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3D Mark 2003 Sparks Controversy

Posted by chrisd on from the ati-still-needs-mark-v dept.

cribb writes "3DMark 2003 is out, sparking an intense debate on how trustworthy its assessment of current graphics cards is, after some harsh words by nVidia and the reply from Futuremark. THG has an analysis of the current situation definately worth reading. The article exposes some problems with the new GeforceFX previously mentioned in a slashdot article on Doom3 and John Carmack. Alas, here seems to be no end to the troubles with the new nVidia flagship." If you've run the benchmark, post your scores here, and we'll all compare.

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  1. Moo goes the cow, the cows go moo and te card poos by applejacks · · Score: 0, Troll

    I had a dynamite series. Vesa Local bus
    used to be the top dog. Man faster the processor
    faster the video game. Duke3D ran superb.

    Graphics card companys are businesses. They
    release new features here and there to keep
    business. Top developers crack the whip more
    these days expecting more potential out of them.

    If you actaully believed what they wanted us to
    believe about the potental right now, we'd be
    simulating the earth. The crystal clear clarity
    of the rivers running and the oceans churning.

    That's bullshit. Code monkey's have known
    for a long time there's only so much these
    chunks of silicon will do. You basically have
    to hack the rest of it together. Carmack was
    mentioning something in his plan file once about comparing SGI quality 3D acceleration to PC quality. How the card does 3 jobs to one for the
    processor etc. But in PC standards we're still doing all the work and etc. So I've forgotten what he was specifically said but I still dont' think we're anywhere near the quality of SGI machines.

    I think we're just all getting tired of the lies by companies. Fucking tell the truth about what you can do or we want buy. I'm not attacking Nvidia, but I'm also tired of the fan noise from the huge fans on these cards. I've had the worst problems with my Nvidia card. The fan died. I had to visit radio shack and glue a 486 fan on mine, solder the splice i made for power. It over heats here and there and I really wish they would redisign the things.

    whatever ... pz all