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Well when in an intense fight i've seen the framerate go as low as 22 frames per second, in a twitch based shooter like UT3 it almost guarantees you die. I've heard this game was coded very well and should ok even on bad hardware.

Specs:
E2220@2.4GHz (can't oc dont ask)
8800GS 768MB
2GB RAM
Vista home premium.

somebody help please?

Message edited by protokiller on 12-17-2008 at 09:03:57 AM

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wat settings are u running ur UT3 on?? try reducing them and check. If u cant overclock ur processor, how abt overclocking ur graphics card?? if u r at 22fps, it might make a big difference and make the game playable.. Also, u need 4GB ram to run vista premium so if u can get2gb more,it wud help.

PS.. i am not saying ur h/w is bad.. but its not great either

Reply to cmashwin

Well, i play unrealtournament 3 with a old athlon 64 3500+, and the game runs great for the system it's running.
Try running with the settings at 1 just for the sake of it!

Reply to rickzor

Stick with UT04 ftw?
seriously....they ruined the franchise with this game >.<

Constructively, up your RAM as mentioned due to you running Vista - thats your best value option. If you wanna go crazy stick a 260 GPU in there but as you say it shouldnt be necessary.

Reply to pr2thej

You haven't played ut1 much haven't you?

Reply to rickzor

I really don't think it's my ram, when the slowdown occurs my HDD is not thrashing at all it just seems like a processing power issue.

I heard back last year that running vista in general somehow cripped the framerate by about 20fps, strange because every other game I own runs fine on both.

Reply to protokiller

By any chance do you play with the taskbar showing at the bottom of the screen? If so, you might want to take a look at my test results for Crysis:

TomsHardware : PC Gaming Thread : Test Results: Effect on game framerate when allowing Windows taskbar to show

Reply to SilentRunningPC

is this on-line or single player? and what resolution and settings are you running at? if its single player then the AI might be using a lot of cycles during intense firefights, if its multiplayer then your network might be being hammered during the same periods?

Reply to 13thmonkey

I bet this is nothing related to the ut3 itself, but rather something that might run randomly in your background!

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