half life 2 done?

[shapeshifter]

seems adandtech is saying that some 9800xt's are already in certian stores (he doesnt give links or names) if thats the case, (and assuming that all XT cards will have half life 2 included) pretty much shows half life is already done. now If I could only get a link to one of those stores..

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=1875&p=7

"Other ATI related news; the 9800SE and 9800XT lines are starting to hit store shelves at certain vendors. Unfortunately, a lot of information is still under NDA, but you can assure yourselves we will have more to come!"

 

[bastard_loud]

i thought the 9800SE was out a while already?

 

[shapeshifter]

yea the se is old, but there are a few diffrent versions of it, so they could be talking about one of those.

 

[Magicpants]

This seems very doubtful to me... If anything it's a 'get Half-Life 2 for free' with this coupon

 

[FriScho]

yep, webmaster of rivastation.de (german board but very close with tomshardware) said in his forum, that there is just a HL2 coupon inside until the game is released.

 

[Magicpants]

How does he know?

 

[shapeshifter]

Originally posted by FriScho
yep, webmaster of rivastation.de (german board but very close with tomshardware) said in his forum, that there is just a HL2 coupon inside until the game is released.

hmm? did he BUY an xt? if some why didnt he tell the store that sold it, drag a link out of him.

 

[bastard_loud]

*mmmm*

HL2 coupons...

/me drools

 

[d.sanchez]

cool, maybe we'll see some benchmarks for the XT soon

 

[shapeshifter]

Originally posted by d.sanchez
cool, maybe we'll see some benchmarks for the XT soon

yes, from buyers, but hardware sites im sure are still under a NDA,so they won't be able to put them up till ati says ok.

 

[FriScho]

Originally posted by Magicpants
How does he know?

He got his hands on the HL2 Benchmark (as I said, he is close with Tomshardware.com) and with that several informations about it. Just like Anand and others. No reason not to believe him. He never lied about anything.

 

[Magicpants]

Ooh...whilst we're on the subject do we know if the NDA is gonna be lifted before the 30th or is it definitely only at 0:00 Sept 30th 2003 ?

 

[d.sanchez]

Originally posted by shapeshifter
yes, from buyers, but hardware sites im sure are still under a NDA,so they won't be able to put them up till ati says ok.

i dont care who they are from, i just want to know how it compares to the 9800 pro

 

[kawada]

well i was hoping to buy a XT after all, so this might come in handy
tnx for the INFO

 

[mhtsaras]

Originally posted by d.sanchez
i dont care who they are from, i just want to know how it compares to the 9800 pro

The inquirer http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11223 ,which is the only site I found talking about 9800xt performance, said that 9800xt(r360) scores 7000+ in 3D Mark03
Considering that it says the truth, and 9800 pro scores 5000-5800 @ default settings(1024x768@32 bit), I think the difference must be very noticable
And if the new chip is not only an overclocked 9800 and features new things like let's say P.S 3 it must be trully a killer thriller .

 

[riesjart]

Originally posted by bastard_loud
*mmmm*

HL2 coupons...

/me drools

i would frame the coupon

 

[d.sanchez]

Originally posted by mhtsaras
The inquirer http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11223 ,which is the only site I found talking about 9800xt performance, said that 9800xt(r360) scores 7000+ in 3D Mark03
Considering that it says the truth, and 9800 pro scores 5000-5800 @ default settings(1024x768@32 bit), I think the difference must be very noticable
And if the new chip is not only an overclocked 9800 and features new things like let's say P.S 3 it must be trully a killer thriller .

sweet, thanks!

 

[Blud Stane]

i dont believe it, ati has jack sqwaut on their site about it.