NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra: The Next Step Forward
by Derek Wilson on April 14, 2004 8:42 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
X2: The Threat Performance
This is definitely a visually stunning game. Even though we haven't had a chance to play the game, it scores points anyway for looking so darn beautiful. It's a sci-fi game, so there are flybys of vast starfields and intricate space stations, as well as asteroid fields and other space anomalies. The particle effects, textures and intricacy of the models in the game are amazing and work together to create an elegant futuristic reality. And it does it all without touching DX9.
More of the same here. No contest with the other cards in the test. This benchmark takes a long time to run, so we were especially appreciative of the added power we saw in NV40.
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Da3dalus - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
I'd like to see benchmarks of Painkiller in the upcoming NV40 vs R420 tests...Brickster - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Am I the only one who thinks Nvidia's Nalu is the MOST bone-able cartoon out there?Oy, get the KY!
Warder45 - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Did any reviews try and overclock the card? Is it not possible with the test card?DonB - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Would have been better if it had a coax cable TV input + TV tuner. For $500, I would expect a graphic card to include EVERYTHING imaginable.Pete - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Shinei #37,"Speaking of DX9/PS2.0, what about a Max Payne 2 benchmark?"
MP2 doesn't use DX9 effects. The game requires DX9 compatability, but only DX8 compliance for full effects.
Xbit-Labs has a ton of benches of next-gen titles as well, and is worth checking out. NV40 certainly redeems itself in the HL2 leak. :)
Wwhat - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Anybody happen to know if it's possible to use a second (old) PSU to run it, you can pick up cheap 235 watt PSU's and would be helped with both extra connectors and power.I'm not sure it won't cause 'sync' problems though as a small difference between the rails of 2 PSU's would cause one to drain the other if the card's connectors aren't decoupled enough from the AGP port.
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
Agrre with you Trog #59 on the venting. Also with DX9.0c having fp32 as spec., does this mean that FX series cards redeem themselves? (As the earlier DX9 spec was fp24 which was'nt present on the FX gpus causing a juggling act between fp16 and fp32 to match performance and IQ). Still, full fp32 on the FX cards might be too slow.mrprotagonist - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
What's with all the cheesy comments before the benchmarks? Anyone?Cygni - Thursday, April 15, 2004 - link
"what mobo and mobo drivers were used? i hear that the nforce2 provides an unfair performance advantage for nvidia"The test was on an Athlon 64 3400+ system, so i doubt it was using an Nforce2. But ya, i agree, the system specs were short. More details are required.
Brickster - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - link
Derek, what was that Monitor you used?Thanks!