Unreal 2 brings my Ti-4200 to its knees

~~Optimummind~~ · Feb 10, 2003, 02:22 PM

I can't believe it. I bought this card last summer and before aging to its first year, my Ti-4200 has become nearly obsolete with Unreal 2. Just to play with some decent framerates, I had to turn down all effects to at least medium and had to tweak around a lot in the .ini files found under Unreal2/System.

When the battle gets intense, the framerates drop really quick and I'm walking around the map stuttering. Is this the Ti-4200's limitation or is it some quirk with the Unreal 2 engine. This makes me wonder if I'll be able to play Doom 3 even in its 800x600 resolution?

digitalwanderer · Feb 10, 2003, 02:36 PM

How bad does it get? Me GF3 wasn't doing too bad with it..

MikeDaMan · Feb 10, 2003, 02:47 PM

Yea that is rather strange...check my rig in my signature. I have the game at near full detail and the game runs nice and smooth. I havn't had any choppyness unless it was right at the beginning of a game while a level was still loading.

~~DriveEuro~~ · Feb 10, 2003, 03:05 PM

Dude, it's your ram holding you back. You need faster ram.

Renegade[CSR] · Feb 10, 2003, 04:38 PM

I would agree with DriveEuro but I'd like to justify it.

Pentium's have always preferred RDRam over DDR ram, notice how all reviews of anything with an Intel chip use RDram. It used to be a deep dark secret that Intel didn't want to reveal, but the new chips (around 2.6 ghz and above) seem to hold their own much better than their predecessors with DDR now, while still favoring RDram.

Seeing as you have one of the sub 2 ghz pentiums, it most likely is your ram thats holding you back. Rather than trying to get a new motherboard and ram for that cpu, I would suggest getting a 2 ghz p4 or above with new ram and motherboard. This is for the reason that you don't want to be catering to the needs of your current processor as it would just be better to get a new cpu with a better mobo all together.

If money is an issue, well you could try tweaking the ram timings and that will get you a bit more out of it. Also, try raising the FSB to push more mhz out of the cpu.

~~DriveEuro~~ · Feb 10, 2003, 05:11 PM

Yeah, the best Intel for overclocking is supposed to be the 2.2 or 2.4.....I can't remember

Feb 10, 2003, 02:22 PM	#1
~~Optimummind~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Orange, California Posts: 632 Rep Power: 0	Unreal 2 brings my Ti-4200 to its knees I can't believe it. I bought this card last summer and before aging to its first year, my Ti-4200 has become nearly obsolete with Unreal 2. Just to play with some decent framerates, I had to turn down all effects to at least medium and had to tweak around a lot in the .ini files found under Unreal2/System. When the battle gets intense, the framerates drop really quick and I'm walking around the map stuttering. Is this the Ti-4200's limitation or is it some quirk with the Unreal 2 engine. This makes me wonder if I'll be able to play Doom 3 even in its 800x600 resolution?

Feb 10, 2003, 02:36 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,621 Rep Power: 0	Really? How bad does it get? Me GF3 wasn't doing too bad with it.. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 10, 2003, 02:47 PM	#3
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	Yea that is rather strange...check my rig in my signature. I have the game at near full detail and the game runs nice and smooth. I havn't had any choppyness unless it was right at the beginning of a game while a level was still loading. __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Feb 10, 2003, 03:05 PM	#4
~~DriveEuro~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Dude, it's your ram holding you back. You need faster ram.

Feb 10, 2003, 04:38 PM	#5
Renegade[CSR] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Undisclosed Renegade Location Posts: 472 Rep Power: 0	I would agree with DriveEuro but I'd like to justify it. Pentium's have always preferred RDRam over DDR ram, notice how all reviews of anything with an Intel chip use RDram. It used to be a deep dark secret that Intel didn't want to reveal, but the new chips (around 2.6 ghz and above) seem to hold their own much better than their predecessors with DDR now, while still favoring RDram. Seeing as you have one of the sub 2 ghz pentiums, it most likely is your ram thats holding you back. Rather than trying to get a new motherboard and ram for that cpu, I would suggest getting a 2 ghz p4 or above with new ram and motherboard. This is for the reason that you don't want to be catering to the needs of your current processor as it would just be better to get a new cpu with a better mobo all together. If money is an issue, well you could try tweaking the ram timings and that will get you a bit more out of it. Also, try raising the FSB to push more mhz out of the cpu.

Feb 10, 2003, 05:11 PM	#6
~~DriveEuro~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, the best Intel for overclocking is supposed to be the 2.2 or 2.4.....I can't remember