UT2003 Demo is out now!!!

[Admiral]

Australian server here too, PlanetMirror

it was the first one I found with resume

[103er-Fan]

Just made a stress test, I played the outdoor map (DM-Antalus) with 16 bots at 1024x768, 16xFAA, no AF and it was only barely playable

[Admiral]

Some benchmark results:

800x600: Flyby 91, Botmatch 32
1024x768: Flyby 89, Botmatch 31

With a 128mb GF3 Ti200@240/500, P3 650@939, 256 SDRAM@144MHz.

[Vlad du Inhaler]

Tried it this morning with both a Quadro4 750 XGL (which is roughly equivalent to a Geforce 4 4400) and an OEM Parhelia. Interesting results, to say the least:

On DM Antalus with the default number of bots, 10X7, 16x FAA, Trilinear, Parhelia runs from a low of 28 to a high of 45, with averages in the low 30s. Completely playable, at least for me.

On the same map, 10X7, 4x AA, 2x anisotropic, the Quadro ran averages in the mid 20s and only got in the 30s when I was staring at a rock. Not playable, and very surprising to me. Turing off anisotropic produced framerates very similar to the Parhelia framerates at 16X FAA. Turning AA down to 2X produced average framerates in the mid 40s, but still dips into the low 30s during high-stress moments.

In terms of playability, the Quadro 4 was no better than the Parhelia -- those extra 10 fps in low stress moments really don't make any difference that I can tell. Parhelia visual quality was noticeably better, although I could certainly live with the Quadro 4's output as well. Amusingly, even the little nVidia animation that plays when you first fire up the demo looked better on the P!

The Quadro scores seem bizarrely low to me, since earlier benchmarks made it seem like all of the Geforce 4 cards would slaughter the P in UT2003. Maybe this is a function of the Quadro drivers. Or maybe, in fine UT tradition, this thing is more CPU bound than anything else. Anyone else done this kind of comparison?

System: P4 2.0 ghz, 512 MB ram, Windows XP, Parhelia (1.01 drivers)/nvidia Quadro 4 750 XGL (40.41 drivers)

[Faramir1966]

Not much difference in botmatch mode.....
i wonder why?

[thop]

the demo runs faster because the high res textures are not in it.

too bad the G400 isn't supported, makes me wonder why the TNT2 is

[103er-Fan]

Originally posted by thop
the demo runs faster because the high res textures are not in it.

too bad the G400 isn't supported, makes me wonder why the TNT2 is

Oh no, then the full version will run slower

I think that nvidia logo which appears on the start of the demo says it all

[Admiral]

more benchmarks:

800x600x32 with 8x anisotropic: Flyby 78, Botmatch 31
800x600x32 with 8x anisotropic and Quincunx AA: Flyby 54, Botmatch 30
1024x768x32 with 8x anisotropic: Flyby 57, Botmatch 31
1024x768x32 with 8x anisotropic and Quincunx AA: Flyby 36, Botmatch 26

[MagerValp]

G400

Locked up my system and forced me to do a hard reset. G400Max on Win2K.

Bah.

[good health to all]

Also I forgot to mention about the benchmark.exe. It will run in the highest detail settings. But some video cards, ie G400, cannot do the same things as the Parhelia E.G. texture compression and
cubemap support. So comparing the rsults of the G400 and Parhelia is like comparing apples with oranges. The only way you know you ran the exact same benchmark as some else is to look in the .\UT2003Demo\Benchmark\benchmark.log
Look at the last thing written on each line.
E.G. 18.602968 / 75.694115 / 228.167892 fps -- Score = 75.704941 rand[21984]

the rand[21984] is the render number. If these are the same as someone elses then you know you ran the exact benchmark as them.

Just thought you like to know.

[good health to all]

Also and another thing. The benchmark writes CVS file in the .\UT2003Demo\Benchmark\CSVs directory. Open this file using Excel and it will display a very detail break down of the benchmark.

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Admiral,

Were those 8x Anisotropic Filtering numbers from an nVidia card or a Parhelia?

Did I miss something? The Parhelia still doesn't support any mode higher than 2x, right?

[thop]

ok i checked the official FAQ and actually it says cards without T&L are supported, the g400 is even explicitly mentioned. however it says you need DX8.1b for them to work, which is included in XP SP1, so why isnt it working

[Faramir1966]

Did you try it in safe mode?

[Admiral]

Admiral,

Were those 8x Anisotropic Filtering numbers from an nVidia card or a Parhelia?

Did I miss something? The Parhelia still doesn't support any mode higher than 2x, right?

nVidia

I belive the Parhelia is capable of 16x.