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New 3D Graphics Card Features in 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the love-the-shiny dept.

Ant writes "This Tom's Hardware article says that in the latest generation of graphics cards, PixelShader has become mainstream. Version 3 features 3D effects like HDR rendering for bright light sources, and parallax mapping for even more vivid features in walls and stones. The brand-new ATI Radeon X1000 series and the NVIDIA GeForce 6 and 7 master these improved graphics features. It looks at today's newest computer games (e.g., F.E.A.R.) and compare the 3D effects."

4 of 297 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's all good but.... by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . .assuming you bought a good card last year. . .

    I bought a good card last century.

    KFG

  2. Re:Graphics are one important aspect of games by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd sooner have expected a Peter Jackson fan to menstruate than see a Wordsmith trip over words.

  3. Graphics = Icing, Gameplay = Cake by shoolz · · Score: 3, Funny

    We all get lost in graphics. Graphics don't make a game, good gameplay does. Good gameplay = tasty cake, Good graphics = icing.

    Quake 1:
    Gameplay=cake, Graphics=sprinkles
    Result: Tastes like nice cake

    Half Life 2:
    Gameplay=cake, Graphics=icing
    Result: Tastes like premium cake

    Doom 3:
    Gameplay=shit, Graphics=icing
    Result: Tastes like shit with a hint of sugar

  4. Re:h.264 accelleration in geforce 6, 7 gpus by raehl · · Score: 4, Funny

    To me the media features in the silicon is what's getting cooler and cooler.

    It's actually the 5 lb copper heat sink that makes it cooler and cooler.

    --
    paintball