Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[Shintai]

Vista is the gaming platform of choice using crysis and other titles that soon comes out.
there is the ati XT the card to have.

Crossfire solutions will also be one where 8 cards might run at the same time.
Where performance will scale well. Nvidia has nothing there as of now.

Dx9 isnt the design choice for 2900XT as I seen it, all stuff indicate and points to DX10 and up and Vista.
So not suprised if games show a lower number in the begining, drivers will enhance that pretty much even in dx9.
3Dmark indicate the cards works well, so its all drivers to get.

Why would it be magically amazing faster in DX10 compared to DX9? It would be something we havent seen before in the DX history with cards.

And 3Dmark is hardly worth its own reputation. Since GPU makers have been cheating alot before in that bench.

[ownage]

Why would it be magically amazing faster in DX10 compared to DX9? It would be something we havent seen before in the DX history with cards.

Because its a DX10 architecture??

[Shintai]

Because its a DX10 architecture??

And? Did the DX9 cards perform alot better in DX9 than DX8/8.1? Did the DX8 cards perform better in DX8 than DX7? And so on...

The "faster in DX10" is a desperate hope...

[AbelJemka]

And? Did the DX9 cards perform alot better in DX9 than DX8/8.1? Did the DX8 cards perform better in DX8 than DX7? And so on...

The "faster in DX10" is a desperate hope...

GeForce 7 compete with Radeon X19xx in all game when both cards where release but in all recents games Radeon X19xx truncate them.

Look at ATI numbers versus Nvidia numbers. ATI cards totally dominate Nvidia card!!! Nvidia cards grow old badly compare to ATI cards. 9800pro card numbers are impressive in today games.

[Shintai]

GeForce 7 compete with Radeon X19xx in all game when both cards where release but in all recents games Radeon X19xx truncate them.

Look at ATI numbers versus Nvidia numbers. ATI cards totally dominate Nvidia card!!! Nvidia cards grow old badly compare to ATI cards. 9800pro card numbers are impressive in today games.

Uhmm...no?
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/20...x/index.x?pg=1

And even in new games, only a few got the ATI dominance. And mainly due to product refresh and driver focus.

But you left all the reason out on, why it should be faster in DX10.

[ownage]

Uhmm...no?
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/20...x/index.x?pg=1

And even in new games, only a few got the ATI dominance. And mainly due to product refresh and driver focus.

But you left all the reason out on, why it should be faster in DX10.

Your the type that only looks at FPS lol!!
By looking at that review you would say that 7900series is actually better then the X1900series??

[Shintai]

Your the type that only looks at FPS lol!!
By looking at that review you would say that 7900series is actually better then the X1900series??

Ye, FPS doesnt matter when you game....might get 1-2FPS, but DAMN IT LOOKS GOOD on this 9800pro!!!!!!!11111

[AbelJemka]

What the meaning of the TechReport review?
Moreover saying that ATI dominance in some game (GeForce 7 vs X19xx) is due to product refresh and driver focus is very funny : Nvidia nerver refreshed their line and never released driver update?
I can't prove at the moment that they will be faster in DX10 but you can't prove either way that "it's a desperate hope".

[onethreehill]

Quick test on new ATI new GC
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1607936

[Zero]

And? Did the DX9 cards perform alot better in DX9 than DX8/8.1? Did the DX8 cards perform better in DX8 than DX7? And so on...

The "faster in DX10" is a desperate hope...

i think that gf2 ultra was faster than gf3 in most dx7 games XD

[DataNusse]

i think that gf2 ultra was faster than gf3 in most dx7 games XD

No. At list not with 32bit color.