Hello everybody!
I recently read an article at the Tech Report concerning the future of battles to be waged between ATI and nVidia over 3d-graphic supremacy. (You can find the article here: http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/ati-nvidia/index.x?pg=1) Overall, it seems like a really good article, very fair and well written. In the end, the GeForce 3 Ti-500 and the GeForce 4 Ti-series cards were the benchmark and performance leaders, as to be expected.
However, the author did summerize that the ATI Radeon 8500 (with 128 DDR RAM) chip-set could, in someways, be viewed as still more advanced in certain areas than even the GeForce 4 Ti-series chipsets. He went on to say that, as has been proven, the ATI drivers are hampering the 8500's full capabilities.
We all have known that on paper, at least, the 8500 was supposed to be a better chip-set than the GeForce 3. But what is it about this "under-driven" card that could make it more advanced (POTENTIALLY!) than nVidia's latest and greatest? Just interested in some chip/archetecture theory!
ArvinC
I recently read an article at the Tech Report concerning the future of battles to be waged between ATI and nVidia over 3d-graphic supremacy. (You can find the article here: http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/ati-nvidia/index.x?pg=1) Overall, it seems like a really good article, very fair and well written. In the end, the GeForce 3 Ti-500 and the GeForce 4 Ti-series cards were the benchmark and performance leaders, as to be expected.
However, the author did summerize that the ATI Radeon 8500 (with 128 DDR RAM) chip-set could, in someways, be viewed as still more advanced in certain areas than even the GeForce 4 Ti-series chipsets. He went on to say that, as has been proven, the ATI drivers are hampering the 8500's full capabilities.
We all have known that on paper, at least, the 8500 was supposed to be a better chip-set than the GeForce 3. But what is it about this "under-driven" card that could make it more advanced (POTENTIALLY!) than nVidia's latest and greatest? Just interested in some chip/archetecture theory!
ArvinC