Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[DilTech]

Any card is very good in 3dmark 2006 and then suck in games.
There is no game with the efects of 3dmark2006. When games came with those efects of the 3dmarks the 2900 XT can invert things....

In heavy/intensive tasks that is the future of gaming and the 2900XT can take the lead. Can also take the lead in DX_10.

When games come out with the effects from 3dmark?... You did know games have come out using similar/the same shaders, right? Far Cry used shaders found in GT3 and GT4 of 3dmark03, as anyone who had a 9800pro/xt when cat 3.8 came out will remember from the block shadows indoors on far cry. F.e.a.r. uses a lot of the shaders found in 05's GT1, and oblivion uses a lot of shaders found in 03, 05, and 06.

Personally I don't put stock in any of the 3dmarks. I'd rather take it for a whirl through actual games.

As for the future...we'll see, but I know I wouldn't buy a card based upon the assumption of power in the future when currently it loses. You could be right, but I'm not holding my breath on that happening at all. We'll see when the time comes, that much is for sure, but for now I really wouldn't hold your breath.