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Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nO-One on November 18, 2002, 10:50:04 AM
125 million transistors running at around 500Mhz, jebus that beast needs cooling....and it has it take a look at the pics from the usual sources AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com), Toms (http://www.tomshardware.com) and so on....

Won\'t be out till February though.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Kurt Angle on November 18, 2002, 11:20:37 AM
That would melt my motherboard at 50 paces.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nataku on November 18, 2002, 01:24:23 PM
The card does sound amazing.  I hear they might start it at about $360US too, which is cheaper than I thought it would be.

Too bad they named it GeForceFX tho.  What a dumb name.  It makes it sound like GeForce 4MX... to me, anyway.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nO-One on November 18, 2002, 03:25:33 PM
yeah there\'s been some talk about the name, it might sound confusing to the average joe since it sounds a lot like MX.

But nVidia has this whole Hollywood cinema graphic quality thing going.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: THX on November 18, 2002, 06:15:13 PM
I just bought a Gf4 Ti4200 with TV-out for $114 from Newegg.  Looks like it won\'t be lowering in price anytime soon after all so I\'m glad I bought it when I did.

$360 is a lot of clams, is this the highest a graphics card w/ no video capture has ever been released at?  I remember when I got a GF2 GTS [Elsa Gladiac] when it was out and I found it for like $242 on the net.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: KillaX on November 19, 2002, 04:40:37 AM
the thing takes 2 SLOTS!!!!!!!  heck no!!!!! my radeon 9700 Pro takes 1! I\'ll stay with my radeon!

here is the link:   http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1749&p=6

:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 19, 2002, 05:04:19 AM
what moron uses the 1st PCI slot below the AGP port anyways?

now go beat on the friend who convinced you to buy a radeon
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nataku on November 19, 2002, 08:24:00 AM
Why do you hate Radeons so much, mm?
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Kurt Angle on November 19, 2002, 08:32:02 AM
In the UK we have washing powder called radeon.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Samwise on November 19, 2002, 09:28:38 AM
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Originally posted by nataku
Why do you hate Radeons so much, mm?
Because he\'s a narrowminded nVidea whore.

Oh, forgot the \':p\'.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 19, 2002, 09:32:04 AM
the specs on the nvidia dont look so narrowminded, do they?

i made the mistake of buying an ATI card once.
it will never happen again

they\'ll be back in the closet with cyrix soon enough
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Samwise on November 19, 2002, 09:35:36 AM
Yeah yeah, blah blah blah. And then what when ATi releases a Radeon that\'s ever faster than the FX? Pfft, it\'s a neverending routine. Just buy a card and be happy, instead of a bitter old fanboy who hates certain companies.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on November 19, 2002, 09:53:49 AM
yep.. i buy cards only when the games need em.. i mean more then 1.  Give it a year then buy whatevers good then.. Cheaper and better. Unless your a Benchmark freak, u don\'t need 180fps etc.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 19, 2002, 10:01:23 AM
lol, how am i a fanboy for buying thier shitty product, using it, and then shunning them?

nvidia delivers and then some, every time

may 3DFX rest in peace
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nataku on November 19, 2002, 10:27:08 AM
How is the Radeon a shitty product, mm?  Enlighten me.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 19, 2002, 11:00:10 AM
1. driver support

2. game issues

2. innovation-price ratio

3. insert facetious answer here

4. driver support

but hey, everyone loves an underdog
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on November 19, 2002, 11:10:41 AM
yep.. may the underdog rest in peace.. i mean 3dfx. ;)
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 19, 2002, 11:12:15 AM
shame tho

noone could do glide like 3dfx

glide > openGL
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on November 19, 2002, 11:20:22 AM
yea... Glide rocked. Playing Unreal on my 2 Monster 3D 2 cards 12meg SLI  was crazy. Beat the living S@#T outta my ViperV330 card.
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Tyrant on November 20, 2002, 02:14:47 AM
damn thats one big ass fan, anyways i cant wait to see what this card is capabale of doing.
:)
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: mm on November 21, 2002, 02:34:56 PM
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamer.nl%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2FErwie%2F200211%2F1037820880_0.jpg&hash=55a7267bfa5cb1d15a6942a92316d7b6fa17dba9)

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamer.nl%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2FErwie%2F200211%2F1037820880_1.jpg&hash=f3b136378443dabe8f3e7e4d0985336a1d811c27)


as usual, ATI gets pissed on
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: fastson on November 21, 2002, 03:52:46 PM
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
yep.. i buy cards only when the games need em.. i mean more then 1.  Give it a year then buy whatevers good then.. Cheaper and better. Unless your a Benchmark freak, u don\'t need 180fps etc.


