!!! Maybe that's what is screwing up my machine??? Perhaps the game is trying to launch a card that doesn't exist!!??

Ageia works as a Software physics renderer as well. Like Havok physics, Ageia Software suit can help in the computation of a multitude of physics collisions n all. So no, that is probably not your problem. But well, Fiddling around with it wouldn't harm anyone one, so why not.

about drivers: i tried them all !
For me that is not the solution.

Tried something new!
I first deinstalled ut3 and ageia complete.
Then cleaned up my harddrive.
Also went into REGEDIT and removed in my registry all that with the name UT3 on it.
Then run RechMechanic cleaner.
Then defragged whole system.
Rebooted computer.
Installed new on another partion of my harddisk called F.
Also went to Ageia page and downloaded / installed aegia update
http://www.ageia.com/drivers/drivers.html
Then defragged F
Started up ut3 and it runs ok for now.
I will let you know if this stays the same or that it will crash again.

PFFFFF...what a work to install a computergame ......

Haha willem, thats rather too much don't you think? Thats like eliminating every problem possible by clearing almost every thing out. Good for you, and good find. Now we know the problem is SOMEWHERE in the PC .

Peace \/

[Willem]

Lets hope everything will be solved soon !

Have tried the new set up i spoke above.
Yesterday gamed for about 2 hours en ut3 was running perfect.
No errors so far.
I hope it will stay this way.
But nevertheless epic must gome out soon with a patch to resolve all the problems in ut3.
I think they have not tested this game proparly.
If you test use different computers-hardware to get a honest evaluation.
Also test servers, downloading etc.
And that a game has problems with an AntiVirus program is strange. (AVG)
Off course the game would run slower with AntiVirus on, that is normal, but crash ???
Let us all hope that this problems will be solved soon !

Greetings to you all, willem.