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I'm not using an FX 5200 No, but you imply that any card can be made into a Half-Life 2 card by optimising the drivers. |
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Starting to wish I got that ATI 9800 Pro card now thats for sure. Fraid so... nVidia might pull something out of the bag with their new drivers, but it's looking a bit bad for them unless the boost is enough to make the 5600Ultra play HL2 at decent frame rates in DX9. Otherwise that, and any every other FX card is pretty much a turkey when you look at the value you get from an ATi 9600pro. Of course, that's only for HL2, but Valve predict the same from all DX9 games. |
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Yup, just confirms that an FX card is just money down the drain.
"Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... New drivers were tested: http://www.guru3d.com/forum/showthre...threadid=63181 |
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And how does that confirm it ? by possibly showing valve is kissing ATI's
ass and one is better of with a an ATI card because because of the aliances it makes ? Just curious. JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . Yup, just confirms that an FX card is just money down the drain. "Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... New drivers were tested: http://www.guru3d.com/forum/showthre...threadid=63181 |
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Theres always dodgy dealings between companies like game companies and
graphics card manufs - its a fact of life - it happens in all industries to some extent. JB |
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Well in this case at least...the drivers will be out before the game. And
hopefully they'll improve all DX9 games. Right, so everytime a new DX9 game comes out, we have to wait for new drivers optimised for that game??? If you read the article, Valve expect the nVidia performance to be reflected in all games. "Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... NVIDIA statement: The Optimizations for Half-Life 2 shaders are in the 50 series of drivers which we made available to reviewers on Monday [Sept. 8, 2003]. Any Half-Life 2 comparison based on the 45 series driver are invalid. NVIDIA 50 series of drivers will be available well before the release of Half-Life 2 |
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I fully agree, time will tell.
If you had to bet your bottom dollar though... "JC" wrote in message ... And how does that confirm it ? by possibly showing valve is kissing ATI's ass and one is better of with a an ATI card because because of the aliances it makes ? Just curious. JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . Yup, just confirms that an FX card is just money down the drain. "Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... New drivers were tested: http://www.guru3d.com/forum/showthre...threadid=63181 |
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The problem with all this is that who really gets f**** is us, the consumer,
we end up not really knowing what we are paying for, if what we buy is as good as they say and if the card, either brand, is worth the money :-( JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . I fully agree, time will tell. If you had to bet your bottom dollar though... "JC" wrote in message ... And how does that confirm it ? by possibly showing valve is kissing ATI's ass and one is better of with a an ATI card because because of the aliances it makes ? Just curious. JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . Yup, just confirms that an FX card is just money down the drain. "Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... New drivers were tested: http://www.guru3d.com/forum/showthre...threadid=63181 |
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When HL2 is out, and 9600Pro owners report good things, and 5600Ultra users
report bad things, then we'll all know. "JC" wrote in message ... The problem with all this is that who really gets f**** is us, the consumer, we end up not really knowing what we are paying for, if what we buy is as good as they say and if the card, either brand, is worth the money :-( JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . I fully agree, time will tell. If you had to bet your bottom dollar though... "JC" wrote in message ... And how does that confirm it ? by possibly showing valve is kissing ATI's ass and one is better of with a an ATI card because because of the aliances it makes ? Just curious. JC "The Robot" wrote in message .. . Yup, just confirms that an FX card is just money down the drain. "Lee Marsh" wrote in message ... New drivers were tested: http://www.guru3d.com/forum/showthre...threadid=63181 |
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