UnReal Tournament works better now on a fresh computer than before it used to work on an older one.
UnReal Tournament works better now on a fresh computer than before it used to work on an older one.
Me and a friend are talking about how much we miss the old days when we would all hang out and Lan plays Unreal Tournament. I thought it was because my hardware was too fast for the game to work well until today. So far so good, even though every single system I have had in the past 15 years makes it run at insane speeds. Even tried other unplayable games and they work fine. I have an Intel 11400F CPU, an Asus Z590 Extreme motherboard, 32 GB of Kingston Trident Z DDR4 RAM, and a Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB graphics card. Last time I tried to run it, my build was much slower, the game got super fast, but I couldn't keep up with its speed. Now everyone else trying to get this running has an AMD chip, and to me, that is crazy because the most powerful system I ever owned can now play games my old slow systems used to make unplayable. One friend sent over his current specs: he has a Ryzen 3 2200GE with Vega integrated graphics. It seems like I'm the only one out of everyone else who can play again with an Intel CPU, and they all want to know how I can run it normally. My guess is that my Intel CPU runs games differently than AMD does, maybe some kind of scaling issue there. Anyone have any explanation? I am completely lost here!
This idea feels crazy because the most powerful system I own can run games old, slow systems couldn't do before... Hmm, I'm not sure about this part. If you check the game's official hardware list and compare an old computer to a new one, it should seem like the new one is better right? Maybe that's just how things work, or maybe it's because of changes in the operating system, the drivers for the parts, the internet connection, or other things too. Also: "I think my best guess is I have an Intel CPU..." No need to guess. Just type "WIN" + "I" > System > About to determine what processor is installed.
Lol if I had to guess, that's because mouse sensitivity has crept up to speeds unplayable on a game from 1999. Back then, the fastest mice were 400dpi and even the famous MX300 and MX500 from 2002 were native 400dpi with a selectable simulated/interpolated 800dpi speed in the driver. You may just have your Windows mouse sensitivity turned way down to make a modern 16000dpi mouse actually usable, and they don't. Tell them to try turning both the Windows and in-game mouse sensitivity down nearly all the way.
The problem is that this PC runs old games really well, but my friends can't do the same thing. After asking everyone around, the main difference is I have a computer made of Intel chips while they all use AMD chips. When I used one of those old builds (I rebuilt it for mom), the game went super fast and crazy like before. It's not about mouse speed. You'll have to put on special flash games to play because the game speeds up too much. So apparently, there are timing issues with some games that use the original Unreal engine, but other games I had were working fine after I switched back to an Intel-based system.
Back when UT99 was hot, I'd play Friday nights with a friend via dial-up for three hours, paying just fifty cents per hour. It's still running on my 12th Gen machine too and it looks great!
Before I bought this new build, I had a AMD FX-8350 black edition card and the games ran at insane speeds that only a super fast guy from DC comics could handle back then. I thought it was just because the game engine was old while my new hardware was making everything break. After my latest build, somehow all those older games are playing just like they did twenty years ago. I wanted to see how we all get back together and play the same way as before since our network is still there from when we used to hang out. Or maybe someone knows if this is true so I can fix it. But the CPU and chipset look like the main problem. Maybe it's a controller or chipset issue even though the CPU seems to be the cause of all these problems, but as I built this computer, the difference from my old systems was that this one uses Intel chips and those older games work perfectly fine... PS... "Use" WIN + I > System > About to check what processor is installed. I don't need to since I've built every PC since my P2 when I was 18 and now I am 45, except for when my friend sold me his old compaq P3 with rambus memory for $50.