Monday WWW stuff
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 29, 2002 at 4:28:45 AM
The new Daily edition of WWW stuff
nVnews busts out of the mold with a Radeon 9700 review.
For those who can afford to buy the latest and greatest hardware the moment it comes out, purchasing a new-generation card such as the 9700 Atlantis Pro is a no-brainer.
Shuttle AK37 at Lost Circuits.
The AK37GTR comes out on top of the Soyo KT400, especially with respect to the FPU bandwidth which is the highest we have seen so far on the VIA KT400 chipset.
Here is a Future tech showdown of the R9700 vs the NV30.
Because the final version of DX9 has not been completed, I can only compare R300 and NV30 with DX9 Beta 2.1. There is a rumor that Microsoft probably provides both VS/PS (Vertex Shader / Pixel Shader) version 2.0 and version 3.0 in DX9.0. However, the earlier rumor said that DX9.0 only includes VS/PS version 2 and VS/PS version 3.0 is slated for DX9.1. Yeah sure.
Radeon 9700 lovin at Legionhardware.
NVIDIAs next 3D weapon is not expected to be available until the end of the year and the codename for that product is NV30. The Radeon 9700 Pro is the first GPU to offer DirectX 9 features and again we will not see this support from NVIDIA until the NV30 hits the streets. Today I will be looking at ATis own version of the Radeon 9700 that retails for roughly $320 US. With many GeForce4 Ti 4600 cards becoming available for around $100 US less, is the Radeon 9700 Pro worth the high price tag? Lets go find out...
More 9700 action from Sapphire at Gaming Nexus.
In conclusion, this is a worthy upgrade, especially if you currently have a GF3 series card. From what Ive seen around the net with comparisons with a GF4, it crushes them too since a GF4 is just a higher clocked GF3. The one I bought was about $330 from http://www.newegg.com. It's definitely on the high range in terms of price but you get performance that is second to none. As you can see from the benchmarks, it just blows the Geforce3 Ti500 out of the water. ATi has really developed a winner in the R300 chipset. It's hard to think that nVidia would ever give up the video card crown but here it is. ATi's newest is the greatest card out there right now.
Tech-Report and OTES.
If your system already sounds like a 747 taking off, you'll probably be quite happy with the Siluro GF4 Ti4200 OTES, especially if you have a fetish for sexy video cables. Otherwise, it's probably better to go with a quieter GeForce4 Ti 4200, perhaps even Abit's own vanilla Siluro GeForce4 Ti 4200.
Take a tour through Epox at VR-Zone.
Flat or Round at themodfathers.
3.1 Ghz Celeron OC at Hexus<
nVnews busts out of the mold with a Radeon 9700 review.
For those who can afford to buy the latest and greatest hardware the moment it comes out, purchasing a new-generation card such as the 9700 Atlantis Pro is a no-brainer.
Shuttle AK37 at Lost Circuits.
The AK37GTR comes out on top of the Soyo KT400, especially with respect to the FPU bandwidth which is the highest we have seen so far on the VIA KT400 chipset.
Here is a Future tech showdown of the R9700 vs the NV30.
Because the final version of DX9 has not been completed, I can only compare R300 and NV30 with DX9 Beta 2.1. There is a rumor that Microsoft probably provides both VS/PS (Vertex Shader / Pixel Shader) version 2.0 and version 3.0 in DX9.0. However, the earlier rumor said that DX9.0 only includes VS/PS version 2 and VS/PS version 3.0 is slated for DX9.1. Yeah sure.
Radeon 9700 lovin at Legionhardware.
NVIDIAs next 3D weapon is not expected to be available until the end of the year and the codename for that product is NV30. The Radeon 9700 Pro is the first GPU to offer DirectX 9 features and again we will not see this support from NVIDIA until the NV30 hits the streets. Today I will be looking at ATis own version of the Radeon 9700 that retails for roughly $320 US. With many GeForce4 Ti 4600 cards becoming available for around $100 US less, is the Radeon 9700 Pro worth the high price tag? Lets go find out...
More 9700 action from Sapphire at Gaming Nexus.
In conclusion, this is a worthy upgrade, especially if you currently have a GF3 series card. From what Ive seen around the net with comparisons with a GF4, it crushes them too since a GF4 is just a higher clocked GF3. The one I bought was about $330 from http://www.newegg.com. It's definitely on the high range in terms of price but you get performance that is second to none. As you can see from the benchmarks, it just blows the Geforce3 Ti500 out of the water. ATi has really developed a winner in the R300 chipset. It's hard to think that nVidia would ever give up the video card crown but here it is. ATi's newest is the greatest card out there right now.
Tech-Report and OTES.
If your system already sounds like a 747 taking off, you'll probably be quite happy with the Siluro GF4 Ti4200 OTES, especially if you have a fetish for sexy video cables. Otherwise, it's probably better to go with a quieter GeForce4 Ti 4200, perhaps even Abit's own vanilla Siluro GeForce4 Ti 4200.
Take a tour through Epox at VR-Zone.
Flat or Round at themodfathers.
3.1 Ghz Celeron OC at Hexus<