Bench UT 2004

Danhill · May 15, 2004, 03:53 PM

Is there a way of benching UT 2004 like it was on UT 2003, I can see the bench folder in the game directory but no actually becnh mode??

MSX · May 15, 2004, 10:36 PM

Google is your friend Dan.

http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/6/13-6-41.shtml

Danhill · May 16, 2004, 09:50 AM

Thanks man.

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 16, 2004, 11:10 AM

its a nvidia meant to be played game and they took it out in hope people didn't notice thier performace sucked in the game. utill they got thier drvers properly optuimzed for that game... (They even told nv card/driverbenchmarkers DO NOT BENCHMARK UT2004...) so of couse they did lol

(and the fact the ati was magorly owning frame rate wise and IQ wise)

hey man be sure to try the dx9 render

Danhill · May 16, 2004, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
its a nvidia meant to be played game and they took it out in hope people didn't notice thier performace sucked in the game. utill they got thier drvers properly optuimzed for that game... (They even told nv card/driverbenchmarkers DO NOT BENCHMARK UT2004...) so of couse they did lol

(and the fact the ati was magorly owning frame rate wise and IQ wise)

hey man be sure to try the dx9 render

It's always like that, ATI owns the real games while Nvidia is good at 3D mark 03.

Whats the dx9 render??

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 16, 2004, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by Danhill
It's always like that, ATI owns the real games while Nvidia is good at 3D mark 03.

Whats the dx9 render??

to qoute some one else..

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Originally posted by CrapolaJola
the directx9 renderer is included in the patch (i wouldn't call it experimental its perfectly stable and gives good performance), but you can't select from the main menu you have to edit the ini files to enable it. go2 the directory where you installed ut2k4 and go2 the system sub-directory. now open up ut2004.ini and look for a section liek this (should be near the top)

[Engine.Engine]
RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice
;RenderDevice=Engine.NullRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=PixoDrv.PixoRenderDevice

change it to look like this

[Engine.Engine]
;RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice
RenderDevice=D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice
;RenderDevice=Engine.NullRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice
;RenderDevice=PixoDrv.PixoRenderDevice

Furthermore you can go2 the [D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice] section and change settings, but since you seem inexpierenced with this id suggest you just go in2 the game and change the settings there. hope this helps

basically I'm guessing eather ut2004 is useing dx 8.1 the recent patch adds dx9 support/use/what ever to the game plays better /better iq

MSX · May 16, 2004, 09:50 PM

Yeah, I was really wondering about that when tweaking the INI. It didn't work at the time.

v1viper · May 17, 2004, 02:43 AM

Whats wrong with the bench utility in the 2k4 system folder?

Danhill · May 17, 2004, 06:52 AM

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Originally posted by v1viper
Whats wrong with the bench utility in the 2k4 system folder?

Nothing if I could get it started

v1viper · May 17, 2004, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Danhill
Nothing if I could get it started

And why can't you get it started?

Vampyromaniac · May 17, 2004, 07:49 AM

does Umark work with the Demos of UT? or only the full version?

Danhill · May 17, 2004, 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by v1viper
And why can't you get it started?

Well, there is no "start" thing in that system folder, it's only som bech logs, and some other files but nothing like it was in UT 2003.

v1viper · May 18, 2004, 12:39 AM

Are you sure you installed the patch

after I installed the patch it was there, the exact same bench utility as with 2003.
Its in the system folder not the Benchmark folder.

Danhill · May 18, 2004, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by v1viper
Are you sure you installed the patch after I installed the patch it was there, the exact same bench utility as with 2003.
Its in the system folder not the Benchmark folder.

Well I haven't the patch that's the problem then, I've also read somewhere that the patch enables DX 9 render right??

v1viper · May 19, 2004, 12:30 AM

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I've also read somewhere that the patch enables DX 9 render right??

Yes it does, but you need to edit the ini file to enable it.

May 15, 2004, 03:53 PM	#1
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May 16, 2004, 11:10 AM	#4
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	its a nvidia meant to be played game and they took it out in hope people didn't notice thier performace sucked in the game. utill they got thier drvers properly optuimzed for that game... (They even told nv card/driverbenchmarkers DO NOT BENCHMARK UT2004...) so of couse they did lol (and the fact the ati was magorly owning frame rate wise and IQ wise) hey man be sure to try the dx9 render __________________

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May 18, 2004, 12:39 AM	#13
v1viper DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Are you sure you installed the patch after I installed the patch it was there, the exact same bench utility as with 2003. Its in the system folder not the Benchmark folder. Last edited by v1viper; May 18, 2004 at 02:32 AM.

May 15, 2004, 10:36 PM	#2
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Google is your friend Dan. http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/6/13-6-41.shtml

May 16, 2004, 09:50 PM	#7
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, I was really wondering about that when tweaking the INI. It didn't work at the time.

May 17, 2004, 02:43 AM	#8
v1viper DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Whats wrong with the bench utility in the 2k4 system folder?