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F1 Challenge
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Final results and conclusions.
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Pete
Its a bit strange they include higher end ATI cards and not the NVidia
5900. Not that it bothers me with a 9700 Pro :-)
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I'm still pulling 40-80fps in NR2003 with most options turned on high at
1280X1024X16 (the starts are sometimes down to 20 or so), and all of the
other games I play run with everything on just fine.
Now, this may all change if any of the upcomming DX9 games (half-life 2,
Carmack's stuff, etc...) catch my fancy, but for now it just doesn't matter.
I was very interested in the 9600 Pro AIW, but it's performance doesn't look
to be much over the Ti4400, and is worse in some cases.
-Larry
Apparantly, the 5900 isn't that impressive anyway.
-Larry
> > There has been quite a bit of discussion the last few days over
> >video card performance and noticed a good piece over at
> >Anandtech comparing the new mid range cards.
> > They also have a test showing the FPS in F1 Challenge
> >that I thought might be of some use.
> Its a bit strange they include higher end ATI cards and not the NVidia
> 5900. Not that it bothers me with a 9700 Pro :-)
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>I'm still pulling 40-80fps in NR2003 with most options turned on high at
>1280X1024X16 (the starts are sometimes down to 20 or so), and all of the
>other games I play run with everything on just fine.
ATI has done a great job but the 5900 Ultra is hardly unimpressive. The
only negative press for nvidia is over DX9 pixel shading for Half-life and
other UNRELEASED shooters (meaningless issue to me since I play sims,
sports, rpg's and strategy games - all fine for my 5900U). The 5900U is
perfect for my needs since it has no technical issues (FS2004 and Madden
2004 glitches for ATI to name a few) and - GASP - it actually outperforms
the high and mighty 9800 Pro in some simulation bench marks (like NR 2003
and IL2:FB - see the firingsquad review). Hell, I'm running NHL 2004
1600x1200 with 4xFSAA - 8xANIS and it's a smooth 80-100 fps. What the hell
more do I need?
The nvidia weaknesses are meaningless to my *** needs and by the time
pixel shader 2.0 is critical to games we'll all be using a GF FX2 6900's or
ATI 9900XT2 Pro. :)
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> Apparantly, the 5900 isn't that impressive anyway.
> -Larry
> > > There has been quite a bit of discussion the last few days over
> > >video card performance and noticed a good piece over at
> > >Anandtech comparing the new mid range cards.
> > > They also have a test showing the FPS in F1 Challenge
> > >that I thought might be of some use.
> > Its a bit strange they include higher end ATI cards and not the NVidia
> > 5900. Not that it bothers me with a 9700 Pro :-)
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What the heck is wrong?! My Ti4600 gets me a mediocre 12/13FPS!
J.R.
"We are still seeing the same jittery action with the NVIDIA cards that we
have noted in Parts 1 and 2, and the AA also falls a little short of what it
should be doing. As we have stated previously, these are known issues, and
they are being addressed."
Does anyone know any more about this? I read and re-read the whole thing,
but couldn't find what they meant by "As we have stated previously, these
are known issues, and they are being addressed."
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> > There has been quite a bit of discussion the last few days over
> > video card performance and noticed a good piece over at
> > Anandtech comparing the new mid range cards.
> > They also have a test showing the FPS in F1 Challenge
> > that I thought might be of some use.
> > http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1904
> > F1 Challenge
> > http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1904&p=7
> > Final results and conclusions.
> > http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1904&p=21
> > Pete
> What the heck is wrong?! My Ti4600 gets me a mediocre 12/13FPS!
> J.R.
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:06:46 +0100, "Richard S Beckett"
>"We are still seeing the same jittery action with the NVIDIA cards that we
>have noted in Parts 1 and 2, and the AA also falls a little short of what it
>should be doing. As we have stated previously, these are known issues, and
>they are being addressed."
>Does anyone know any more about this? I read and re-read the whole thing,
>but couldn't find what they meant by "As we have stated previously, these
>are known issues, and they are being addressed."
nVidia says their 50 series drivers are going to fix all of this. We'll
see...
Personally, at $400-$500 a pop, these cards should ALL be astonishing no
matter what we throw at them, without any room for issues.
Larry
> ATI has done a great job but the 5900 Ultra is hardly unimpressive. The
> only negative press for nvidia is over DX9 pixel shading for Half-life and
> other UNRELEASED shooters (meaningless issue to me since I play sims,
> sports, rpg's and strategy games - all fine for my 5900U). The 5900U is
> perfect for my needs since it has no technical issues (FS2004 and Madden
> 2004 glitches for ATI to name a few) and - GASP - it actually outperforms
> the high and mighty 9800 Pro in some simulation bench marks (like NR 2003
> and IL2:FB - see the firingsquad review). Hell, I'm running NHL 2004
> 1600x1200 with 4xFSAA - 8xANIS and it's a smooth 80-100 fps. What the
hell
> more do I need?
> The nvidia weaknesses are meaningless to my *** needs and by the time
> pixel shader 2.0 is critical to games we'll all be using a GF FX2 6900's
or
> ATI 9900XT2 Pro. :)
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> Joe M.
> > They may not have had one.
> > Apparantly, the 5900 isn't that impressive anyway.
> > -Larry
> > > > There has been quite a bit of discussion the last few days over
> > > >video card performance and noticed a good piece over at
> > > >Anandtech comparing the new mid range cards.
> > > > They also have a test showing the FPS in F1 Challenge
> > > >that I thought might be of some use.
> > > Its a bit strange they include higher end ATI cards and not the NVidia
> > > 5900. Not that it bothers me with a 9700 Pro :-)
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> > > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
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Sure wish I had used the same judgement. I lost my 40-80 fps by *upgrading*
Dan
