silent-circuit
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This is not my sig machine I'm referring to, but my laptop.
ASUS Z71V barebones
Pentium M 1.7Ghz
1GB DDR2-667 (2x512)
15.4" 1680x1050 LCD
Geforce Go 6600 128MB
80GB 5400RPM Samsung HDD (defragged almost religiously)
Win XP Pro 32bit
UT2004 runs terribly. It runs ok for a second, then slows down to rediculously low framerates, then speeds back up, then slows down again. CPU temps are high (60C or thereabout) but so far as I can tell that's not abnormal for a Pentium M, and it doesn't seem to be thermally throttling or anything like that. It even does this at times in the menus.
Yes I jacked up the settings, but it's an older game, this was /great/ hardware for the time it came out (recommends 256MB RAM, a 1.2Ghz CPU, and a 64MB GPU, so I am /way/ past required spec on this) so that shouldn't be an issue. Dropping down to 640x480 doesn't even get rid of the problem entirely, though it's not as bad.
What's even more strange, I had a friend install it on a similar machine (1.8Ghz Pentium M, Mobility Radeon 9800 Pro (maybe 9700 Pro, not sure) 128MB, 15.4" LCD, 1GB DDR2-667, 60GB 7200RPM HDD) and he had the exact same problem.
Both machines have reasonably up to date graphics drivers (within the last couple of months at least) and fairly fresh Windows installs. The game was patched to current in both cases. I even installed ForceWare 162.11 betas today, to no effect.
Any ideas what's going on here? I remember it running just fine on this laptop in to past -- I just dug it out on a whim -- and the test on ATI hardware suggests it isn't a driver or hardware issue. I'm stumped.
ASUS Z71V barebones
Pentium M 1.7Ghz
1GB DDR2-667 (2x512)
15.4" 1680x1050 LCD
Geforce Go 6600 128MB
80GB 5400RPM Samsung HDD (defragged almost religiously)
Win XP Pro 32bit
UT2004 runs terribly. It runs ok for a second, then slows down to rediculously low framerates, then speeds back up, then slows down again. CPU temps are high (60C or thereabout) but so far as I can tell that's not abnormal for a Pentium M, and it doesn't seem to be thermally throttling or anything like that. It even does this at times in the menus.
Yes I jacked up the settings, but it's an older game, this was /great/ hardware for the time it came out (recommends 256MB RAM, a 1.2Ghz CPU, and a 64MB GPU, so I am /way/ past required spec on this) so that shouldn't be an issue. Dropping down to 640x480 doesn't even get rid of the problem entirely, though it's not as bad.
What's even more strange, I had a friend install it on a similar machine (1.8Ghz Pentium M, Mobility Radeon 9800 Pro (maybe 9700 Pro, not sure) 128MB, 15.4" LCD, 1GB DDR2-667, 60GB 7200RPM HDD) and he had the exact same problem.
Both machines have reasonably up to date graphics drivers (within the last couple of months at least) and fairly fresh Windows installs. The game was patched to current in both cases. I even installed ForceWare 162.11 betas today, to no effect.
Any ideas what's going on here? I remember it running just fine on this laptop in to past -- I just dug it out on a whim -- and the test on ATI hardware suggests it isn't a driver or hardware issue. I'm stumped.