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Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: THX on January 27, 2003, 08:07:48 PM: Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1779)
Tom\'s Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030127/index.html)

It\'s not that much faster than a Radeon 9700 Pro, and even slower when AA is turned on. And it gets better, listen to the card when 3DMark gets up and running.

GFFX Mp3 (http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030127/images/geforcefx-3dmark-hq.mp3)

:eek: :(
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Tyrant on January 27, 2003, 11:05:30 PM: lol it sounds like a vaccum cleaner.
actually i was kinda expecting more from this card, but it seems ati have done a much better job with their R9700.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Samwise on January 28, 2003, 08:51:21 AM: Pity. Especially with all the hype that was going around. :)
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: nataku on January 28, 2003, 09:51:35 AM: Heh, people in PC forums are going crazy over this. Even some die hard nVidia fanboys are canceling their preorders and picking up a 9700 Pro.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: mm on January 28, 2003, 09:55:30 AM: the GF card will continue to outsell ATI by an obscene margin

to say either card is crap is rediculous
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Samwise on January 28, 2003, 11:16:04 AM: :laughing:
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: mm on January 28, 2003, 12:51:08 PM: not any louder than a typical AMD heatsink fan
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Samwise on January 28, 2003, 01:17:49 PM: Dunno about that; never had an AMD. I do own a vacuum cleaner though - I\'m not sure whether it or the FX is louder.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Kurt Angle on January 28, 2003, 01:24:11 PM: :laughing:

Sounds like my washing machine.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: KillaX on January 28, 2003, 02:41:58 PM: I told you all SO!!!!!!!!! did you believe me....noooooooo

:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: Dajona on January 28, 2003, 03:11:14 PM: It\'s rather dissapointing from the reviews so far.

The FX takes up two PCI slots, one for the card itself and the other for the exhaust cooling mechanism they came up with. The card uses over 70W of power compared to the 9700Pro which uses about 54W. Even with the huge cooling mechanism Tom\'s review claims that the vent on the back of the card reached about 60 degrees Celcius, that\'s about 154 degrees for those of us in the US. The fan has also been noted to be rather loud.

I don\'t mind the faults so much but ATI\'s six month old 9700Pro consistently performs only slightly worse than the FX. In some cases it actually performs better. There are no excuses for that.

As it stands I\'d say the FX is only for the hardest of the hardcore.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: mm on January 28, 2003, 04:13:09 PM: Quote
The FX takes up two PCI slots

it kills when when people say this

if you have a AGP vid card, you absolutely never put any device in the 1st PCI slot below it. yer begging for trouble

and honestly, who doesnt have 2-3 open PCI slots in thier rig?
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: nataku on January 28, 2003, 04:24:06 PM: Yeah, that PCI deal is nothing.

People make it sound like they only have 2 or 3 slots built into their MB.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 28, 2003, 05:07:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm

it kills when when people say this

if you have a AGP vid card, you absolutely never put any device in the 1st PCI slot below it. yer begging for trouble

and honestly, who doesnt have 2-3 open PCI slots in thier rig?

i don\'t.

and the only loud AMD sinks are the ones with high RPM fans on them. Same as p4s. My rig is very quiet.
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: mm on January 28, 2003, 06:11:49 PM: quiet for an AMD box?
Title: GeForce FX Cards reviewed...
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 28, 2003, 06:28:07 PM: yep.. how many AMD machines u owned mm?

i\'m guessing none. Mainly because i have heaps of friends that have amd and p4s.. There\'s loud amd boxes, there\'s loud p4 boxes. It\'s all about choices. Some p4 users have very loud fans, some amd users have very loud fans. They don\'t just make loud fans for amd users ;)