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I would be happy if ATI released some stinking Radeon 8500 drivers what worked correctly with Windows 98 and Direct X 9! Right now, anything that's 3D accelerated looks like crap.
Originally posted by: BFG10K
From what I hear nVidia cannot get WHQL certification because their drivers do not meet the minimum level of colour precision required for DirectX 9.2. The set is not even WHQL candidate...Seems that even nvidia is tired of Microsoft...
I have noticed an increase of between 12fps and 19fps in my scores with anisotropic filtering enabled
If you browse through forums like nvnews, beyond3d and so on, you'd find bunch of them.Originally posted by: nemesismk2
BFG10K where's the link to backup your claim because I havn't heard anything like that?
Originally posted by: BFG10K
Well I'd probably say that nVidia still have the edge in driver quality but they've slipped quite far in the last 12 months, especially in light of the recent image quality fiasco. In contrast ATi have really rocketed skyward and I'd say they're almost as good as nVidia now.
I also enjoy the regular monthly releases of official WHQL certified drivers from ATi and I much prefer this to the leaked beta driver strategy from nVidia.
Originally posted by: nemesismk2
BFG10K where's the link to backup your claim because I havn't heard anything like that?
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If you browse through forums like nvnews, beyond3d and so on, you'd find bunch of them.
And here's a quick reference.
This link is of screen shot comparison between Det drivers for 3DMark03 Game Test 4, 'Mother Nature' from a hardware site named Darkcrow.
Screen Shot Comparison Link
You see the difference of the sky? Among 3 of them, only 43.03 does correct. And that's the much slower one.
NVIDIA will release a WHQL-certified driver complete with new control panel enhancements in early April. It is expected that 3DMark 2003 optimisations will be included in any WHQL version.
Yeah, i read that already. A bit of good news for it seems they aren't giving up on FP32.Originally posted by: Mem
NVIDIA will release a WHQL-certified driver complete with new control panel enhancements in early April. It is expected that 3DMark 2003 optimisations will be included in any WHQL version.
Originally posted by: Mem
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Originally posted by: nemesismk2
BFG10K where's the link to backup your claim because I havn't heard anything like that?
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If you browse through forums like nvnews, beyond3d and so on, you'd find bunch of them.
And here's a quick reference.
This link is of screen shot comparison between Det drivers for 3DMark03 Game Test 4, 'Mother Nature' from a hardware site named Darkcrow.
Screen Shot Comparison Link
You see the difference of the sky? Among 3 of them, only 43.03 does correct. And that's the much slower one.
I read this over at NVMAX,
NVIDIA will release a WHQL-certified driver complete with new control panel enhancements in early April. It is expected that 3DMark 2003 optimisations will be included in any WHQL version.
Link
Originally posted by: HenHowC
umm what do those 3 screenshots prove? the sky is barely visible...are you telling me u can find a noticeable difference? if so i applaud u and ur great vision! :Q
Originally posted by: Shamrock
Originally posted by: Mem
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Originally posted by: nemesismk2
BFG10K where's the link to backup your claim because I havn't heard anything like that?
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If you browse through forums like nvnews, beyond3d and so on, you'd find bunch of them.
And here's a quick reference.
This link is of screen shot comparison between Det drivers for 3DMark03 Game Test 4, 'Mother Nature' from a hardware site named Darkcrow.
Screen Shot Comparison Link
You see the difference of the sky? Among 3 of them, only 43.03 does correct. And that's the much slower one.
I read this over at NVMAX,
NVIDIA will release a WHQL-certified driver complete with new control panel enhancements in early April. It is expected that 3DMark 2003 optimisations will be included in any WHQL version.
Link
HAHAHAHA, looks like NVidia is gonna expose 3dMark's "flaw" and gonna release "3DMark 2003 optimisations"
That'll teach ya to trust a synthetic benchmark
Use REAL games for benchmarking....
HAHAHAHA, looks like NVidia is gonna expose 3dMark's "flaw" and gonna release "3DMark 2003 optimisations"
That'll teach ya to trust a synthetic benchmark
Use REAL games for benchmarking....
And if game developers code to DX9 standard, there will be game evidences also.
Though it'd be no problem if MS tone down the DX9 FP standard or game developers disregard the DX9 standard.
But until then, there's a problem, and there will be. It's simple.
But it has to be seen if they can get both FP32 and speed altogether.Originally posted by: Mem
It`s all relative,April is virtually here and if Nvidia do get WHQL drivers out then, there will be no problem,besides it`s not like there are any DX9 games out let alone a full range of DX9 cards(FX range) out by Nvidia you can buy right now.
So at this time its really a minor issue.
Bopple,PS3) And i don't get it why ppl say the self-contradictory things at the same time.
Originally posted by: Mem
Bopple,
Image quality is subjective and other hardware like the monitor used will give different results.I`ve seen ATI,Nvidia on my monitor and too be honest there was no difference for the resolution I use,I`ve also seen Matrox image quality on my friends PC and it was very good(best you can get IMHO) however it was not a massive improvement.
There`s so many things that effect image quality,like quality of the monitor used, your eyes,drivers,brand of card (especially with Nvidia models),resolution and even the refresh rate used can effect image quality and last whether a clean or dusty monitor.
I currently own a humble Leadtek GF2 Ti and have been very happy with my image quality,and yes I can tell the difference between different Nvidia drivers image quality wise.
As for NV30,I`ve not seen it in action so can`t comment on the image quality,however I would be more interested to see if the different brands NV30 wise will have the same IQ standard between the NV30 brands,I guess only time will tell.
no detonator version has shown better aa/af IQ than that of R300 considering the reviews till now, even if we disregard the texture corrupts or FP32 problem. And no better IQ per performace also. or vice versa (performance per IQ)
Monitors? Brands? What in the world do brands or monitors have to do with 3D gaming IQ?
Originally posted by: DClark
While I don't really want to get into an argument with regards to floating point precision and whether FP16 is "cheating", a large GIF image comparing the Radeon 9700 Pro and GeForceFX 5800 Ultra can be found here.