have they fixed the NV30/3* codepath yet?

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I heard Camrack say back a little while ago that with the new forceware drivers a special Nvidia codepath is not needed any more in Doom 3. Anyone here about Nvidias preformance currently stands in HL2?
 
really i don't care which graphics card is faster, as long as it runs newer games quickly and the price is good it works for me
 
In light of the poor nVidia performance about 6-8 months back, Gabe Newell said they'd definitely be optimising it as much as possilbe while working with nVidia to solve the problem. ATi will still be the best card for the job, but hopefully the nVidia cards won't be too far behind it.
 
There was an email posted in the "info from Valve" which stated that the FX 5600/5200 will run along the DX8 code path since they have such poor DX9.0 performance.
 
The FX's issues have not been fixed but ID decided to get rid of the special code path for the FX cards and all the cards will be running the same DX9 code path (ARB2).
GL FX card owners.
 
The leak didn't have any DX9 effects, atleast from what I heard.
 
It does, but it isn't exactly perfect. I won't go into detail.
 
Paintballer said:
my 5900 runs the leak just fine, at 1024x768 4xAA and 4xAF.

Just to clear up any rumours... and thats on full dx9 and everything too..
I know it doesnt "reflect the final product", but it runs perfectly well on an NVIDIA 5900 128mb.
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just fine=how many fps?
 
seems like good news, maybe I wont have to upgrade to a 6800 just yet

i have a softmodded 5900->5950 right now
 
I doubt the x800's and 6800's will come down to a reasonable price when hl 2 ships in august, maybe by sept/oct they'll drop
 
So with a 98 Pro I assume you're good? Has anyone played with a 96 XT?
 
Paintballer said:
About the same here, so all those benchmarks.... forget about 'em.
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Yeah... lets rely on a stolen build for our trustworthy benchmarks! Forget about legitimate benchmarks, because THEY LIE!!! OMGWTF!~!1!

It's just plain logic that the FX cards with their poor PS2.0 performance will perform less with all SM2.0 options turned on than ATI cards. The leak isn't a reliable test for this.
 
Yeah, prerelease material may not be the best possible source for a reliable benchmark, from what some people have said i get the impression half of the graphical trickery doesn't even work or looks weird on people's computers whatever they run so official stats would suit me better.
 
I don't have the money right now for an upgrade at all.....

/me prays my gf4 ti4200 128mb will run the game at 800x600 with medium settings.... :E :E :E
 
You can play HL2 perfectly fine with GF4 TI 4200, the singleplayer should work fine in DX 9.0 with that card. So forget about all that expensive crap, you dont need a card like that for a few months to come yet.

Dont forget, the human eye cant see anything faster then 40 fps...so there is absolutely no point in getting 100 fps. All you need is a steady50 fps. More then 120 fps is only needed on the Q2 & Q3 engine, to make certain jumps. But I doubt that will make a difference on the Source engine.
 
the one thing that will totally determine everything is the benchmark, anyone have any idea what so ever on when they're going to release a benchmark?
 
The next person that posts their FPS count on the leak gets banned, okay?
 
60...




JK JK!!


(Note I dont even own the leak! :p)


Heheh, harsh but fair as allways abom! :)
 
ferd said:
You can play HL2 perfectly fine with GF4 TI 4200, the singleplayer should work fine in DX 9.0 with that card. So forget about all that expensive crap, you dont need a card like that for a few months to come yet.
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Yes, a GF4 will run HL2 fine, but not in DX9 mode, as it's a DX8 card.

ferd said:
Dont forget, the human eye cant see anything faster then 40 fps...so there is absolutely no point in getting 100 fps.
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Most people can definitly see the difference between 40 fps and 100 fps.
 
I don't think they can, maybe they can see it when it drops below 40 for a second, even if the average is 40fps. But if it was continuously running at 40 fps perfectly, I don't think you'd be able to see the difference.

I get 100 fps in CS, and I used to get around 25-35, and I don't notice the difference.

I only feel the benefit when there are tonnes of things on screen, and where my average of 30 fps would drop to 10 and seem to be struggling, the 100 fps drops to about.. hmm 100 :p and so it remains smoother.

Didn't they say Doom 3 would be locked to 60fps?
 
cs is an online game so there's more than your graphics card that determines the fps, so i wouldn't compare any single player shooter to cs
 
most people here are talking about the single player aspect of hl2 i assume for we don't know anything concrete about the mp, so cs isn't the best comparative
 
I don't really understand what this has to do with seeing the difference between two fps rates, whether the graphics card decides this or not.

Anywhos, does anyone still know if Doom 3 is going to be capped at 60fps?
 
ferd said:
You can play HL2 perfectly fine with GF4 TI 4200, the singleplayer should work fine in DX 9.0 with that card. So forget about all that expensive crap, you dont need a card like that for a few months to come yet.

Dont forget, the human eye cant see anything faster then 40 fps...so there is absolutely no point in getting 100 fps. All you need is a steady50 fps. More then 120 fps is only needed on the Q2 & Q3 engine, to make certain jumps. But I doubt that will make a difference on the Source engine.
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Cool! Thanks
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
 
ferd said:
You can play HL2 perfectly fine with GF4 TI 4200, the singleplayer should work fine in DX 9.0 with that card. So forget about all that expensive crap, you dont need a card like that for a few months to come yet.

Dont forget, the human eye cant see anything faster then 40 fps...so there is absolutely no point in getting 100 fps. All you need is a steady50 fps. More then 120 fps is only needed on the Q2 & Q3 engine, to make certain jumps. But I doubt that will make a difference on the Source engine.
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no no no, all YOU need is 40fps. some of us have 20/20 vision, and can utilize more frames per second to play better in ANY game.

http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm

read up and get educated
 
pfft. even if you did, your screen resolution would have to be near 50x50 for it to really affect you
 
poseyjmac said:
pfft. even if you did, your screen resolution would have to be near 50x50 for it to really affect you
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lol, I'll remember that in future...




(Note: I probably wont since I cant remember what I hate for lunch...)





(Note: I really cant!! :( )
 
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