Unreal3

OldBloke · August 27, 2004, 07:39:39 PM

Frenzy just showed me a movie demo of the Unreal3 Engine.

My jaw hurts where it dropped so quick. :blink:

Anonymous · August 27, 2004, 08:00:35 PM

Don't know if it is the same demo but hopefully this link will give you a chance to see it -> link

DO NOT TRY TO RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE ON LINK - click normally on the link and choose a download location from those offered (the Netherlands server seems quite fast for me in UK)

TeaLeaf · August 27, 2004, 09:37:26 PM

Wow! :dribble:

That's 170MB of lurverly gfx......

TL.

Anonymous · August 28, 2004, 03:21:26 PM

I forgot I downloaded the video. I have just watched it

OMFG! Me wants it right now if not yesterday. Preciousssss! My precious!!! We neeeeds it!!! We must have it!

:dribble: :dribble: :dribble: :dribble: :dribble:

DarkAngel · August 28, 2004, 10:37:18 PM

Woooow Pretty dam good :dribble: gimme gimme gimme

MAD_ness · August 30, 2004, 01:34:36 AM

:dribble:

mama mia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr Sadako · August 30, 2004, 06:51:47 AM

:unsure: This is getting silly ... what kind of machine do we need to get. PCIe and DDR2 and Dual Xeon seems handy ...

Anonymous · August 30, 2004, 09:40:20 AM

Mmm, dunno what we would need. I was impressed with the very clever way they did the high res - they used a low polygon mesh and applied the difference between that and the high res to allow the machine to work with a low polygon count. Seems very clever so maybe we don't need "too" high end (me crosses fingers and walks off laughing insanely)

Quote from interview with EPIC on Unreal engine 3

QuoteEurogamer: What benefits does this relationship with Nvidia bring to the project?

Mark Rein: The best benefit is we now have a card [the 6800] that can run this in real time and do Pixel Shader 3, which is a key component of what we're doing. It's pretty good that Nvidia's come along and is pushing this technology hard. We've had a long relationship with Nvidia and they've done a great job of keeping us on our toes and giving us new powerful toys to play with.

Eurogamer: What system would you have to build or buy to makes sure there are no compromises in an Unreal Engine 3 game?

Mark Rein: This is pretty much it, what we're running here. A really fast high end processor, either Intel or AMD, a GeForce 6800, half a gig to a gig of RAM would be good - pretty much a top of the line system right now. But by the time we ship games with this technology, that's going to be a relatively low-end machine. But the cool thing is, with Nvidia's SLI set-up, as we move into PCI express, even though that would technically, with a single one of those that might be at the relatively low end of the scale. You could just go out and - they'll be cheap by then - just go out and buy another one of these same GT cards and plop it in, connect them together and you've doubled your performance; you've now moved up to the middle of the pack in terms of performance, so that's pretty exciting.

Eurogamer: At the low end of the scale, what's the minimum you would need?

Mark Rein: We're pretty much aiming that if you're a real gamer and you want decent performance of this engine, that's pretty much where we want you to start. It doesn't mean that the game won't run on things that are less than that - of course we'll have some fallbacks for the previous generation of video cards and systems that don't have all that power, but it'll be like playing in software today. It's okay and it works and you don't have to return the game but it's not the optimal experience. We believe in that term 'The Way It's Meant To Be Played' and we really want people to have a good experience.

Anonymous · August 30, 2004, 09:46:42 AM

I just had a look in the Eurogamer forums to see what comments people had made regarding the article. I must admit I'm with this guy:

QuoteI can't wait for the day when these graphics look shit!

Remember how cool DOOM looked 10 years ago

Barley · August 30, 2004, 12:49:02 PM

AGH I hate my graphics card!!!

Would someone mind awfully giving me a 6800?

target · August 30, 2004, 06:25:30 PM

When's this likely to be released?

I won't be "allowed" (by she who must be obeyed

:whistle: ) an upgrade for a while yet

Anonymous · August 30, 2004, 06:33:29 PM

The game they are working on just now will be released in 2006. Other games by other software houses but based on the Unreal3 engine "may" be released earlier (late 2005). They did say that the game they are working on just now is NOT Unreal3 but it is based on the Unreal3 Engine and that Unreal3 would follow eventually <_<

Doorman · August 30, 2004, 07:37:05 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by target@Aug 30 2004, 06:25 PM
When's this likely to be released?

I won't be "allowed" (by she who must be obeyed :whistle: ) an upgrade for a while yet

You'll just have to kill her then :devil:

Vincentvega · August 31, 2004, 09:19:15 AM

looks awsome

ch-ching ch-ching.... i here the sounds of cash registers across the world :dribble: :dribble: :dribble:

Anonymous · August 31, 2004, 09:29:17 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Vincentvega@Aug 31 2004, 09:19 AM
looks awsome ch-ching ch-ching.... i here the sounds of cash registers across the world :dribble: :dribble: :dribble:

Yup. Buy shares in graphics card companies now. ATi or nVidia it probably don't matter.

BTW. In the interview I mentioned above they are working on the engine for PC and XBox. They wouldn't commit to which platform would launch first <_<