I do as my master!

When I first got my Pentium II (my first REAL gaming PC.. before that I owned a 486) it had a "nice" Riva 128 8MB graphics card.

After 1 year I got a TNT2 Ultra 32MB.. That one I kept for 3 years.

When I got this PC I bought a GeForce 4 Ti4200 (64MB), and I reckon I wont be upgrading anytime soon. Not until the newer PC games demand a new card at least, so I expect it to last maybe 2 years or so.

Like Souly said, I dont need 100+++fps.. 40+ fps is fine by me. :)
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: NVIDIA256 on November 21, 2002, 04:21:03 PM
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i made the mistake of buying an ATI card once.
it will never happen again

 



Granted NVIDIA had better cards back in the TNT2(best card name) Gefore 1 -2 era, oh and yes ATi\'s driver support in the past was not up par to NVIDIA\'s.

With that being said, The cards they are delevering now are amazing, driver support is much better. Heck My next card just might be an ATI, I mean hey look at my name FOLKS!

ATI  is 10 miniutes away from where I live here in TORONTO and I can get a deal on those suckers!! LONG LIVE ATI

It\'s about time some other company takes the crown from nvidia cause they were boring the crap out me. Remeber competetion is good, drives prices down "abit" and forces the competetion to work hard and create more innovative ideas
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nO-One on November 21, 2002, 04:32:34 PM
heh I suggest you try going to http://www.geforcefx.net and http://www.geforcefx.org heh heh heh
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Samwise on November 23, 2002, 03:53:49 AM
And once again ATi pisses on nVidia. :p
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Jar O Pickles on November 26, 2002, 09:13:31 AM
i want a new card but im gonna wait cause directx 9.0 is coming out next year and it will require new hardware
cards that can handle it are coming out now but id wait a while till its been implemented for sometime
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nO-One on November 26, 2002, 04:56:33 PM
the 9700 is dx9 compatable and I belive the Parhelia is semi dx9 compatable
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: jiggs on November 26, 2002, 07:36:39 PM
Nvidia all the way here. I will line up to get this card.
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Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Spencer on January 17, 2003, 11:02:35 PM
the FX sounds amazing.  if it is as fast and as good as every1 says it is.  

PS those screenshots up there are for which card?
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: Samwise on January 28, 2003, 10:19:51 AM
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Originally posted by Spencer
the FX sounds amazing.  if it is as fast and as good as every1 says it is
I guess it isn\'t. :)

You do get a nice vacuuming sound though.

LOL @ this quote from THG:

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And it has a look that is similarly spectacular to the 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 at the time of its launch.
[/b]And look where 3dfx is now. J/k :p
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: KillaX on January 28, 2003, 02:51:22 PM
DX9 is out go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx/



:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: Ge-ForceFX announced
Post by: nataku on January 28, 2003, 03:17:23 PM
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Originally posted by jiggs
Nvidia all the way here. I will line up to get this card.


Do you still stand by that after seeing the reviews?


The below isn\'t directed to you, jiggs, I just wanna post it in a seperate message. ;)

Personally, I think the FX is a big disappointment.  I wasn\'t expecting an  8500 --> 9700 pro leap, but I was expecting it to be better in every benchmark.  At least something to justify the price difference.  They had far too long to work on it to let it be where it\'s at right now.

Why pay $100 more for a few more FPS (sometimes not even 1!) but far worse AA and AF performance?  Arguably better drivers?  Please.  ATI and nVidia drivers are on par nowadays... the only compatibility problems are because developers don\'t fully support ATI, not because ATI "has bad drivers".  

Hopefully some things will change now and developers will start making sure ATI and nVidia are supported equally.