unreal tournament 3 on my pc

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by brandonba, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    i tried to run unreal tournament 3 on my pc last week, runs real bad, slow graphics horrible. i got killing floor today and noticed it runs on the ut3 engine and it ran really good, so why not ut3. their pc requirements are different, kf is is lower. my computer is kind of old here's the numbers pent4 2.4 1gig ram nvidia 256mb 5500fx
    thanx for the help
     
    brandonba, Jul 13, 2012
    #1
  2. rulisky

    rulisky Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2006
    Messages:
    772
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Seems to me that you mostly answered your own question. What you posted about your system does NOT meet the below noted requirements:

    UT3 System Requirements -

    Minimum Requirements
    CPU: 2.8Ghz
    RAM: 512MB
    Graphics: Geforce 6 series

    Recommended System
    CPU: 3-4Ghz
    RAM: 1024MB
    Graphics: NVIDIA 6800GT/Ultra or 7800GT/GTX SLI
     
    rulisky, Jul 15, 2012
    #2
  3. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    yeah i did alot of researching ordered a card EVGA GeForce 210 512 MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 DVI/HDMI/VGA Graphics Card. dont have alot of cash this should work.
    i read around Minimum 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
    thanx for the reply
     
    Last edited: Jul 15, 2012
    brandonba, Jul 15, 2012
    #3
  4. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    what is the make & model# of your computer or motherboard? i think you motherboard might have an "agp" slot not a "pci express" slot.
     
    ddp, Jul 15, 2012
    #4
  5. rulisky

    rulisky Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2006
    Messages:
    772
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    I believe you said your processor was 2.4 ghz and that will still be a little short of the required 2.8 -- be sure of your graphics card and slot before putting out any cash if the cpu needs attention.
     
    rulisky, Jul 15, 2012
    #5
  6. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    pm8m-v series (ms-7104 v.x) m-atx mainboard. mainboard baseded on via p4m800 and vt8237r chipsets. from the manual. one agp and 3 pci 2.2 32bit.

    http://www.shacknews.com/article/49269/unreal-tournament-3-pc-system

    Minimum System Requirements

    Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
    2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
    512 MB of System RAM
    NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
    8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
     
    brandonba, Jul 15, 2012
    #6
  7. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    then you can't use that EVGA GeForce 210 512 MBDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 DVI/HDMI/VGA videocard. has to be agp & don't get a pci videocard as will be slower then an agp card.
     
    ddp, Jul 15, 2012
    #7
  8. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    i thought agp is slower? older?
     
    brandonba, Jul 16, 2012
    #8
  9. rulisky

    rulisky Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2006
    Messages:
    772
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    PCI-e video cards require a PCI-e slot. Your mobo does not have one according to your manual posting. AGP is older and so is pci.

    By the time you get done updating all that is "older" here, you may as well get a new system. Pieces will end up costing more than complete system and you can get all current, new stuff with some warranty.
     
    rulisky, Jul 16, 2012
    #9
  10. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    agp is older then pci express but not as old as pci & is upto 8x faster then pci. agp never got its full potential used when pci express came out to replace it.
     
    ddp, Jul 16, 2012
    #10
  11. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    i cant afford to get a new system, my computer specs will do if i get a new video card
     
    brandonba, Jul 16, 2012
    #11
  12. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    i read through different articles around the said agp is dead, pci express 2 is better
     
    brandonba, Jul 16, 2012
    #12
  13. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2004
    Messages:
    39,167
    Likes Received:
    136
    Trophy Points:
    143
    can still get agp videocards that have 512meg of ram but nothing like what they have for pci express videocards in speed & ram.
     
    ddp, Jul 16, 2012
    #13
  14. brandonba

    brandonba Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 12, 2003
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    i looked them up where i get my stuff amazon and they dont have any in my price range. actually i did order a different card and didnt know the wattage wasnt compatible so i had to return it
     
    brandonba, Jul 16, 2012
    #14

Share This Page