ATI vs. NVIDIA: Round 2

[Munro]

Gamers Depot have followed up yesterdays article about the Half-Life 2 DirectX 9 benchmarks. They've managed to get their hands-on benchmarking time with Half-Life 2 and confirm NVIDIA's cards really are poor in Half-Life 2. They also have 12-new exclusive screenshots as well as DirectX comparison pictures that are taken in-engine for HL2. You can read up on this article at the Gamers Depot site here.

 

[Mjolnir]

Thanks Munro..
Don't know if it's just me but the page with the comparison shots using the different versions of direct X(8.0,8.1 and 9) I couldn't really tell any difference.
Nice screenies though....

 

[nofriends]

good to see the FPS didnt take such a hit with AA/AF on.

 

[UDHA]

one thing the benchmark didn't include was a feature only availible with DX9, I'm talking about HDRI lighting, I think that's it, it makes lighing look infinatly better, mark my words.

 

[Incitatus]

hmm HDRI has been around for quite some time, and yes it is an incredible improvement over traditional lighting methods.

 

[Dready]

i am so happy that i bouth the 9800pro :O~

poor nvidia guys, :O~ soz

even 9600pro works better, well, just play on 8.1 its not that bad though

 

[leg0]

Long live ATI

 

[Entr0py]

Well, I've seen benchmarks that Geforce fx 5900 preforms better in Doom 3...

So it's basically if you wanna play half life2 go ATI...

If you wanna play Doom 3 go with nvidia...

I however chose the path of ATI and as lucky as I am, I'm getting the right card for Half life 2...

 

[Whezzy]

thats it im getting a 9800

 

[JimJimBinks]

I just sold my 1½ month old GeForceFX 5900 Ultra and bought a Radeon 9800XT.
According to the Email I got, I won't be getting it for about a month, but I'm thinking it'll be worth it.

 

[MyStiX]

It should be worth it. Plus, I hear that the GeForce 4 TI's are better than the FX's. Also, I hear that the FX's are very noisy.
I'm trying to get my whole computer updated, hopefully i'll have a top of the line computer for the next 10 years, because I don't wanna have to keep updating my computer every 2yrs.
So.. i'm waiting for a video card that will run all games, including HL2, to run at max fps.

I just hope I can mow 1,000 lawns before HL2 comes out.

 

[CSJAWS]

ATI sucks

 

[Suicidal_Maniac]

lol fx5900 ultra are silent/loads faster then geforce4 THE card for doom3
As said above if you want doom3 to run well get nvidia if you want hl2 you wont get it now anyway!!!!!