r600 dx10 demo!!

Performance wise the R600 is lagging behind the 8800GTX but I'm now wondering if ATI's new GPU will offer stunning visual quality. The demo looks nice by the way.

I think ati might have designed their card to be optimised for dx10, so this is going to be interesting to see which card will win in dx10, that will matter the most for ati

Well, maybe ATI knew all along they could go head to head with the 8800GTX in performance and framerates. So I guess they're going for visual quality and features on their cards. This could be a good choice for Crysis, I hope. Don't let us down ATI.

Dynamic lights = killer.

Besides, the image quality does look quite nice.
Lookin' forward to a REAL benchmark!

Normal!? Imagine playing Pacman with dynamic lighting and shadows!

It's not the simple dynamic lighting and shadowing that's the highlight here. It's the global illumination, or indirect lighting. Notice that the whole room has a hint of red in it, and that the lighting in shadowed areas has subtle variations in luminance. Radiosity.

Woohoo!!...
This video Rocks!.
Man, X2900XT must be monster!

Normal!? Imagine playing Pacman with dynamic lighting and shadows!

Pacman u say?


Cant wait for those benches to come out soon....

well, they don't look too good for the HD2900xt, but i don't think its all over. i'm not calling it quits yet. (do we even know the price of the 2900 yet?) i still have hope, especially in ATi's midrange.

personally i think it really comes down to perspective. i am in no need of an upgrade and so if ATI chooses to delay things that is their choice. if i was wanting to do a new build or upgrade i may be a little more impatient.

now, when i see proper specifications and real world in game benchamarks, then i will decide. i am no a man of speculation. i do not know the age and education of people on here but i would hope both would be high enough for people to get a grip of themselves, take a look at themselves in a mirror and remember that this is only about bits and pieces that go in a computer.

christ the amount of people alone quoting fudzilla, the inq and the dailytech show just how much people actually know about these cards. any other time these sources, apart from perhaps, and i say perhaps dailytech, would be derided and laughed at and yet i head people going on about soundcards, ppu's and 320 stream procs. none of this has anything to do with factual evidence and even then what rumours are being buffeted about the web are being misunderstood and reiterated as fact.

some people shopuld be ashamed of themselves. just because this is a web forum does not mean any behaviour opr attitude goes.

i would avoid posting in these threads if i didn't know that unless someone posts somehting with commonsense and keeps a cool head noobs arned with rumours will be hailed as tech gur's.

p.s yes i know people do not like the word noob but it suits some people so well.

lol, but that pac man did look pretty nice

wow, everything just started working (all the links), and that demo is pretty damn amazing. i'm impressed. we'll see how it goes.

Normal!? Imagine playing Pacman with dynamic lighting and shadows!

Pacman u say?


Cant wait for those benches to come out soon....

haha, not quite, but a cute joke nonetheless. on a side note, i really enjoyed the pac man world games. good times, back when i cared about console platforming games

Perhaps, but I'm not into the whole vista thing just yet, perhaps a bit down the road I might, and might get a cheap dx10 card to go with it


edit: Didn't see chuckshissel's post, now I get it

That's enough deciding factor for me to upgrade to DX10 later down the road.

I don't mean ATI is going to die, but the 2900XTX isn't looking like a top performer.

I hear you but the evidence is becoming overwhelmingly clear. Either way, you've still got two X1900XTs and that pair is still quite a powerhouse.

ROFL i'm buying dx10 today

8800GTX's FTW!~!~!~! while everyone's been waiting i've been playing all my games maxed out since the 2nd week of the 8800's release. my only issue being a screen freeze caused by...........................................moving my Core clock from 660 to 665 i've had this card that does what you just showed and does it with awesome performance for the last 6 months. bought it for 650. it's dropped 100 bucks. and to be honest, i've gotten VERY good use from the card.

i agree that even if the r600 doesn t beat the 8800 at the dx9 benchmarks that will come very soon( and that a lot will base it s opinions on) it is still very plausible that the ati card might be a better buy because of the features and the yet to be seen dx10 performances. i think some might be surprised...

remember the hdr+aa from 7 series. As the complexity rises, the chances to get flaws rises too. maybe dx10will turn out to be a challenge. who knows

not over i tell ya

And also, don't forget the r600 supports 24x aa, something the gtx could only do up to 16x, which is another plus in older games. So this may be a great card after all


lordaardvark2: bro, how many times do I have to tell you, all you need to do is bash it in with a hammer until the hsf breaks, and then you know it's in right

-____-

Can't help you there

or your older agp card, that way you can get them both working with one stroker

I agree it would only be an advantage with lower grade games, but still, you could make even hl2 look great with that

That's a new one, almost as interesting as how I found out the safest way to take off a soldered ihs is to literally cook it in a frying pan

reminds me of wusy's modded 9800xt that he strapped on an amd cpu cooler