New Nvidia Video Card Line Announced
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Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
<div class="IPBDescription">Geforce 6600</div><a href='http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_14976.html' target='_blank'>Source</a><!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUAKECON 2004—GRAPEVINE, TX—AUGUST 12, 2004—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today introduced the GeForce™ 6600 GT and GeForce 6600, the latest additions to its GeForce 6 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs). These new products bring the feature set of NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce 6800 GPU, including support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and NVIDIA’s revolutionary UltraShadow II technology, to the mainstream market. The GeForce 6600 GT rips through DOOM 3™ at a stunning 42 frames per second at high quality, high-resolution (1600x1200x32) settings .<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
MSRP is $150 for the regular 6600 and $200 for the GT. Definately provides more horsepower than the 9800 Pros do at that price, so it'll be interesting to see what ATI comes out with to compete w/ the budget market.
[edit]There are no benchmarks out just yet, as it appears the cards are at least a month off, probably more[/edit]
MSRP is $150 for the regular 6600 and $200 for the GT. Definately provides more horsepower than the 9800 Pros do at that price, so it'll be interesting to see what ATI comes out with to compete w/ the budget market.
[edit]There are no benchmarks out just yet, as it appears the cards are at least a month off, probably more[/edit]
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Perhaps the X600, which was announced ages ago <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Sounds good though. Hopefully it all works out glitch free.
Regardless, I'm waiting for the Geforce 6800 MX which is a Geforce *3* this time <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
my card gets a stunning 42 fps... in half-life
my card gets a stunning 42 fps... in half-life <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
What card you have? I have something around 40 too.
<3
Oh, and I used to get 40 FPS in Half-Life with a Celeron 733 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, and an Intel i845(or something) 4MB accelerator.
EDIT: 5-20 FPS in NS 1.04.
my card gets a stunning 42 fps... in half-life <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
please don't leave out your comparisons, there is no way you can compare DOOM 3, a marvel of computer science to Half-life, an antiquidated ugly piece of ****.
my card gets a stunning 42 fps... in half-life <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
please don't leave out your comparisons, there is no way you can compare DOOM 3, a marvel of computer science to Half-life, an antiquidated ugly piece of ****. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
someone pressed the morphein button a few too many times today <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
my card gets a stunning 42 fps... in half-life <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
please don't leave out your comparisons, there is no way you can compare DOOM 3, a marvel of computer science to Half-life, an antiquidated ugly piece of ****. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
hey cmon buddy dont be hatin
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a>
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ouch, that will shut up ATi fanboys for awhile.
If you like crap, go ATi, if you like quality, go Nvidia. Its your choice.
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ouch, that will shut up ATi fanboys for awhile.
If you like crap, go ATi, if you like quality, go Nvidia. Its your choice. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah only thing that nvidia gets beaten on is with AA on(and not by much) and with the fx series(POS)
im thinkign about getting a 6800 gt or regular in a few months, or maybe if im feeling cheap a 6600
I totally agree
The 6800 will still be a better card. The 6600 series is the budget end, not the high end. There will be less features and for sure less speed, which is what you sacrifice for not going with the higher end cards. This is true regardless of which company you go with.
And for those throwing Half-Life, a game so old 3D accelerators weren't even that common when it shipped, into the mix.. that's just silly. If your FPS is anything less than a constant 70 in Half-Life you are using a very, very old computer. Mods like NS push the engine further than it was ever meant to go and thus the performance hits get worse when compared to doing the same thing in a more modern engine. You can't use Half-Life for a reasonable benchmark to anything.
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ouch, that will shut up ATi fanboys for awhile.
If you like crap, go ATi, if you like quality, go Nvidia. Its your choice. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or you could stop making generalizations based on performance in one game, and realize that ATI and Nvidia both have games they don't perform as well in. Calling either one of them crap is laughable.
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ouch, that will shut up ATi fanboys for awhile.
If you like crap, go ATi, if you like quality, go Nvidia. Its your choice. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Or you could stop making generalizations based on performance in one game, and realize that ATI and Nvidia both have games they don't perform as well in. Calling either one of them crap is laughable. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gadzuko, I totaly agree.
And talesin will give you many reasons why ATI is not crap and why Nvidia is not the Quality you speak of.
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ouch, that will shut up ATi fanboys for awhile.
If you like crap, go ATi, if you like quality, go Nvidia. Its your choice. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Um, that's only one game there. If I were buying a graphics card ONLY to play Homeworld 2, then I would by an Nvidea hands down, otherwize I will stick with my ATI for a while... It's not great, but its good.
Commie, I would wait for the X600's and the 6600's to come out, and then make a decision based on reviews and specs, that's your best bet for getting bang for your buck.
I sometimes like to scroll to the bottom of the page and click the nice little arrow with the "Jedi Academy performance" text next to it.
But not always.
Edit: <a href='http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113&p=10' target='_blank'>Look, it took me a whole 2 minutes to prove you wrong</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wait a second.
You show 4 benchmarks. Medium resolution, High resolution, No AF/AA, and AF/AA, different combinations.
<b>I</b> buy graphics cards to make games look their best. Obviously, in this game, ATi wins for running the best while the game looks the best: high resolution, AA/AF, and considering how high the FPS is, that's potentially <b>8x AA</b> with Temporal AA.
Your benchmark is meaningless. This is the same as turning settings in the game off to get a higher score with a certaing graphics cards then saying it's better because 'no one needs those settings anyway'.
In short: you're saying that Nvidia is the better card because it runs better when the game looks worse, and ATi is a worse card even though it runs the best when the game looks the best.
That makes absolutely 0 sense.
Besides I want to see them do benchmarks with the 4.9 cat drivers. Considering they practically doubled my FPS on Doom 3 I think the X800 is going to annihilate a lot of its old specs.
You have that backward, Jim. If you want a crap image, but high framerates of said crap, go with an nVidia. ATi keeps things at the full 24-bit color, and does actual, proper color calcs. Meaning no shadow-banding, screwed up normalmaps, or low-grade miplevel when dithering is required. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> So if you like to look at a game and have it look like a beautiful next-gen game, you'll be needing an ATi.
Still, for that pricepoint, I'll hold judgement until side-by-sides are done between the 6600 and X600. Most benchmarkers will do a mouseover-toggle so you can see what changes, and which looks better. Too bad the TFSAA settings have to be pseudo-generated, as 12x looks absolutely stunning even on a 9500 Pro. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
There's a great shot in the 'DOOM 3 THREAD' floating around here somewhere of the shadows on an Nvidia card <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> The shadows look like filth, like someone drew on his hand with a pencil <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And Talesin is right on the Temporal AA - I was skeptical at best when I read about it and though 'Well how good can it get?' When I ran a game with Temporal on <b>16x AA</b> I couldn't find a single jagged line no matter how hard I tried. For Temporal AA and a nextgen card and looking the best, I sure as HELL will be getting the top of the line ATi card when STALKER comes out.
This lovely shot courtesy of a GeForce card, full settings max <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->