A Next-Generation DirectX 9.0 Game Graphics

[Gorgon]

As we understand, there will be, at least, another quarter before the hardcore games, such as Half-Life 2, Doom III and the Stalker, will be released officially to the general public. We hope that the developer of the title we tested today will optimise its product for NVIDIA GeForce FX hardware that currently runs simply awfully.

We still remember about ATI RADEON 8500’s poor performance in Unreal Tournament 2003 benchmark before release and rather fast speed shown by this graphics card after the official launch of the game. In case of titles developed by professional teams, such as Half-Life 2, we can be almost sure that they will run well on all hardware that is available in the market.

Developers of highly-anticipated games, such as Half-Life 2 or Doom III, have publicly admitted they were developing special rendering modes for NVIDIA hardware. As a result, even with some hopefully insignificant image quality degradation owners of the current GeForce FX 5600 and 5900-series of the graphics cards will also be able to play those 3D games. Unfortunately, there will be titles with no tangible optimisations for NVIDIA GeForce FX product line; hence, they will run like the highly-anticipated game we benchmarked today.

check this link for the latest Scores:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html

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[dawdler]

LOL @ 5900 vs 5600

But is it just me or is the 5600 MUCH better on these than on the earlier?

 

[Gorgon]

5600 better for money vs performance.

 

[Ares]

Which would be a better pick though. 5600 or 9600 Pro? Aren't they in the same price range?

 

[Gaemon82]

Those benchmarks are based on the leak. It doesn't include many DX9 shaders that ATI does run faster then the FX. Do you remember the pics of the Kleiner's Lab, well the two two canisters with that fluid you saw in the E3 demo aren't there in the leak. I think with a radeon based card you'll be able to achieve much much better frame rates.

 

[Chode]

Hmmm, I wish they also benchmarked some now aging hardware.

For example, my GeForce4MX440 (don't laugh or I'll snap your spine, it only set me back $100 AU and it's better than my old card)

Or my older GeForce2.

I'm ever so curious as to how they will go with the retail release

 

[Ares]

I wouldn't trust any benchmarks tested on the current HL2 leak - I mean, sure it's interesting but I feel like guaranteeing that the performance will change substantially when the comes out, officially.

 

[Headwires]

Originally posted by Chode
For example, my GeForce4MX440 (don't laugh or I'll snap your spine, it only set me back $100 AU and it's better than my old card)

i know how u feel :/

 

[Bramski]

In a (Selfish Kinda) way Im glad HL2 has been held back. It means I'll be playing it from scratch on a 9800xt or pro, still havent made up my mind yet.

I think it's pretty clear now that Nvidia will be playing catch-up with Ati for the next year or so. Ati have outclassed them with their 9800 v 5900 and Nvidias best chance at getting back on top is to make their next offering a seriously hard act to follow.

I currently have a Geforce4 4200Ti and it runs most games pretty well but I just know its gonna fall flat on its face when the new wave of DX9 games are released. Im estimating that an ati9800 will last me about 12 months before it starts to show its age and by that time if Nvidia havent got something really impressive on the go I'll be sticking with whatever Ati has on offer.

 

[Crusader]

I love when people laugh at Geforce4s, makes me feel really great about GeForce2MX 200

 

[crabcakes66]

Originally posted by Crusader
I love when people laugh at Geforce4s, makes me feel really great about GeForce2MX 200

gf4MXs are basically gf2 ultras

 

[The Terminator]

geforce 2 mx?....he...heh...haha.....AAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[Hudson]

can i get a w00t w00t for the MX series?

 

[Tlaloc]

i still got an old ge2 mx lying around there... served its purpose well *nostalgic*

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by Tlaloc
i still got an old ge2 mx lying around there... served its purpose well *nostalgic*

Pff... I still got my Intel video card of unknown make... Its got the most uber1337 heatsink ever! A plastic thing, 2x2x1cm glued on the chip! Current cards just suck... Is encasing a card in metal, taking up 2.5 slots called progress?! BAH!

 

[Brian Damage]

I've got a GF 2 MX400, 128 mb RAM and a celeron 400, and I somehow managed to get 30FPS in Morrowind on 1024x768.

I fully expect my computer to explode soon.

Seeya.

PS: To get back on topic; I'm gonna get computer with a Radeon 9200 soon, and upgrade from there to a DX9 9600/9800.