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If you wanna game.. you should go nvidia.

BenSkywalker- Ahhh my bad. I did not read what was typed correctly. I thought I saw a puddy that...err I meant I thought I saw it as the 57xx. Whoopsie :) However the PS2.0 used in TRAoD covers the entire screen. No other game out there uses PS2.0 as much, thus I doubt you would see this...
- jbirney
- Post #80
- Mar 8, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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If you wanna game.. you should go nvidia.

Since when does a game have to be good for its benchmarks scores to be valid? Was Q3 a good game (note not the engine, the game itself)? Graneted I am not trying to compare the 2 and TR does indeed blow. But TR:oAD results are valid and they should only be dismissed if the benchmark itself is in...
- jbirney
- Post #47
- Mar 5, 2004
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

Not according to this: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1354541,00.asp Sorry but I no long trust any of anadtechs numbers anymore. No see PS2.0A results here: http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q4/geforcefx-5950ultra/index.x?pg=11 Notice no real difference. Also the issues with...
- jbirney
- Post #284
- Oct 23, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

I really don't understand this comment? Let me restate the point: HL2 in full precision mode showed us a 70% delta between the two. You pointed out that Halo did not show same delta. I pointed out that Halo does not have a full precisions mode and uses partial precision for FX Thus my point...
- jbirney
- Post #264
- Oct 22, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

Dam I lied. I thought I could stay out of this thread. Anyways a few points: From ETs own article on Halo Benchmarking: "Halo does utilize partial-precision hints, allowing GeForce FX cards to operate using faster 16-bit floating point operations." Thus your comparing Apples to oranges. If...
- jbirney
- Post #252
- Oct 21, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

Sorry but I don't agree. They had Trilinear before. They remove it to inflate FPS scores. That in my book is a cheat. Its a hard ware limitation that was a design trade off that been inhertent since the AT first preview of the R300 back in Aug of last year. The Trilinear thing was working just...
- jbirney
- Post #183
- Oct 14, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

I did not see ATI cheating in UT2k3. B3D did not seem to think they cheated back when they did their TR:AOD benchmarks. ATI has not be caught lower IQ in 3dmark, ect. I am not saying ATI is 100% in the clear. We have Q3 in the past. They did optimize for a synthetic benchmark which in my book...
- jbirney
- Post #178
- Oct 14, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anand's 9800XT and FX5950 review, part 2

First of all I did not find this article very useful. With out full screen images any IQ comparisons are worthless. That along with the fact that there is no Tri-linear in any D3D app with these drivers with-out a single peep from Anandtech does not give me a good confidence level with the rest...
- jbirney
- Post #175
- Oct 14, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Problems with Halo and ATI 8500 series cards

I had the same problem on my sons PC. I installed Cat3.8 not a single look up in the last 4 days.
- jbirney
- Post #9
- Oct 14, 2003
- Forum: Windows
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NV35 Benchmarks from Cebit. 131% Faster than NV30..and its downclocked! *Post from Anand Inside*

Your also comparing different AA mods. I would take ATI's rotated gamma corrected AA over the OG x4 of the FX anyday :)
- jbirney
- Post #59
- Mar 31, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Kyro II Ultra.....With "Enhanced T&L engine"!!

<< At 640 x 480 anything slower than a Radeon 7500 is a total slideshow and totally unplayable. At 1024 x 768 not one card that is available today can manage playable framerates. >> Good sir your missing the point. This is NOT HOW THE GAMES RUN!! This bench is a worst case non-realistic stess...
- jbirney
- Post #23
- Jan 25, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kyro II Ultra.....With "Enhanced T&L engine"!!

<< That may well be but pretty much every card (except for GF3 based cards and the 7500/8500) is crawling at every resolution. As it stands now Unreal2 is totally unplayable on a Kyro2 and I doubt a Kyro2 Ultra would make too much difference. >> The reason I brought it up is to offer a...
- jbirney
- Post #21
- Jan 25, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kyro II Ultra.....With "Enhanced T&L engine"!!

