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NV40 benchmarks
wrathchild_67:
Well the NV40 NDA has been lifted, and there are no 38K default 3DMark01 benches. I was half surprised to see 12k scores in 3DM03, but I'll wait until a reputable review site analyzes nV's drivers- remember the NV30/35 was able to pull 8K default benches using cheat drivers. Several of the reviews have already noticed low IQ anomalies in certain games (UT2004, Far Cry), and it wouldn't be surprising if something flaky was going on in pre-set benchmarks like Aquamark and 3DMark. Really, 3DM03 and Call of Duty are the only apps where the NV40 has a near 100% lead at default. Otherwise, it takes very high resolutions for the NV40 to pull way ahead, which is good for futureproofing. The card looks good, but not the price. I think anyone would be foolish to outright buy this card now when we'll be able to see how it compares to ATi's offering in a month.
MetalMilitia:
There are now some comparisons between the X800 series cards and 6800s. It seems that the two top end models of the cards (X800 XT Platinum and 6800 Ultra Extreme) are more or less identical in terms of performance and the image quality is also very similar. There are a couple of things to note about he cards tho.
1. 6800s support PS3.0, X800s only support 2.0 with a couple of other features like displacement mapping.
2. the ATI card is clocked much higher than the geforce equivilent indicating the nvidia archtecture is more efficient. The highest clock speed they can get out of either card is 600Mhz due to the 16nm manufactureing process. This gives the Geforce more headroom for overclocking and also later card revisions.
3. The ATI drivers are more mature than the Geforce ones meaning the geforce is more likley to get performance gains due to newer/better drivers.
Reviews:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjEx
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1710/
http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040504/index.html
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=517&cid=2
Interesing editorial:
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1711/
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