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News Open UT3 PC Beta soon

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 10 Oct 2007.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Its interesting that both QW as and UT are doing Linux ports, i know they usually do but they must be a market for them, wonder why other co's don't?

    oh yeah... cool! Can't wait for this
     
  3. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    yeah it interesting does any one game on linux here?
     
  4. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Nah my linux box is a modest powered silent runner.
     
  5. DrFreeze

    DrFreeze What's a Dremel?

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    if only the mobility x200 would be supported for 3d mode by atis closed source drivers....

    my main rig runs windows, although i might just get a linux partition going, the only real thing holding me back right now is that both my data disks are NTFS
     
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    Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat

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    I game on Linux. It's one of the reasons that I really like Unreal, actually.
     
  7. mclean007

    mclean007 Officious Bystander

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    I'm pretty sure there are now Linux NTFS modules providing full read/write access
     
  8. The_Pope

    The_Pope Geoff Richards Super Moderator

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    I would guess no Mac this side of a £1500 G5 desktop beastie would have enough grunt to play this. Macbook Pro peeps are probably out of luck
     
  9. Nikumba

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    Im pretty sure since the first UT it has been avalible on Linux so news that UT3 is there isnt suprsing and the fact GoW is made by Epic again not a suprise.

    However it will be interetsing if other UT3 Engined games come with Linux versions. I know WoW has one, well it did during the beta but then disappeared but I think with the rise of distros like Ubuntu and nVidia and ATI getting their act together on drivers we might get some more games on it

    Kimbie
     
  10. KoenVdd

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    I'm looking more towards this game than Crysis (also because it'll be probably 3 years before I get a machine good enough to run Crysis, not that my machine (P4 3.2 2GB x600) will run this any better). Far Cry was a great game, but also had enough to keep the game from achieving history, I'm just keeping my hopes low so I won't be disappointed in any case.
     
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    TTmodder Hammertime

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    Seems like if all newer games are ported to linux the only big obstacle in terms as linux as main OS would be native ntfs support in the kernel(S)
     
  12. leexgx

    leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do )

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    id say its more the video driver then any thing els makeing the game work, the games will be OpenGL i guess so thay should work very well
     
  13. steveo_mcg

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    Its quite ironic, ATI tended to be stronger with OpenGL games than nVidia, but ATI linux drivers are completely rubbish. I think the NTFS thing is going to become largely mute once Vista sp2 comes mainstream with WinFS(?)
     
  14. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    yay, this is a great alternative to playing Halo 3, and PGR 4, and C&C Yuris Revenge:p

    Sam
     
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    keir S p i t F i r e

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    pew pew, everyone wins!
     
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    My friends are going to be happy about this news.......I seriously can't wait to play this game using the M+K setup on the PS3 just to see how well it functions.......man it feels good to have friends in high places that can afford setups like these.....
     
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