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Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide
May 21, 2004   Efstathios Stathi Papadopoulos > [View My Other Articles]
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Dynamic Lighting, Detail Textures, Coronas


Dynamic Lighting:


Enables and disables Dynamic Lights. Basically put, this option enables light from dynamic sources (Laser fire from weapons, explosions, etc). For example: the light from shooting your assault rifle will light up surrounding walls and the like.

Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Dynamic Lighting Off, Notice no lighting of the gun. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Dynamic Lighting Off, Notice no lighting of the gun.
Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Dynamic Lighting On, Until Now! @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Dynamic Lighting On, Until Now!


Pentium 4 2.8GHz
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 47.5 46.6
RADEON 8500 43.4 42
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 46.9 45.7
ASUS V9280S 47.3 44.6
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 42.8 40.1




Athlon XP 2600+
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 45.5 44.2
RADEON 8500 42.9 41.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 44.8 42.7
ASUS V9280S 45.4 43.3
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 41.5 38.9





Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 47.5 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 47.2 45.4
Tachyon G9500 PRO 48.7 46.6
RADEON 8500 32.3 32
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 47 45.7
ASUS V9280S 46.7 45.4
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 34.4 34.2




Athlon XP 2600+
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 45.6 42.9
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 45.4 43.7
Tachyon G9500 PRO 45.5 44
RADEON 8500 32.5 32.1
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 45.3 43.6
ASUS V9280S 45.2 43.9
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 34.6 33.6





Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 47.2 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 40.1 40.1
Tachyon G9500 PRO 42.9 41.6
RADEON 8500 22.6 22.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 44 42.8
ASUS V9280S 39.5 38.6




Athlon XP 2600+
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 45.4 43.7
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 40.8 40
Tachyon G9500 PRO 42.5 41.5
RADEON 8500 22.9 22.7
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 42.9 41.9
ASUS V9280S 39 38.3




Detail Textures:


A detail texture is a pattern not noticeable from a distance, but once approached will fade into the picture and onto the object.

Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Detail Textures Off, This one was tough to notice. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Detail Textures Off, This one was tough to notice.
Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Detail Textures On, Look at the marked pieces.. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Detail Textures On, Look at the marked pieces..


Pentium 4 2.8GHz
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 47.2 46.6
RADEON 8500 43.7 42
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 46.4 45.7
ASUS V9280S 46.4 44.6
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 42.9 40.1




Athlon XP 2600+
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 44.5 44.2
RADEON 8500 42.9 41.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 44.1 42.7
ASUS V9280S 44.6 43.3
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 42.5 38.9




Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 46.1 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 46 45.4
Tachyon G9500 PRO 47.1 46.6
RADEON 8500 34.3 32
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 46.4 45.7
ASUS V9280S 46 45.4
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 36.2 34.2




Athlon XP 2600+
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 44.7 42.9
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 44.4 43.7
Tachyon G9500 PRO 44.6 44
RADEON 8500 34.4 32.1
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 44.2 43.6
ASUS V9280S 44.5 43.9
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 35.9 33.6





Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 46 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 41.6 40.1
Tachyon G9500 PRO 43.1 41.6
RADEON 8500 24.4 22.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 44.8 42.8
ASUS V9280S 40.4 38.6




Athlon XP 2600+
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 44.6 43.7
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 41.5 40
Tachyon G9500 PRO 42.5 41.5
RADEON 8500 24.6 22.7
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 43.4 41.9
ASUS V9280S 39.8 38.3





Coronas:


This option enables and disables light coronas from light sources, such as street lights, lamps, etc..

Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Coronas Off, Take a look at the lights.. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Coronas Off, Take a look at the lights..
Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Coronas On, See the difference? I do. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Coronas On, See the difference? I do.


Pentium 4 2.8GHz
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 46.5 46.6
RADEON 8500 42.3 42
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 45.8 45.7
ASUS V9280S 45.8 44.6
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 39.7 40.1




Athlon XP 2600+
800x600
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
Tachyon G9500 PRO 44 44.2
RADEON 8500 42 41.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 43.7 42.7
ASUS V9280S 44.3 43.3
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 40 38.9





Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 45.3 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 45.7 45.4
Tachyon G9500 PRO 46.2 46.6
RADEON 8500 32 32
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 46.2 45.7
ASUS V9280S 45.5 45.4
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 33.8 34.2




Athlon XP 2600+
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 43.9 42.9
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 44 43.7
Tachyon G9500 PRO 44 44
RADEON 8500 32.1 32.1
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 43.9 43.6
ASUS V9280S 44 43.9
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X 33.6 33.6





Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 45.2 45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 40.1 40.1
Tachyon G9500 PRO 41.8 41.6
RADEON 8500 22.5 22.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 43.1 42.8
ASUS V9280S 38.6 38.6




Athlon XP 2600+
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate) Off On
RADEON 9800 XT 43.7 43.7
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF 40.1 40
Tachyon G9500 PRO 41.3 41.5
RADEON 8500 22.7 22.7
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 42.2 41.9
ASUS V9280S 38.3 38.3






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