Unreal Tournament 3 - max settings on GeForce 8600GT,2GB RAM

A sampler of heat ray level in the UT3 demo.All settings are maxed out at 1280*800.It runs amazingly smooth at this resolution.
I used Fraps for the video capture.

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• unreal
• tournament
• 3
• U3
• demo
• gameplay
• heat
• ray
• geforce
• 8600gt
• inspiron
• 1520

[CO0002]

What are your nVidia Control Panel settings?

[vivekkurup1]

everything set to "application controlled" and texture filtering set to "quality"

[jdawgin101]

is that an 8600 or an 8800

[vivekkurup1]

8600 GT , on my dell inspiron laptop.

256MB onboard - shares upto 1GB system memory

[BananaTeam3]

wow man i am really happy that you got it but we talkign about the 8600gt here if you can read

[SirJameslcfc]

Build your own, Dell are way over priced.

[leet2222]

@SciFiMoviePro 40 fps LOL?

[NincsNemfoglaltNev]

9400gt , 3.1ghz dual core , 2 gb ram, but on full settings ut3 fps lagging..

[SciFiMoviePro]

i play it on max settings with:

core2quad 2.5 ghz

geforce gt220 1gb ram

6gb ram

1680x1050

40 fps

[SuperRS2008]

Your framerate must suck......I have better graphics on UT3

[FrosDOwnz]

To be honest, in many games the CPU does not make as large a difference as the GPU..

Okay it will bottleneck in physics-intense games but sometimes the difference between a Pentium D and a Core 2 Duo is only ~5 FPS, in games which are much more reliant upon the CPU then yes a 8800 GTS + P4 is a bad combo.

If I could overvolt my CPU though I could probably reach at least 4.5 Ghz or more, effectively reducing more of the bottleneck. My RAM is holding me back I think, but can't change timings.

[FrosDOwnz]

I already have a good mobo socket LGA 775 which I'll be able to use for the core 2 quad but I already have 4 GB of RAM.

The main issue is that I have absolutely none of the money I was intending to save by now and some of it got spent by my parents while they were unknowing it was sent for me from my family so for a couple months I still have to stick with this.

I was going to go for a core 2 quad 1333mhz FSB and I could get up to 1600mhz FSB on this Asus P5KPL-CM mobo.

[avp715]

it might "work ok" for them, but they're still not getting 8800gts graphics.

If I were you, I would upgrade your motherboard, get a core 2 duo and 4gb of memory. That will cost ~ $275, and you will be able to run any game on the market buttery smooth.

Then order a case+rom drive+ HDD (~ $100) and use your old p4 hardware to get a complete second system. You just need some free OS (ubuntu?), and an old monitor+ kb/m, then you can set the rig up at your work desk. $375 for 2 brand new PCs.

[FrosDOwnz]

But then that's because the GPU takes SOME load off the CPU.

[FrosDOwnz]

Well I'm getting a better card only once I get a better CPU.

There are people who bother to couple a 8800 GTS with a Pentium 4, and it manages to work okay for them.

[avp715]

why did you even bother putting an 8600gt into a p4 system? You could plop in a gtx295 in and you'd probably get maybe 4 extra fps.

With the same graphics card, I got 30fps at lowest settings in UT3 when i was using a single core 2.6ghz OCd ghz athlon 64 (basically an fx-55). Same thing with crysis, I got the same framerates at medium high @ 1920x1200 as I did with 848x480 resolution.