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Re: 39 FPS on UT 2003 with Radeon 9700 !

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From: Nightowl
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:06
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Read the following article you twit, and have you honestly ever read a review of the Athlong XP1800+ and have anything to backup
your claim.

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/cpus/amd/athlon/1.53xp/001.htm

"Hans Gruber" <hanz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:b0l9ls$p3eoh$1@ID-147232.news.dfncis.de...
> "LL Deja" <lld...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:c4d04f8b.0301212001.303ccd2b@posting.google.com...
> > I just got my Radeon 9700 (non-pro) and expected to be able to fly in
> > Unreal Tournament 2003, but in DM-Antalus with 8 bots and the
> > following settings (1024x768 32bit and most of the bells and whistles
> > turned on to High), I am getting an average of 39 FPS.  Is this
> > normal?
>
> > I have Athlon 1800+, 512MB, and Epox 8KHA+.  My CPU might not be top
> > of the line, but 39 FPS just plain sucks.  Any help would be
> > appreciated.  I have also found my Unreal Tournament (non-2003)
> > framerate to have not improved much either at 1024x768.
>
> Something is definately amiss. You should see framerates well above 70 fps
> with all settings high and all gadgets on (well except fsaa perhaps) at that resolution.
> Your second piece of info, UT performing hardly any better,
> is another indication that your setup is being held back by a configuration problem.
> The 1800+ is not a low-end processor, yes many see it as entry-level, but it does perform
> quite well. In combination with your 9700, it should be screaming.
>
>
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