Nvidia crushes Ati in DX10 latest tests

Not too surprising after seeing how 2900XT runs.

The graphics do look better, can't wait for the expansion to come out.
I think these benchmarks for DX10 games will be bouncing back and forth for quite some time. Eventually game developers (major ones anyway) will take into consideration that ATI cards have more stream processors but a lesser amount of ROPs (whatever that is) than nVidia and develop games with that in mind. Also nVidia and ATI will keep updating their drivers making sure they don't lag behind the competition.
Barring a major architectural flaw in a card we won't see a clear winner.

This looks bad on ATI but is far to little Dx10 to draw any conclusions. The sad truth is that the performance is poor on everything and the effects are not a big leap. COH already had great effects and good graphics.
After waiting since December for a dx10 release I'm not even going to bother reinstalling COH to replay it with slightly nicer lighting at half the frame rates.

As far as developers doing more to take advantage of the r600's strength that seems unlikely. I know squat about game development but logic dictates that you don't optimize you're game for the card with the smaller installed user base (unless ATI ponies up).

Even though I have a current nvidia card I'm still watching the market with the thought of upgrading one of my other computers for lan gaming. I really would like the opportunity to have one Intel/Nvidia machine and one DAMMIT rig. I can't buy an r600 with what we have seen so far. R600 at this point seems to be a place holder just like the 1800s were.

I don't see anything that can't be done with DX9 in the DX10 screens. There is nothing new.

So why they didn't implement it with dx9?
I think they want to sell the DX10 stuff that's all...

I don't doubt that ATI will still hold significant market share in the future. I just don't expect that r600 will ever have wide adoption. R600 had not even hit the road before we started hearing about r650. Even if r600 is selling well now it was six months after the competition and maybe not so many months ahead of it's replacement.

You hit the nail on the head, NO1sFanboy. All the scores are poor even with uber expensive hardware. DX10 may have a long way to go before general acceptance.