GAF_Maverick
2003-09-11, 13:10:33
Hi Leute,
hab gerade ein wenig gesurft und bei Rage3D diesen Artikel (http://www.techreport.com/etc/2003q3/valve/index.x?pg=1) gelesen.
Zitat:
-> the Radeon 9600 Pro performs very well - it is a good competitor of the 5900 ultra !!!
-> NVIDIA's NV3x-derived chips are way off the pace set by the ATI DirectX 9-class cards
-> The company developed a special codepath for the NV3x chips, distinct from its general DirectX codepath, which included everything from partial-precision hints (telling the chip to use 16-bit floating-point precision rather than the default 32-bit in calculating pixel shader programs) to hand-optimized pixel shader code.
->He suggested one way of dealing with the issue would be to treat all NV3x hardware as DirectX 8-class hardware, which would cut down significantly on eye candy and new graphics features, but which could yield more acceptable performance on NV3x chips. Obviously, he noted, one could always cut down visual quality in order to achieve higher performance, but in the case of Half-Life 2, falling back to DX8 will require tangible sacrifices.
Hört sich nicht besonders gut an, mal sehen was NVIDIA noch aus den Treiber rausholen kann. Aber irgendwie fühl ich mich verarscht, 460€ für eine FX5900 Ultra auszugeben, die dann als DirectX 8-class hardware behandelt werden muss, weil NVIDIA es nicht geschafft hat DX9 gescheit zu implementieren.
Grüsse,
Maverick
hab gerade ein wenig gesurft und bei Rage3D diesen Artikel (http://www.techreport.com/etc/2003q3/valve/index.x?pg=1) gelesen.
Zitat:
-> the Radeon 9600 Pro performs very well - it is a good competitor of the 5900 ultra !!!
-> NVIDIA's NV3x-derived chips are way off the pace set by the ATI DirectX 9-class cards
-> The company developed a special codepath for the NV3x chips, distinct from its general DirectX codepath, which included everything from partial-precision hints (telling the chip to use 16-bit floating-point precision rather than the default 32-bit in calculating pixel shader programs) to hand-optimized pixel shader code.
->He suggested one way of dealing with the issue would be to treat all NV3x hardware as DirectX 8-class hardware, which would cut down significantly on eye candy and new graphics features, but which could yield more acceptable performance on NV3x chips. Obviously, he noted, one could always cut down visual quality in order to achieve higher performance, but in the case of Half-Life 2, falling back to DX8 will require tangible sacrifices.
Hört sich nicht besonders gut an, mal sehen was NVIDIA noch aus den Treiber rausholen kann. Aber irgendwie fühl ich mich verarscht, 460€ für eine FX5900 Ultra auszugeben, die dann als DirectX 8-class hardware behandelt werden muss, weil NVIDIA es nicht geschafft hat DX9 gescheit zu implementieren.
Grüsse,
Maverick