Unreal Tournament 2004 Performance

Qualifying as our oldest entry in the benchmarks, there are still quite a few people playing Unreal Tournament 2004, and there are also many licensees of the Unreal Engine technology. However, UT2004 is one of those games that is very CPU-limited, so we won't see much difference in framerates at all.

Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004

As expected, the frame rates are all close, even with the higher-end X800 XT. With AA enabled, the numbers spread out a little, and we see that the X800 GT again does slightly better than the 6600 GT. Without AA enabled, at 1280x1024, the 6600 GT gains a few frames over the X800 GT. But at 1600x1200, the X800 GT is the one with the advantage. Because of how CPU-limited this game is without AA enabled, the framerates don't really give a clear picture of how each of these cards perform in relation to each other. Basically, any of the tested cards is more than capable of running UT2004 – provided that you have a fast CPU, of course!

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  • JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    It's okay, Paul - we know how names with the first letter can get mixed up. ;)

    A few of the paragraphs are mine, but I doubt anyone would be able to pick them out. LOL. It's like "Where's Waldo": where's the paragraph written by a different editor?
  • ViRGE - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    It went up nearly 2 days ago then disappeared, and now it's finally back up. What happened?
  • DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    Technical difficulties :-)

    We worked it out though
  • overclockingoodness - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    Whenever you see an article disappear like that, just know that they published it accidently. Although I must say, you guys have been having technical difficulties for quite a bit lately.

    I probably wouldn't mind if the ATI R520 article went up early due to technical difficulties. ;)
  • DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    hehe ... If we could possibly get it done early, that might be a problem :-) But we'll be working hard and late on that one.
  • rqle - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    On the Power Consumption page, is that the WHOLE system power draw (cpu, hd, video card, ram, board) or is it just then Video card?
  • rqle - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    nvm, didnt read it clear the first way through
  • nourdmrolNMT1 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    my 9800 pro is seriously taking a beating.

    maybe this christmas ill get a whole new inside. since upgrading my gpu means upgrading my mobo too.

    hmm
  • ShadowVlican - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    oh man.. these cards are supposed to cater to different price points, but now there's so many cards that it makes it even more confusing to buy... i'll stick with 6600GT because of purevideo (next pc = htpc)
  • Jep4444 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link

    ATIs next generation cards are supposedly one upping nVidia with Pure Video with H.264 encoding and while your at it, you may want to look into the whole Avivo thing since it seems to be up your alley(although i guess alot of it is marketing, im just referring to the concept in general)

    that aside i don't know why you recomend the X800XT to those needing to play at those settings at all completely ignoring the X800XL which at times has reached price levels below $250

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