Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[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

[fornowagain]

Link

At the MSI PC2008 event yesterday in Taipei MSI showed off its watercooled version of the Radeon HD 2900XT and we snapped a shot for you to ogle over for now. We’re working on the coverage of the whole event and it will be up later today. But for now, enjoy this picture of this card which has a very nice looking watercooler on it.

[fornowagain]

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

okey dokey. i can only consider myself one of those lucky guys to get my hands on some new toys (retail version) before it's launched next week for some testing.

however, i encounter some issues in running benchmarks on Win XP, thus have to do it on Windows Vista. Would feedback to ATI on this issue & see if there's any new or official drivers to solve it.

& of cos, not forgetting it's challenger... i used the 88gts 320MB from Asus as a comparison.

a teaser for all interested.

Test Platform

Intel E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
2 x 1GB D9GMH KVR
Seagate SATA 80GB HDD
Windows Vista Home Premium

& le't's go

8800GTS Stock


ATI Stock


ATI Overdrive MAX OC


Now that GTS is getting spanked.

[Shintai]

Now that GTS is getting spanked.

If only that was so, then a 8600GTS would be alot better buy than a x1950Pro. Yet, when we drop 3Dmark and play actual games it turns around. And 3DMark cheat drivers aint uncomon

Last nVidia driver gave what, 200-500 more 3Dmarks and nothing in real games.

And Vista is also a bad test, since nVidias drivers is abit behind there.

[perkam]

8800GTS Stock
[URL=http://imageshack.us]ATI Overdrive MAX OC


Now that GTS is getting spanked.

I'm afraid on air cooling, we see only 50% of the HD 2900's performance. Once you switch to watercooling, you'll see increases in core clock speeds exceeding 500mhz above stock. (Well into four digits)

Perkam

[onethreehill]

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

ok dokey. upon request by many.......

compare the 8800GTS 640Mb from Leadtek as comparison.......

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showp...9&postcount=33