system requirements

[Jeffro]

if i can play tf2 can i play this also?

[Cain]

I'm pretty certain you can.

[Jeffro]

hmmm well i'm gonna sound really stupid ut3 is new right? :? :?

[Cain]

Just out today ..

[Jeffro]

interesting :) i dunno if i can split time between tf2 and ut3 though. :? :?

[Starfire]

you won't have to....ut3 will blow you away so you wont want to play tf :)

[WalkinTarget]

Starfire=eternal UT optimist.

I know where I can be found gaming, and it won't be in a game that starts with the letters UT. Rather than drone on about why it isn't fun for me any more, I'll just say that to each their own, and every gamer is different enough to enjoy different aspects of a game. I see nothing new enough to draw me back to UT, regardless of its community backing.

[Rand{CLR}]

Word of caution: watch your temps. After a very long time of play (most of 7 hours yesterday :oops: ), I started experiencing significant graphics glitches. I think they were heat related. I didn't get a temp reading at full load, but shortly after disconnecting I brought up NTune and my GPU was running about 10 degrees C higher than rest as it was cooling down.

I certainly don't expect any more truly epic (no pun intended) sessions of that length anymore on my end, and I was fine for the first 6 hours or more, but it's something to look out for.

-Rand

[WalkinTarget]

Rand, you should at the least crack the case open and check for dusty fans or inhibited airflow. From my experiences with higher end video cards, they cool down in less than two minutes from even a marathon gaming session. I can pop open my Nvidia Coolbits modified XP rig and watch the temps on my 7900GT card drop 10c in a matter of no more than a minute. In fact, if I don't do it after exiting the game and wait a bit, the temps have returned to idle 2D temps in that short amount of time.

Some of this probably has more to do with the type of card you have, but this reminds me to post my bi-annual 'Dust out your PC' thread over the holidays here.

[juneau]

Word of caution: watch your temps. After a very long time of play (most of 7 hours yesterday :oops: ), I started experiencing significant graphics glitches. I think they were heat related. I didn't get a temp reading at full load, but shortly after disconnecting I brought up NTune and my GPU was running about 10 degrees C higher than rest as it was cooling down.

I certainly don't expect any more truly epic (no pun intended) sessions of that length anymore on my end, and I was fine for the first 6 hours or more, but it's something to look out for.

-Rand

Why are you using the buggy piece of junk, also known as ntune? Grab rivatuner and let it log stats in the background. When you exit the game Rivatuner will display, iirc, the last 60 seconds of data.

My 8800 is ready to go. Currently idling at a whopping 51c, and full load not even breaking 65c. :D

[BigTwinky]

Jeffro, depends really on your system. My system handles TF2 fine, but UT3 is unplayable for me.

Gameplay wise, I'm sure you'd have a blast in the game as UT games are typically fast paced and full of action and from what I hear, this one is pretty similar to the ones in the past.

[Rand{CLR}]

I'll see what rivatuner says. Ntune had me at about 62c coming down off of the game for an 8800GTS. It shouldn't be time to dust it out quite yet. I got this system mid-late summer, and the acrylic panel doesn't show enough dust inside to be clogging the fan as bad as it would with a full six months or more of "life."

-Rand

[CrazyFinn]

So if I have

P4 3.2
3Gb Memory
256MB PCI Express™ x16 Nvidia? GeForce 6800 GTO

I should be good?

[BigTwinky]

Not top of the line settings, but should be playable

[CrazyFinn]

Bah...don't really like invest on a new graphics card.

[juneau]

Can't say i've heard of a 6800GTO before. :?

[CrazyFinn]

I just copy pasted it from my order email. Haven't followed the new graphic cards, what would be a good card to get (if you didn't want to spend a fortune). Maybe I should just order a new computer all together.

[juneau]

Bottom end i would say is around a Ati 1950pro which are pretty cheap these days. Next up would be Ati HD3870XT which are roughly twice the price of a 1950pro. However for just a little more you can pick up a 8800GT. This is the best bang for buck card going right now. As i guess, with me being across the pond, i would say it'll be around $270.

[Bonez]

Word of caution: watch your temps. After a very long time of play (most of 7 hours yesterday :oops: ), I started experiencing significant graphics glitches. I think they were heat related. I didn't get a temp reading at full load, but shortly after disconnecting I brought up NTune and my GPU was running about 10 degrees C higher than rest as it was cooling down.

I certainly don't expect any more truly epic (no pun intended) sessions of that length anymore on my end, and I was fine for the first 6 hours or more, but it's something to look out for.

-Rand

Why are you using the buggy piece of junk, also known as ntune? Grab rivatuner and let it log stats in the background. When you exit the game Rivatuner will display, iirc, the last 60 seconds of data.

My 8800 is ready to go. Currently idling at a whopping 51c, and full load not even breaking 65c. :D

Thanks for the tip!

I was wondering how I could see my card temp while in-game.