rec.autos.simulators

>> >Understatement of the year! Time to upgrade once again.  ***it, UT is
>> >better anyway.  Wonder if I can get my $40 back.

>> So I'm not the ONLY one who thinks that UT is better than UT2003?

>> The graphics are obviously better in UT2003.  But the gameplay in UT2003
>seems
>> more Quake-like.  I'm not sure how to describe it, but the original UT
>just
>> seems more fun than UT2003.  And the weapons in UT2003 are just a little
>odd.
>> I liked the original UT weapons better.  They were a bit simpler and more
>FUN.

>The UT2003 newsgroup is full of postings like yours FWIW.

> > Try the ATI forums at www.3drage.com
> > They can answer such questions better since you are intending on running
a
> > ATI card.
> > Also you better get over there anyways because you'll gonna need a lot
of
> > help getting that ATI card to run. Been there done that, and I don't
wanna
> > go back!

> > Mike

> > > Damn typo's. Pardon me.

> > > > I will be buying a 9700 soon (upgrading from a Ti500) and am looking
> for
> > > > a few demos or games that really stress video and cpu. I'm a pretty
> avid
> > > > PC  gamer but at this time I'm hard pressed to point to any one game
> > > > that stands  out above the rest to push ones system.

> > > > Sure any game at 16x12x32bit with 4xAA will be pretty slow but it
use
> to
> > > > be most games at 10x7x16bit with noAA would be in the ***s to 20s
> > > > fps-wise really stressing even the best systems.

> > > > It's almost as though hardware has passed games in the race for
power.
> > > > Perhaps developers misjudged the rate of hardware improvements?

> > > > Anyway, Comanche 4 would be my best first choice of a horsepower
> hungry
> > > > game..I guess.

> > > > Anyone have an opinion to what's a good game to make my card/system
> > > > wanna puke its guts out?

> > > > P.S. Heck, now that I think about it, I'm second guessing myself on
> why
> > > > should I upgrade since my system runs what I play just fine (for the
> > > > most part). Guess I'm simply digging the fact that the new ATI can
do
> AA
> > > > so well with hardly any performance hit.

> >> Ghosting problem here too. I'll try a BNC connection later and see if
> >> that fixes it.
> >> Too early for me to comment on the drivers though since I just picked
> >> up the card today.

> >Well, I'll tell you I had no luck with mine trying BNC connectors. I
think
> >it has something to do with the dual RAMDACS generating their signals at
a
> >slightly different frequency and causing interference. Some cards do it,
> >some don't. I also suspect the fact that it has to get power directly
from
> >the power supply has something to do it. Maybe if you're case power
supply
> >is substandard then it's not putting out a "clean" power signal.

> An update on my ghosting problem....
> No matter what I've tried, new power supply, BNC cable, new good
> quality 15pin cable, the ghosting is still there. I even tried another
> card, this time unlike the original card which is a Hightech
> Excalibur, I tried a retail ATI. Ghosting is still there.

> Lastly, I tried what I should have done in the first place, I
> connected my brothers cheapy 17" Viewsonic E70, which is relatively
> new. My monitor is a 21" Viewsonic P810 which is around 6 years old.
> To my amazement there is no ghosting what so ever with that 17"
> monitor. I find this very odd since my P810 had no problem at all with
> my previous GF3 Ti500. Obviously the 9700 is doing something that my
> P810 just does not like. Oh well, I was considering a new monitor
> anyway :)