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Anonymous at 07:15am 09/22/2004
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6800 is a very old CPU.
i thought it went out in 1978.
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Anonymous at 02:08pm 09/20/2004
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Oh!
Don't forget to test it out on 3.06B!
P4PE on 845i anyone?
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deimos47 at 07:14am 09/19/2004
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gordon151:
I think the 2xAA is just being 'realistic' to the 6600's. Dont get
me wrong, they are great cards, but just like 9800pro's with 128bit
memory bus, performance suffers, especially as you increase
AA/AF/resolution/texture size... However, the low price makes it a
bargain for those who do not obsessivly require 8XAA and 16xAF @
2048x1536... or else they'll just have a fit.
(PS: True 2xAA for nVidia is still not so good. But it would be more
embarassing if 9800pro beat the 6600's... not quite a showcase of a
500Mhz card, no?)
Brandon: Good article. No beef about < 2.8Ghz... can always
extrapolate, given 3 points, right. But, then again, that 2.8E score
throws that theory out the window. So I guess we'd be looking for 3
(or more) points that cover all people's expected speeds. Ex: Still
plenty of people using 2.4C... hell even 2.4B. So maybe 2.4B, 2.4C,
2.8C, 2.8E, 3.2E, (3.6E)... cause you get the platform comparison
for free ;)
Realistically, though, drop the 2.4B.
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cordas at 04:35am 09/19/2004
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Just wondering why Nvidia are hamstringing themselves by releasing a
PCI-E only graphics chipset when they themselves don't yet have a
PCI-E chipset available.
I could understand maybe not bothering with releasing a
Nforce2-pci-e chipset, but not having a Nforce3-pci-e chipset is
just madness. Having checked the Nvidia website they say they have
plans for pci-e chipsets but nothing to announce beyond that, not
even a Q4 04, or Q1 05 release date.
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Anonymous at 09:24pm 09/18/2004
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ok i didnt read the article and im a drunk right now. will this card
work in a regular 4x AGP slot?
V.
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gordon151 at 03:29pm 09/18/2004
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Darn, you could have delayed the article a bit and retested the 9800
Pro with the newer 4.9s since they greatly improve performance in
games like UT2004 with AA. Also could we get a bit more performance
reviews in the future with 4xAA on the 6600GT because nVidia's 2xAA
isn't exactly of the best quality :P.
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GX-Brandon at 01:15pm 09/18/2004
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Well, AMD chips can't be used until a PCI-E chipset is available for
them. :) That's also the reason why I was limited to going as low as
2.8E, there just isn't an LGA-775 chip slower than 2.8GHz.
As far as AGP 6600 GT availability, I don't think we'll see it until
October unfortunately. Leadtek USA will have their PCI-E GeForce
6600 (non-GT) by the end of this month, with the GT following a
little bit later.
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deimos47 at 10:17am 09/18/2004
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Difference would be that they would have to use a different
motherboard, and setup corresponding Windows, drivers etc...
I'm fairly certain 'they' ran test on 2.8 then switched CPU (dont
need to mess with drivers), and switched again etc... only had to
install drivers/ reinstall windows 2 times, for each vendor gfx
card.
PS: Sucks to have a 2.8E, no? (see the poor results in VST) Perhaps
its the one with 533fsb, less cache or something?
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