Problems with d3d and UT

Eagle · Feb 11, 2003, 02:04 AM

I have problems with UnrealTournament, not UT2003
I have had this problem since I first got my ATi Radeon 8500 128mb card, and I still have the same problem, also people with Radeon 9000 cards have complained about heavy FPS drops, so it can't be anything with my computer, or the d3d.dll patches released by Epic.

I have a Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro
the problem I have is that the FPS goes from 170+ in 1024x768x16 to 50 or 60fps. I have tryed all the d3d.dll patches released from Epic, without any difference.

So the problem can't be with Epic's dll file, but something with the ATi drivers. I would have appreciated some information from someone that have fixed this problem or an ATi official that can enlighten me, and might come up with a solution.

Eagle · Feb 11, 2003, 02:52 AM

no one else encountered this problem in UT ?

digitalwanderer · Feb 11, 2003, 03:04 AM

Why are you running it in 16-bit color on that fine of a video card and what is wrong with 50-60 FPS?

Malus · Feb 11, 2003, 03:34 AM

Try using OpenGL instead of D3D.

Chaos · Feb 11, 2003, 03:40 AM

Have you tried the new Catalyst 3.1 that ATi just released?

Eagle · Feb 11, 2003, 04:02 AM

I have tryed with OGL, but no big difference there.

What's wrong with 50 to 60 fps ? Well for a game that is 4 years old, and that it drops from 170fps to around 50 with stuttering, kinda makes it unplayable if you ask me.

No I haven't tryed the latest Catalyst drivers yet, just noticed that drivers was released when I arrived at work. But I will test them when I get home. Let's hope that these drivers fixes this problem. Cause it's damn annoying.

Why I'm playing with 16bit color, well I'm used to it I guess

And I don't really care about eye candy, the most important issue for me is flow and stable FPS.

RIV@NVX · Feb 11, 2003, 04:03 PM

32-bit color should work better.
I personally prefer OpenGL, it works kinda better.

Feb 11, 2003, 02:04 AM	#1
Eagle HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halden, Norway Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Problems with d3d and UT I have problems with UnrealTournament, not UT2003 I have had this problem since I first got my ATi Radeon 8500 128mb card, and I still have the same problem, also people with Radeon 9000 cards have complained about heavy FPS drops, so it can't be anything with my computer, or the d3d.dll patches released by Epic. I have a Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro the problem I have is that the FPS goes from 170+ in 1024x768x16 to 50 or 60fps. I have tryed all the d3d.dll patches released from Epic, without any difference. So the problem can't be with Epic's dll file, but something with the ATi drivers. I would have appreciated some information from someone that have fixed this problem or an ATi official that can enlighten me, and might come up with a solution. Last edited by Eagle; Feb 11, 2003 at 02:10 AM.

Feb 11, 2003, 03:04 AM	#3
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Two questions. Why are you running it in 16-bit color on that fine of a video card and what is wrong with 50-60 FPS? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 11, 2003, 03:34 AM	#4
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Try using OpenGL instead of D3D. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Feb 11, 2003, 03:40 AM	#5
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Have you tried the new Catalyst 3.1 that ATi just released? __________________

Feb 11, 2003, 04:03 PM	#7
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	32-bit color should work better. I personally prefer OpenGL, it works kinda better. __________________ -- Vedran

Feb 11, 2003, 02:52 AM	Thread Starter #2
Eagle HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halden, Norway Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	no one else encountered this problem in UT ?

Feb 11, 2003, 04:02 AM	Thread Starter #6
Eagle HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halden, Norway Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I have tryed with OGL, but no big difference there. What's wrong with 50 to 60 fps ? Well for a game that is 4 years old, and that it drops from 170fps to around 50 with stuttering, kinda makes it unplayable if you ask me. No I haven't tryed the latest Catalyst drivers yet, just noticed that drivers was released when I arrived at work. But I will test them when I get home. Let's hope that these drivers fixes this problem. Cause it's damn annoying. Why I'm playing with 16bit color, well I'm used to it I guess And I don't really care about eye candy, the most important issue for me is flow and stable FPS.