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"Nada" <nada_says@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "boon" <boon@boonboon.boon> wrote:
> > "Darkfalz" <darkfalz@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > "Nic" <emailxyznifo@tiscali.dk> wrote:
> > > > I'm on a 5900 now - when wil next generation be out?
> > >
> > > Basically the current generation is very scalable. So in terms of
> > > features, DX9 games can already be very impressive but at the moment,
even
> > > 5950 Ultra isn't going to do all the effects etc. at 60 fps with FSAA
etc.
> > >
> > and by the time a nvidia card can do dx9 games decently, dx10 will be
> > out.....
>
> It doesen't matter if DX10 comes out by the time modern graphics card
> can handle smooth frame-rates for DX9, since the DX10 adapted games
> will be kept in the labs for months. There's so many DX8 and DX9
> cards out there that it will hold down the game designers and the
> companies somewhat like it has in the past. Aside from "Halo" and
> "Far Cry" there hasn't been that many DX9 games out there -- uh,
> unless you call the pirated Russian "Doom 3" and "Half Life 2" as
> such. The market is dominated by DX8 games; "Splinter Cell", "Max
> Payne 2", "Call of Duty" and whatnot. If the designing team is
> talented like Remedy, you can get excellent results with just DX8
> implemented effects. I hope nVidia will look back at their FX
> catalogue and release a similar "dollar-meets-performance" card in the
> vain of old GeForce 3 Titanium 200, Titanium 4200 and XT5900. These
> are the cards that stand in the tests of time as "Best Buy" products.
> Every time they have released these type of cards, they've redeemed
> themselves from my point of view. There's a G-spot right there up in
> the 200 euro/dollar section that nVidia should had taken a closer look
> last summer - they forgot it, and was I disappointed (?) -- hell yes!
> The leap between 5600 Ultras and FX5900 models was too huge. It's a
> gap that should be patched. If they don't, the competitors will, or
> at least use it as an advantage.
Dont forget that Tombraider: Angel of Darkness (whatever the latest one is)
is also a DX9 game. Isnt Dues EX2 dx9 also?
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