it sure looks like it!Originally posted by phil c
ATI getting the upper hand - has the world gone mad?
card technology seams to change so fast now it makes the computer upgrde market look positively stable - where do you draw the line in the sand and say enough already - can a geforce 5 or ati 9700 really do anything major to improve your current gaming experience that a decent 128mb g4 or 8500 couldnt? and if so is it worth shelling out the extra dosh or just wait a few next big things pass by before reinvesting
Originally posted by ericb88
its more of a longevity issue, the top fo the line 128mb 8500 that you bought a few months ago will have some trouble running doom3 at all high settings, and who knows how well it will run quake 4 at all. If i get a 9700 now, maybe i wont notice that much of a difference between a gef4 or 8500, but come janaury 2004, when i can run Quake 4 inj 1280x960 (or whatever is above 1024x768) at all hgih settings without a fram skipping ill be happy.
Originally posted by ericb88
its more of a longevity issue, the top fo the line 128mb 8500 that you bought a few months ago will have some trouble running doom3 at all high settings, and who knows how well it will run quake 4 at all. If i get a 9700 now, maybe i wont notice that much of a difference between a gef4 or 8500, but come janaury 2004, when i can run Quake 4 inj 1280x960 (or whatever is above 1024x768) at all hgih settings without a fram skipping ill be happy.
Originally posted by ericb88
its more of a longevity issue, the top fo the line 128mb 8500 that you bought a few months ago will have some trouble running doom3 at all high settings, and who knows how well it will run quake 4 at all. If i get a 9700 now, maybe i wont notice that much of a difference between a gef4 or 8500, but come janaury 2004, when i can run Quake 4 inj 1280x960 (or whatever is above 1024x768) at all hgih settings without a fram skipping ill be happy.
Originally posted by rice_web
Yeah, the faster PCI is moving into server motherboards shortly, and will hit consumers by late 2003, if memory serves. It runs at 100MHz as opposed to the 66MHz that AGP runs at, and the 33MHz that the original PCI runs at.