Kinney though had a point about the better idea of going nVidia with SLI,
Who did? Pfft, we all said that! I think one or two people here spoke of an array a little earlier.
Actually I think Crash mentioned the array for double duty (mine was still surround), BTW before SLI we were talking about it with the Alienwares (now that's the way to go).
by getting a PCI Express board and getting a GT, which later you will add another. Two GTs in Doom III, not to mention the price will eventually be damn low, about half the introductory price.
Have you seen any SLI equipped GTs? I have only seen them on Ultras sofar (whereas the Alienware solution works with just about any matched pair).
Did [H] get those results from Carmack or were they supplied the hardware or they just got it themselves and got the timedemo?
It appears that it was an event held by iD with the presence of others, and that the iD employees ran the benchies.
It would've been good to see a low-end system test though.
They do mention that you can play it with a 1.5ghz with a Gf4MX, but really the question is with what settings and what effects losses. It appears from their statements that a GF3 and a good processor is required for the minimum effects levels.
Why not try no enhancements, to show raw performance?
Well I would assume because they decided to focus on only top end they didn't care about lower settings, doesn't help with older systems, but as a preview it's better than nothing I guess.
Imagine that, Doom III's graphics will be so amazing that even cheating cards that yeild low image quality will yeild FarCry image quality!
Yeah, I always thought FartCry was simply nice water, and not even THAT impressive considering the DX8.1 water from Morrowind. This should be sweet and I can't wait to see the various levels of IQ. Also I don't think the level of 'cheating/floptimizing' will be needed with OGL and the architectural advantages that 'equalize' things. I just hope ATI doesn't sacrifice IQ for speed, that would truely disappoint and betray all they said last summer. In any case definitely a title I'm looking forward too, however I have to say that it was the addition of multi-player that sealed the deal. I probably would have waited otherwise.
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