Maybe not, if the regular K2 is smaking around the mx and even close to the GF2Ti200 (http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1580&p=1) in U2, then give it a bit more speed and some TnL help and well you can do the math for that game :)
- jbirney
- Post #3
- Jan 24, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Nvidia cancer

This is a grey issue for me. On one hand their results are not way off. My biggest problem that just scanning one resource is the wrong way to go. Even more that reason is a highly cusomized engine that only Max Payne uses. We all know that different engines behave differently under the same...
- jbirney
- Post #28
- Jan 9, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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TRUFORM for radeon 8500

And the barrel of the colt suffers from the balloning too. There was a line or two in the config.cfg file that has the setting to turn it off (aitoption, or aitopengl...something like that). But I can not remember the exact syntax at the moment. I will post it tonight when I get home if you...
- jbirney
- Post #8
- Nov 29, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dhell 8500 Problem Solved and is the 8500 worth it?

<< jbirney, thanks for the link. Here's the question. Have you owned both GF3 and 8500? What I don't see on your review (nice by the way) is a direct comparison between it and another card. Also, did you not have one problem with the card in all that work? Broken textures? BSOD's? I...
- jbirney
- Post #10
- Nov 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dhell 8500 Problem Solved and is the 8500 worth it?

Tazdevl, see this link: My thoughts on ATI 8500 I have had no issues what so ever with mine. Included in the linky are system specs and lots of Screen Shoots as well as a few benchies
- jbirney
- Post #4
- Nov 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Gamers review of the ATI 8500

Some of you might find this interesting, but I decided to pick on up at BB for $250 here at my local BB and ran it through some benchies and games. I have lots of SS with AA and Aniso in many games (RTCW, AVP2, RF, UT, Q2, Q3, SS, Max Payne, T2, Ect).. I will try to get some more D3D benchies...
- jbirney
- Thread
- Nov 27, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Way to fix FSAA text in CS

Agamar, probably not :( However it could be fixed at the driver or game level. For example the K2 in OpenGL games dose not have blury text when using FSAA. Here is a pic at 640x480 that will show: a) x4 (2x2) AA is on b) text is not blurry K2 OpenGL in CS keep in mind there is some...
- jbirney
- Post #2
- Nov 6, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What are the differences in PIXEL PITCH when buying an LCD Flat Panel?

how do games play on them? I was reading an article that said some of the older models (non-active displays) could only supply a refresh of up to 30 hz. And I thougth that ment that your 100+ fps GF3 would not show its true power..any truth to that?
- jbirney
- Post #3
- Oct 5, 2001
- Forum: Displays
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A question on the Kyro II and making maps for games....

I am a member of the CUT team. I have made many maps for the new gametype KOTH. The K2 is in my main PC. I have no issues whatso ever with it as far as making or playing UT maps. Make sure you have at least 256 mb of ram. As UnrealED sucks reasoruces. I also recomend running in Win200k as UE is...
- jbirney
- Post #3
- Sep 18, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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3dmark 2001 and Voodoo 5500 AGP

<< << It was posted over on B3D and on the Reverands web site. Besides MP has been in developement for a few years yet DX8 is still new. >> What makes you say that the AthlonMP is in any way specifically designed for 3DMark 2000 or even specifically optimized for DX7? Could your provide a...
- jbirney
- Post #17
- Sep 17, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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3dmark 2001 and Voodoo 5500 AGP

It was posted over on B3D and on the Reverands web site. Besides MP has been in developement for a few years yet DX8 is still new.
- jbirney
- Post #12
- Sep 16, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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3dmark 2001 and Voodoo 5500 AGP

<< Max Payne is based on one of the engines that is made by 3dmark2k1 >> Actually MP is based mostly off the 3dmark2000 engine. There is no DX8 features in MP which is the main thing behind 3dmark2001.
- jbirney
- Post #10
- Sep 16, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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3dmark 2001 and Voodoo 5500 AGP

Well 3dmark2001 is heavly optimized for DX8 TnL functions. Since the V5 has no TnL your CPU will probably have more of an impact than anything else. But since 3dmark2001 is not a gaime I would not worry about it :-)
- jbirney
- Post #6
- Sep 16, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BIG Prophet 4500 (Kyro II) Problem

Yes, its a know bug in the older drivers. The new 8.162 drivers should have fixed it: New Drivers here Keep in mind these are ref drivers not sure what if any diff you will see with the hercs when those are out. I have a her and using these. So far no issues. But I use PSP not PhotoShop....
- jbirney
- Post #2
- Sep 15, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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KyroII Artifacts and TNT2 support for DirectX8.0

