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Re: 39 FPS on UT 2003 with Radeon 9700 !

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From: Jules Augley
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:33
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"Johnny5" <know...@knowhere.com> wrote in message
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> I would check and make sure you don't have some cheesy program running at
> startup sucking up all your cpu cycles. I have seen some programs put the
> cpu in 100% utilization......Not good. Also disable any antivirus program
> you have when you play games.
> "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.
>
>
If you are running the benchmarks in the UT2003/Benchmark folder then that
is about right. I have 9700 pro on XP2400+ and I get just over 41fps at the
same settings. If it is not the benchmark exe then I know nothing.

Jules
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Subject: Re: 39 FPS on UT 2003 with Radeon 9700 !
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