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GeForce3 Titanium Reviews

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simulating-the-third-dimension dept.

Paladin128 sent us Tom's and Anandtech's respective reviews of the new NVIDIA GeForce3 Titanium series. DX8.1 compatibility (What is that anyway?), Shadow Buffers, 3D Textures, assorted other stuffs. Hey, but why is everything 'Titanium' now anyway? Laptops. Batteries. Video cards. I wonder if I can get titanium plating.

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  1. Dell has these on the 8200 series by Mr.Phil · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dell is featuring these on the Dimension 8200 series as an upgrade from the default GeForce2 MX cards.

  2. Overclocked GF3 by [amorphis] · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Geforce Ti 500 is just an overclocked Geforce 3.

    Looking at Anand's Geforce 3 roundup, all of the cards tested overclocked to the performance level of the GF Ti 500. Generally, the core speed was lower, but the memory was faster.

  3. It's just a price cut by Animats · · Score: 5, Informative
    The real news is that the entry-level GeForce 3 is now $199. The new high-end board isn't that much faster, and has exactly the same capabilities as the original GeForce 3. NVidia didn't put in more RAM, which was the expected next step.

    John Carmack said, when the GEForce 3 came out, that developers should get one immediately, but gamers should wait. This new one is the "consumer product" version.

    Remember that the GEForce 3 is the graphics engine in the XBox. So when the XBox games start shipping for the Xmas season, the PC versions will use GEForce 3 features. I'm looking forward to seeing somebody do something good with the vertex shaders. I have the Chameleon demo and a GeForce 3, so I can see what's possible.