performance config

[Alfredox123]

can anyone give me a config to have constant 60 fps?
my pc:
cpu: phenom II x4 3.2ghz
gpu: hd 5830 1 gb ddr5
ram: 4 gb ddr2

no matter if i put all on low or all on high con graphic options, my fps drops to 40 sometimes.

fps average 40 - 55

edit: i tested with both 32 and 64 bit versions

[papalazarou]

weird, your system should kill this game, a radeon 9700pro used to be able to kill this game, maybe you missed some updates

[Alfredox123]

version 3369 i have the gog version

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Two things:

1.

Try a different (older is fine) videocard from nvidia or from AMD but not one from the HD2000 - HD 5000 series. OR try Windows XP with your current videocard as I guess you have Vista or higher.


My old rig with 2x Athlon MP 2800+, 3GB RAM and a AGP HD5770 1GB GDDR5 failed to reach the FPS cap after upgrading to Windows 7. The avarage FPS going from green into yellow often and the current FPS often going purple. If I put an older card in like the x1950 series of AMD it is all fine in Windows 7 and 8.

The bad performance in Windows Vista or higher for UT2k4 is probably due to bad drivers for the older HD series. I had many issues with other games as well and I remember putting my x1950 back.


2.

What I never tried is playing the game with OpenGL instead of D3D.
https://forums.epicgames.com/threads/391797-UT2004-Opengl-mode

[Alfredox123]

i dont have another gpu and i tested opengl without better performance (it actually got worst.....) im not willing to install another os cuz some games i have use only dx10 and that isnt in windows xp unfortunally......

[Alfredox123]

maybe using older gpu driver?

[Alfredox123]

and i have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Originally posted by (vzla) alfredox123:

maybe using older gpu driver?

Well, never say never, but

I tried the CD driver and tried several straight after launch. I also tried the last driver where AGP and PCI-E driver instructions got shared and each AGP driver after they got split up, but the card never performed well for UT2k4 in Win 7 whatever I tried. Also in UT3 I had an FPS like 18 with drops to 6 in lowest settings where I had a stable and playable ~24 FPS on Windows XP on HD ultra settings with a stable 40+ on lower settings.

Maybe Windows 10 with the low level DX12 api will help, but I guess that got a small chance as AMD pretty much stopped supporting the HD2000 - 5000 series due to many driver related issues.

[Alfredox123]

so my best options are dual boot or buy a new gpu? jesus christ i only want to play (at constant 60 fps) my game is that hard for drivers do that? xD

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Originally posted by (vzla) alfredox123:

so my best options are dual boot or buy a new gpu? jesus christ i only want to play (at constant 60 fps) my game is that hard for drivers do that? xD

Unless someone else knows a trick, unfortuntely that are the options.
I had better performances with a 3 year older AMD card and a 5 year older Nvidia card for UT2k4. If you google on HD2000 - 5000 series cards you can see that WoW and a bunch of other games have fps issues vs those cards as well.

Maybe check by a VM when Win 10 with DX12 is out of beta if your GPU is supported and how the card performs for UT. That won't cost you a buck nor a re-install if it fails.

[Alfredox123]

i hope it works better with win 10 :S thx for your help :)

[Alfredox123]

I FIX IT! the problem was this mod i installed
http://steamcommunity.com/app/13230/discussions/0/611702631218438023/

altho i really want to use that mod but, i think just wait for an update of the mod or something :(

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Good to know you fixed it

I don't exactly know what the mod does, but you should be able to set any kind of resolution and fov by the .ini files or by the console by using
FullscreenViewportX=1920
FullscreenViewportY=1200
FOV=100.39

use http://www.wsgf.org/fovcalc.php to check the fov that matches your screen resolution.

Gun position; I have never changed it and a simple google search doesn't show anything matching.