ATI Radeon X800 Pro and XT Platinum Edition: R420 Arrives
by Derek Wilson on May 4, 2004 10:28 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
FarCry Performance
With no AA or AF enabled in FarCry, the X800 XT Platinum Edition takes off and looks great doing it. Leading the 6800 Ultra by over 40% at 1600x1200 is not a small feat, and its hard to believe we are talking about a 168% increase in speed over the 9700 Pro.
Enabling antialiasing and anisotropic filtering closes the gap between the NV40 and R420, but the X800 XT Platinum Edition still has a comfortable lead.
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saechaka - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - link
wow. very impressive. i was set on getting an nvidia but just don't know anymorePhiro - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - link
The message is clear; Matrox has failed!Brickster - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - link
Show me the money!MemberSince97 - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - link
Advanced features are worthless if your driver team keeps breaking them..f11 - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 - link
kinda starting to feel sorry for nvidia now. each generation they stuff their cards with more feautures than they need to, end end up with a slower and more featured card. If anyone's expecting SM3 to be a big hit, remember that the original FX line had lots of extensions to DX9 and they never really made much a difference.