Your not goona like this, but It sounds like left over drivers from the Matrox or TNT are on your system. I had a simular experince when I swaped a v3 out with a k2. I finally did a re-format and after that all the issues were solved. Maybe someone here can help better.
- jbirney
- Post #2
- Sep 6, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kyro 2 overclocking

Keep in mind that the K2 should not offer high gains from OC. All of the other cards are greatly limited by the Memory Bandwidth. By OC the Memory, you see some nice gains from the GF serries. The k2 is not limited by the Memory bandwidth as much as fill rate. And its core is running at the same...
- jbirney
- Post #4
- Aug 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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John C speaks out on Doom3 and Current Video cards

doh. sorry did not see the other thread....
- jbirney
- Post #2
- Aug 2, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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John C speaks out on Doom3 and Current Video cards

John C comments Here is the skinny of his posts: "The standard lighting model in DOOM, with all features enabled, but no custom shaders, takes five passes on a GF1/2 or Radeon, either two or three passes on a GF3, and should be possible in a clear + single pass on ATI's new part. It...
- jbirney
- Thread
- Aug 2, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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KyroII owners: Are you having problems with Max Payne?

Since I was ask by name I will cut an paste a mini-review that I did: << Update: Well on the way home I felt the need to swing by the mall and see if my local EB had a copy...or at least look at the trashy women at the mall :P $52.00 later and I was walking out with a copy of Payne and a...
- jbirney
- Post #15
- Jul 26, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Links - new k2 review, new DX8 Beta, Max Payne Graphics and ET 3d Chip Survey

Here are some Friday links: Hot Hardware K2 Review New DirectX 8 beta build 648 I thought the Hothardware did a nice fair job in the review. Nice 3dmark scores.... Stomped MP review Good news to all V5 owners all of his work was done on a 800, V5 here is what he had to say: << The...
- jbirney
- Thread
- Jul 13, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kyro II / Pentium 4 benches nowhere to be found ?

P4 and K2 enjoy!
- jbirney
- Post #3
- Jul 5, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kyro 2 and the Blue Screen of Death!

Are you running CS in D3D or OpenGL mode?
- jbirney
- Post #10
- Jul 3, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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3D Prophet 4500 arrived today, any tips

Folks, I have a k2 and have installed 3 more of them on friends system since they have come out. One of them was a Win2k system. I have seen some of these dungn has found. I have noticed that in D3D on Win2k is pro to a few blank screens (ie counter strike when you hit escape to go back to your...
- jbirney
- Post #23
- Jul 3, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Who has the best FSAA?

<< Though this practice --> textures for structures usage won't last long, because today even the low end $80_GF2MX won't have the problems of low poly rates as comparing to graphic cards of other manufacturers. >> I understand your point and somewhat agree that in the future we probably wont...
- jbirney
- Post #16
- Jun 29, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Who has the best FSAA?

Keep in mind that when Alpha textures are used (in games like HL, CS, MDK2, UT, B&W, ect) then the GF3 dose no AA on the edges on those texures which IMHO is a very bad thing...V5, GF2, ATI, K2 dose AA on those with the V5 being the best.....
- jbirney
- Post #13
- Jun 29, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Who has the best FSAA?

I have tried both. The v5 stayed in my main PC till a few weeks ago. In some game the K2 FSAA is faster. But its not as good. I spotted that with in a second the first time I fired up a game on went to x4 FSAA. I really like my k2. I really like my FSAA. But don't let anyone try to tell you that...
- jbirney
- Post #6
- Jun 28, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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KyroII and no T&L. What does that really mean?

<< When you do this make sure you use a level playing field, such as a low end CPU of around 600MHz, so that you can see what the "VIDEO CARDS" do, not the CPU. The whole theory of the Kyro2 is that it needs a fast CPU to handle the T&L. This is so simple it is funny. With a high...
- jbirney
- Post #52
- Jun 28, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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KyroII and no T&L. What does that really mean?

<<NVIDIA ownes the source but not all the copyrights to the code in it. If they were to "pass the code" they would be guilty of copyright infringement and end up in "legal hot water". >> from my sources: This is not true. nVidia holds all the cards and could give the...
- jbirney
- Post #48
- Jun 27, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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