Eu ahei isso na rage3d
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Viewer Response - George Templeman
Further to our telecon this morning, nvidia released these drivers yesterday morning at 06:00 and as I said they have increased the performance of Geforce 3's and Geforce 4's Ti's included, overall the performance increase is anything between 200 and 1200 3d marks in 3d Mark 2001SE dependant on system spec and condition I.E. clean install- re-install & hardware involved, this equates to between 2-3 FPS on a Geforce 2 and 15-20 FPS on a Geforce 4 Ti 4600.
I have conferred with my sources and they have stated that although unconfirmed that nVidia deliberately withheld 2 texture pipelines from the spec sheets, it is the only possible way an increase of performance this large could have been obtained, moreover the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 is now only 1000 3D marks behind the Radeon 9700 PRO, and it is being considered a deliberate act of subterfuge to lull ATI into releasing the current build of the Radeon 9700 at the performance level it has, in order to make it look as unattractive an alternative as possible.
Bearing in mind that the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 is now retailing at £260, no-one will either upgrade from a Ti 4600 or buy a Radeon 9700 PRO at the current retail pricing as the performance difference between the two has now been closed down to a level which equates to around 10 FPS increase, which in todays 3D enviroment will be not be enough to sway the market in ATI's favour and in turn the future release of the Standard 9700 with the lower clock speeds could severely be jeopardized as this model will only be in terms of performance 1-3 FPS ahead of the Ti 4600.
Again the market comes into play as no-one will want to pay the difference between the two cards for an extra 1-3 FPS, also in terms of availability and quantity, consumers will be wary of the OEM versions which more than certain may have problems besting the Ti 4600, with the current drivers available, it is my suspicions that nVidia will release another set of drivers in the very near future, which will close the gap even further or possibly equal the 9700, I am also concerned that the as yet undisclosed graphics card ATI has in mind could be jeopardized by future driver releases, with the nV30 now being taped out and in design stages and the expected release date being December,( it is expected to be named "Omen" ).
The Radeon 9700 Pro, although it is competition for the Ti4600, will not be any competition for the nV30 and in turn the "new ATI card" could be doomed to failure unless action is taken immediately taken to counteract the nVidia subterfuges as this is not the first time, I refer to the nVidia 23.11's which boosted the Geforce 3 scores during a time ATI were having severe difficulties with their drivers, and in turn made the Radeon 8500 look an unattractive option, they have done exactly the same again.
Unless ATI has a driver build for all the Radeon range to counter this turn of events then the 8500 will dwindle and to the 3D community will be considered obsolete in favour of the Ti4200 which up until yesterday ran at more or less the same speeds as the Radeon 8500 and now runs 15-20 FPS faster!
Dirty tricks seem to be nVidia's cup of tea and it is high time the tables were turned on them.
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Check out the last line...all I have to say to that is Omen ...I mean Amen.
pelo que eu vi a nivida poderia estar escondendo 2 pipelines extras em sua gf4
mas seila meio improvavel
opinem!
pois eh tecnicamente no minimo ESTRANHO essa ganho de performance
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