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Re: 39 FPS on UT 2003 with Radeon 9700 !

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From: Jay Boogieman Edwards
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:50
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"SJAndrew" <som...@microsoft.com> wrote in 
news:VJoX9.778295$P31.585445@rwcrnsc53:

> My *guess* is that you're now CPU bottlenecked.
> 
> 
> "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 am using all the default settings that came with the driver
>> installation.
>>
>> I have the driver date 12/18/2002 (not sure what driver version) from
>> the ATI website.
>>
>> 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.

No, there's something else amiss here... I'm running an Athlon 1700+ (1.467 
GHz) with a Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB card and get much better framerates. My 
Athlon classic 1400 with a 128MB Radeon 8500LE averages around 45.

Might try newest catalyst drivers perhaps.  



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From: "Jay \"Boogieman\" Edwards" <boog...@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: 39 FPS on UT 2003 with Radeon 9700 !
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:50:44 -0000
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