Urgent question on upgrading for pixel shader 3 or 2.b on ..

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"DDC" <whatsnow@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> I can't get my mind fix on my next upgrade. Should i choice an ati
> x700pro 256 mb with vivo,<-- cause there is one--I, technologies or
> getting me an nvidia 6600gt with the same setting for video in.

The 6600GT is way faster even in raw horsepower.

> principal though are for new technologies and video-in stuff. Also is
> there an ati x7xx series cards that have pixel shader 3? I can't
> understand why ati didn't put ps3 on there xseries.

No ATi card has SM 3.0 support. The reason is quite simple: there are only
one or two games that benefit from this technology. Meanwhile, you are
paying for it by means of a higher transistor count, higher heat, and lower
clock speed than what would be possible on a "simpler" GPU. The Geforce6
series draw a lot more power and produce a lot more heat than competing ATi
cards.

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