WTF - ok got the new card in and like you said, it didn't change anything. I still can't get over 1280x1024. I think I'm going to uninstall all UT stuff and clean out the registry and see if that helps
Just to be a smart*** I was using a graphics card that couldn't support anything higher than 1024x768 and even then it couldn't support 16 (or 24bit) color. So I had to use 800x600 at 16 bit color.
Anyways, if that patch still doesn't work, I would proceed with the method I posted above.