Official HD 2900 Discussion Thread

[Eastcoasthandle]

I have no clue what you are talking about, so I assume you mean the Call Of Juarez test.

Non-mouse over:
http://tertsi.users.daug.net/temp/R600/iq/coj_ati.jpg
http://tertsi.users.daug.net/temp/R600/iq/coj_nv.jpg

Mouse-over:
http://tertsi.users.daug.net/temp/R6...ia_vs_ati.html

Article:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/504/2/

The "mature drivers" thing is getting annoying. How do you define drivers to be mature? When ATI releases an official version? Why am I even asking; no one is going to agree on a definition of mature....

Don't start that crap with me. Current drivers don't show the potential of the card yet, bottom line. The term "mature" is not relative. It has a very specific meaning. Therefore, know what you are talking about before you start blathering.
As for the photos:
-He clearly states he has pre-alpha (but doesn't mention which version). Again, drivers are NOT MATURE!
-The image test looks like the bitmap was set to quality and not High Quality. I find myself having to change this with each driver update.
-He clearly states:

When it comes to image quality we installed both drivers and without adjusting any of the settings in the control panel jumped right into the benchmark to see how they did.

But never shows a pic of those settings and never explains what those settings were at the time he provided those photos. Not only do we not know what those adjustments were between R600/G80, we have no control example to bench against at other bitmap/AA/AF settings.

In all, this is a pure example of FUD through photos. There is no supporting documentation (regarding those photos) to provide an explain of how he arrived to that conclusion (through photos). People taking these photos at face value without asking questions first is the real problem here. Why shouldn't you ask questions? It's a freaking 3 page (short) review of the HD 2900 XT.