nVidia GeForce FX

discussed in 223 posts, 2002-2008 · overall tone mixed

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Key threads

• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro versus Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra 2003-09-06 · 34 posts
  A link to DirectX 9 pixel shader benchmarks started a debate over ATI and Nvidia cards. Roger Squires and Tim Miser cited Nvidia's benchmark cheating and weak DX9 performance, while Cyber Chum and Larry argued ATI's drivers were still less reliable in some games. Half-Life 2 benchmarks favouring ATI tipped several posters towards the 9800 Pro.
• RASCAR server plans and GeForce FX Ultra cancellation reports 2003-02-09 · 30 posts
  John Simmons asked EldredP to buy NR2003 and host the RASCAR server more often, which Eldred agreed to. The talk turned to video cards after reports that Nvidia had stopped production of the GeForce FX Ultra over noise and heat, with posters weighing the Radeon 9700 Pro and Ti4600.
• Choosing between Radeon 9700 Pro, GeForce FX and Ti4600 2003-01-27 · 27 posts
  A user upgrading for NR2003 asked whether to buy a GeForce4 Ti4600, a Radeon 9700 Pro or the new GeForce FX. Most recommended the 9700 Pro, saying ATI's driver problems were in the past and early FX reviews were disappointing. Several discussed soft-modding a Radeon 9500 into a 9700, with mixed success reports.
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra slower than GF4 in NR2003 2004-01-06 · 25 posts
  Jeff found a new GeForce FX 5900 Ultra gave lower NR2003 frame rates than his old GeForce4 4200, and a new power supply did not help. After advice from Tom Pabst and Aidee to remove all old drivers cleanly, he installed Omega 45.23 drivers and got equal frame rates with all graphics at maximum. Eldred and others then compared D3D and OpenGL performance on their own systems.
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra disappoints versus Radeon 9800 2003-07-13 · 25 posts
  A poster returned an Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra after finding it slower and worse-looking than his Radeon 9800 Pro. Replies questioned why he bought it and debated whether anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering are worth the frame-rate cost, with several saying FSAA greatly improves fences and distant cars in racing sims.
• First impressions and frame rates in the NR2003 demo 2003-01-21 · 21 posts
  Players compared frame rates in the leaked NR2003 demo, finding the new shadows and effects very demanding, with OpenGL versus Direct3D results varying by system. Jay Taylor noted that solar effects were no longer forced in Hardcore mode. Some found the upgrade underwhelming.
• GPL cars turn transparent at 100% detail bias 2004-10-25 · 30 posts
  Jussi Koukku found cars briefly became partly transparent at race starts when running GPL at 100% detail bias in Direct3D on an ATI card. Remco Moedt attributed it to a polygon limit in the Direct3D depth buffer, with fixes being disabling the Z-buffer in core.ini, using OpenGL, or dropping to 99% detail bias. Bob Simpson posted frame-rate tests, and the thread ended with another top-posting discussion.
• Richard Burns Rally PC demo released 2004-10-01 · 40 posts
  Neil Canning announced the Richard Burns Rally demo, and players praised its graphics, surface feel and realism while reporting light force feedback and controller detection problems. Owners of TSW pedals were told to rewire their pots. Mitch_A and others asked why the game had no US release, attributing it to distribution costs.
• Radeon 9200 upgrade slower than expected 2004-02-15 · 37 posts
  Peter Ives upgraded from a Xabre 200 to a Radeon 9200 and found little or no frame rate gain in NR2003. Replies explained that the 9200, especially the SE, was a low-end card, and suggested a 9600 Pro or GeForce4 Ti instead, along with cleaning out old drivers. Posters also found OpenGL slower than D3D on ATI cards, and Eldred's AOL client repeated one reply many times.
• Falcon Northwest Fragbox small-form-factor PC impressions 2003-08-25 · 22 posts
  Steve Smith reported buying a $995 Falcon Northwest Fragbox LAN-party PC and praised its performance, also noting that shifting seemed faster in NR2003 than in GPL. John Wallace described his own Shuttle-based small PC. The thread moved on to DLP projection televisions, bulb costs and gyroscopic air mice.
• Is the Radeon 9700 Pro worth it for NR2003? 2003-02-10 · 32 posts
  Larry asked how the Radeon 9700 Pro performed in NR2003 compared with his Ti4400, given his past bad experiences with ATI drivers. Owners reported good stability with Catalyst drivers, which ATI updated to 3.1 with NR2003 fixes, but Don Burnette found only modest gains since the game was CPU-limited. Larry decided to wait for a price drop.
• Trying dual and triple monitor setups for sim racing 2008-08-28 · 31 posts
  Andrew MacPherson described trying dual-screen spanning on his Nvidia card and being converted to wide multi-monitor views. Others discussed Matrox TripleHead2Go, large LCD TVs and the SoftTH utility, and Tim Wheatley got a cheap three-screen setup working using his TV output. Andrew later found eyestrain on the TripleHead, which Tony Rickard suggested might be helped by vsync and refresh rate settings.
• Upgrading an older Pentium 4 for NR2003 2006-01-27 · 23 posts
  A user running NR2003 and Sports Car GT on a Pentium 4 2.4GHz with a GeForce FX5200 asked how to improve performance. Most agreed the FX5200 was the bottleneck and recommended a graphics card upgrade such as a 6600GT or 9800 Pro rather than a new CPU.

Busiest threads

• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro versus Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra (12 posts about it)
• RASCAR server plans and GeForce FX Ultra cancellation reports (10 posts about it)
• Choosing between Radeon 9700 Pro, GeForce FX and Ti4600 (10 posts about it)
• Need hepl/opinions on upgrade for race sims (6 posts about it)
• How do you like your video card? (5 posts about it)
• GFX card advice (5 posts about it)
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra slower than GF4 in NR2003 (4 posts about it)
• ge4 5600 ultra results (4 posts about it)
• PNY GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR PCI Graphics Card - VCGFX52PPB (4 posts about it)
• NASCAR 2003 Oddity... (3 posts about it)
• What video card are you using? (3 posts about it)
• Verdict On Latest Mid Range Video Cards (3 posts about it)
• Upgraded vid card (3 posts about it)
• New Machine-Good specs? (3 posts about it)
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra disappoints versus Radeon 9800 (3 posts about it)

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Larry · 11 Steve Smith · 9 Malc · 6 Nick · 6 Dave Henrie · 6 Tim Paullin · 5 Aidee · 5 B. Jones · 5 Joe M. · 5 Morris Jones · 5 Steve Blankenship · 5 Paulinho · 4 Pete Panaia · 4 SimRacer · 4 Jeff · 4 DStamper · 3 Darf · 3 Bob Nielsen · 3 Roger Squires · 3 Tim Miser · 3

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