I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on my
rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the shelves.
Thanks.
Well I run a AIW 8500 in D3D with all eye candy and addons with no problem.
Anthony
rms
I'd go ahead and get the 9700 Pro if I were you (and get a
motherboard that supports AGP8X while you're at it). I'm running a
9700 Pro on an Asus A7V8X, and it runs GPL just fine in D3D. I get
some weird texture thigs going on in OGL.
> > I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
> > convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on
my
> > rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
> > without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
> > If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the
shelves.
> > Thanks.
> I'd go ahead and get the 9700 Pro if I were you (and get a
> motherboard that supports AGP8X while you're at it). I'm running a
> 9700 Pro on an Asus A7V8X, and it runs GPL just fine in D3D. I get
> some weird texture thigs going on in OGL.
> Whassamatta with the 9500 Pro? Half the money and about 90% of the
> performance. I just got one.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
> > says...
> > > Just a quick one...
> > > I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
> > > convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on
> my
> > > rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
> > > without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
> > > If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the
> shelves.
> > > Thanks.
> > I'd go ahead and get the 9700 Pro if I were you (and get a
> > motherboard that supports AGP8X while you're at it). I'm running a
> > 9700 Pro on an Asus A7V8X, and it runs GPL just fine in D3D. I get
> > some weird texture thigs going on in OGL.
> > says...
> > > Just a quick one...
> > > I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
> > > convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on
> my
> > > rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
> > > without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
> > > If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the
> shelves.
> > > Thanks.
> > I'd go ahead and get the 9700 Pro if I were you (and get a
> > motherboard that supports AGP8X while you're at it). I'm running a
> > 9700 Pro on an Asus A7V8X, and it runs GPL just fine in D3D. I get
> > some weird texture thigs going on in OGL.
The funny thing is, most people see 90% of the performance and get put off.
They don't realise that in a coupla weeks the card they buy for twice the
price will only have 90% of the performance of an even newer card.
> > Whassamatta with the 9500 Pro? Half the money and about 90% of the
> > performance. I just got one.
> The funny thing is, most people see 90% of the performance and get put off.
> They don't realise that in a coupla weeks the card they buy for twice the
> price will only have 90% of the performance of an even newer card.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > Whassamatta with the 9500 Pro? Half the money and about 90% of the
> > performance. I just got one.
> The funny thing is, most people see 90% of the performance and get put off.
> They don't realise that in a coupla weeks the card they buy for twice the
> price will only have 90% of the performance of an even newer card.
If you always sit on the fence waiting for the "next fastest card",
you'll be stuck with your TNT2/Voodoo2 combo for a long freakin
time. I bought a Radeon 8500, only to see nVidia's frame rates
excede the 8500's by leaps and bounds. The 9700 Pro promised big
things, but I waited for the card to come out before making a
decision. My (retail) card cost me $70 less than the card did when
it was first released.
Sure, nVidia may slap ATI around a little with their next card, and
ATI will (hopefully) keep raising the bar themselves, but that
doesn't mean that just because I'm lusting after their fastest board,
I'm not necessarily gonna run out and buy one.
I could afford the extra 10% performance, so I bought it. Everyone's
idea of the preferrable price per feature is different.
> I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
> convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on my
> rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
> without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
> If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the shelves.
> Thanks.
Now if ATI would just offer 16-bit FSAA!
Kendt
> > Just a quick one...
> > I'm looking at upgrading in the very near future, and have managed to
> > convince the wife to let me spend an (almost) *** amount of cash on my
> > rig. The question that I need answering though is wether GPL will run
> > without probs on a Radeon 9500 in OpenGL or DirectX modes?
> > If it doesnt then I may have to wait until the NV30 cards hit the shelves.
> > Thanks.
> Link that might interest 9700(non-pro) and 9500 users:
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/~warp11/
> Now if ATI would just offer 16-bit FSAA!
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
Nevermind, just took a looooooong while to load for some reason, went to
get a beer and when I came back after 5 mins the page had loaded, thx
for the link, I'm actually looking to get a non PRO version myself
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
