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OT: Club3D Radeon 9500

Andrew MacPhers

OT: Club3D Radeon 9500

by Andrew MacPhers » Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:27:00



> Strange thing is that I so far hardly noticed any difference
> fps when I changed the resolutions

I think you're right about your CPU being the limitation now. The 9700
really does churn out the pixels remarkably quickly. In fact I'm not
sure why I still race at 1280x960/1024 when the card seems almost as
fast at 1600x1200.

It's taken a while, but we finally have the hardware to run GPL at a
solid 36fps with all the t***s turned on. It was worth the wait,
though the sad thing is that I no longer have a graphics Holy Grail to
aim for. I suspect Doom3 may supply a new visual peak to climb towards
though.

I think N2003 will still eat as much CPU power as you can throw at it. I
guess in test mode, with you being the only car in the universe, the CPU
ought to have some breathing room, giving you an idea what FPS the
9700's capable of in N2003.

It certainly does. But it's not perfect yet, sadly. I was playing LFS
for the first time in months last night (S1 release) and found ATI's
fsaa struggling as badly as Nvidia's with things like the lines across
the track at the start, and strobing textures in the grandstands etc. So
I still find myself wishing 3dfx had managed to get its act together
before they went under.

Still, it hard to be too negative when ATI's fsaa runs as quickly as it
does.

Wow! You're not joking. I don't know what's more impressive, the ATI
card's ability to render it all in real time, or the guys who created
it in the first place... I found myself just sitting there grinning.
Thanks for that.

Yea, but only because he can't be bothered to open his computer and
evaluate another card for his customers :-)

Andrew McP

Goy Larse

OT: Club3D Radeon 9500

by Goy Larse » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:15:22


> Andre / Who has a faster gfx card than Goy ;)

LOL, true

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

Goy Larse

OT: Club3D Radeon 9500

by Goy Larse » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:20:41


> > Andre / Who has a faster gfx card than Goy ;)

> Yea, but only because he can't be bothered to open his computer and
> evaluate another card for his customers :-)

LOL, also true, a few years ago I was still going all gaga whenever a
new and faster CPU family came out or a new Gfx card or whatever and
would promptly order one for "demo" use :-), but when you have "free"
access to the latest and greatest, after a while it's not that fun
anymore, so while my computers are reasonably up to date, it doesn't
give me the same "buzz" anymore

It's a "drawback" I can live with though :-)

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--


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