Here are some Half Life 2 numbers for you to look at; they were provided by a reliable source, but I could not verify anything myself so take them with a grain of salt. ATI was running in their DX9 codepath and the mixed mode codepath was used for NVIDIA. No AA/AF was enabled and we're looking at 1024x768 scores:
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Half
Life 2 Demo
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Radeon
9800XT
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NVIDIA
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
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| e3_bugbait |
71.4
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73.9
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| e3_c17_01 |
57.6
|
57.5
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| e3_c17_02 |
49.9
|
49.3
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| e3_phystown |
74.5
|
77.2
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| e3_seafloor |
53.9
|
53.3
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| e3_techdemo_5 |
83.5
|
64.5
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| e3_techdemo_6 |
76.9
|
71.7
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| e3_under_02 |
77.3
|
71.1
|
If those numbers hold true then things definitely look better than from Half Life 2 day, but we'll reserve judgement until we get the benchmark in house. I just thought you'd like to see what we're seeing, I wouldn't draw any conclusions based on this data yet, just wanted to share :)
Tomorrow is my 8AM day again, and maybe I'll get those tests back that I took on Monday (hopefully not...I'd like tomorrow to be a good day :)...). I'm off to sleep, have a good night everyone. Derek and I will be back to work on Part II tomorrow; I'll update you as soon as I can.
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Anonymous - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
It is not sucky FX series that is annoying.It is neverending nvidia cheats/major hardware sites endorsing it that is extremely annoying.
mike - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
dood do you guys get together in little groups at your homes and just hate on nvidia til the bright and early morning? why so much animosity? how sad is that. "look fool my shit goes 5 fps faster!!" who gives a shit? nvidia was the top dog for a while, now it's ATi's turn. this is how business goes. you watch, soon ATi will slip up and nvidia will be back on top. so just save your breath and shut the hell up, and don't call me an nvidia apologist either, cause i have a 9800 pro in my system right now, but before that i had a geforce 3. so just find something else to get your panties in a bunch ladies...Anonymous - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Ati is good, ATI outperforms everythingAti is good, ATI outperforms everything
Ati is good, ATI outperforms everything
Do you repeat those 1000 times in front of the mirror, every day?
Anonymous - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Yes it will, because nVidiot fuck ups will always defend, and forgive ncheatia no matter what!TB - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
This gen both ATI and nvidia screwed up. Most companies screw at least something up in their new products but most of the time it can be fixed or disabled. Okay so nvidias issues in this gen (doesnt effect GF4/GF3 etc) cant be fixed. Fine, but whos to say the nv40 wont be amazing? We have 4 + companies offering DX9 technology now or in the near future, these sorts of mistakes wont be a common thing for long. In the end, buy what ya need, or wait for next gen.God - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Yeah.. nVidia is cheating. If you can't grasp that concept yet, Then you are a dumb mofo loser! It's time to take the nVidia shrine down and face the facts that they are Cheating!And to the losers above, nVidia left the discussions about DX9 because MS didn't bend to their demands of making their stuff in DX9. So why don't you guys read up before knowing what really happend and why the FX sucks in DX9... Pffft.
God - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Yeah.. nVidia is cheating. If you can't grasp that concept yet, Then you are a dumb mofo loser! It's time to take the nVidia shrine down and face the facts that they are Cheating!And to the losers above, nVidia left the discussions about DX9 because MS didn't bend to their demands of making their stuff in DX9. So why don't you guys read up before knowing what really happend and why the FX sucks in DX9... Pffft.
God - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Yeah.. nVidia is cheating. If you can't grasp that concept yet, Then you are a dumb mofo loser! It's time to take the nVidia shrine down and face the facts that they are Cheating!And to the losers above, nVidia left the discussions about DX9 because MS didn't bend to their demands of making their stuff in DX9. So why don't you guys read up before knowing what really happend and why the FX sucks in DX9... Pffft.
Anonymous - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
its amazing how the nvidia fanboys say something to bash someone when the other party is just telling facts. Go get a real card ( ati ) nvidia is cheating crapAnonymous - Thursday, October 2, 2003 - link
Why it's called cheats? Because we know it has architectural problems.These big hardware sites never publicize the hardware problem of FX series properly. And everytime nvidia cheats with new driver, they just accept it and spew it to readers. They just do that over and over again.
That's why ppl criticize nvidia and hardware sites like [H], AT, Tom's over and over again.