Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:29 am
Originally posted by Edogg
the deed is already done
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7988744
Your even crazier than I am
Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:48 am
Originally posted by MMmmGood
Your even crazier than I am
thanks:D
Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:55 am
I'll keep my 9700 np, thank you! 
Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:59 am
Trip to Europe > New video card.
Ah well. Guess my rusty old 9800 will have to do.
Ah well. Guess my rusty old 9800 will have to do.
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:33 am
Just ordered doom3. Can't wait. Lots of good memories with original doom (and wolfentein).
Am looking forward to Half Life 2 as well.
Am looking forward to Half Life 2 as well.
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:43 am
I think HL2's benchmarks are more important because it will have a much larger Mod Base than D3....its multiplayer is clearly larger and more appealing....and I have an X800Pro....lol
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:45 am
People actually thought ATI would win in this? Interesting...
I'm sure it has nothing to do with this
Originally posted by Edogg
Stalker will be a feature complete dx9 game.(ie full sm 3.0 support and everyhting else that dx9 has to offer)
Im almost willing to wager money that nvidia will be faster in that game also.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with this
Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:49 am
Originally posted by WeSSiN
People actually thought ATI would win in this? Interesting...
I'm sure it has nothing to do with this
same things can be said about HL2 and ATI. Besides you cant really look down at a game developer for using new Dx9 features if there is hardware to support it.
Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:01 pm
same things can be said about HL2 and ATI.
That's true
Besides you cant really look down at a game developer for using new Dx9 features if there is hardware to support it.
Are you talking about SM3.0? What does 3.0 offer over the previous version (sm2.0?)
Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:18 pm
Are you talking about SM3.0? What does 3.0 offer over the previous version (sm2.0?)
overall its a performance boost. It does require higher floating point precision and it has displacement mapping in VS 3.0. But generally it will be used for its branching and abiltiy to make shaders more efficient. It has the abiltiy to combine a bunch of little shader programs in to one which will reduce the number of passes. Over time you will see effects that are too complex and slow to be done with 2.0 or 2.0b.
Also as effects start requiring fp 32 precision you will start to see graphical artifacts with lower precision(ie ATI only being able to do fp 24)
Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:40 pm
Originally posted by Jeffro
I'll keep my 9700 np, thank you!
I'll keep my 9800 PRO, ty
Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:49 pm
Originally posted by Buliwyf
I'll keep my 9800 PRO, ty
ill keep my 6800 gt thank you...
what? everyone else did it:lol:
Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:50 pm
Game 2 Dragothic - Low Detail 442.9 FPS:mad:
Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:14 pm
have a look at this
ATI is still killing Nvidia in farcry, even with Nvidia's SM3.0 support
http://www.ixbt.com/video2/fc12-2.shtml
the new ATI X800 series partially supports most of the main improvements of SM3.0, which is EXCELLENT news for HL2 and STALKER.
ATI is still killing Nvidia in farcry, even with Nvidia's SM3.0 support
http://www.ixbt.com/video2/fc12-2.shtml
the new ATI X800 series partially supports most of the main improvements of SM3.0, which is EXCELLENT news for HL2 and STALKER.
Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:17 pm
Originally posted by Edogg
ill keep my 6800 gt thank you...
Originally posted by Buliwyf
I'll keep my 9800 PRO, ty