I looked at the benchmarks and did the math. Here are my results:
3DMark2003 = +97% +105% +119% (+107% avg)
3DMark2001 = +25%
AquaMark3 = +31%
Unreal 2003 Botmatch = +6% +6% +21% (11% avg)
Unreal 2004 Botmatch = +10% +33% +65% (36% avg)
Halo: Combat Evolved = +81% +119% +135% (112% avg)
Far Cry = +29% +56% +62% (49% avg)
If we average the benchmarks run at different resolutions, we see that only 2 out of 7 benchmarks were over 100% improvement. How is 2 out of 7 (28%) equivalent to "...beating ATI's fastest by over 100% in almost every benchmark."?
Also, wasn't Halo first optimized and released for the Xbox (which has a GeForce 3MX GPU). Isn't it a little ironic that Halo is the ONLY game tested that sees any remarkable improvement.
Don't get me wrong, this card is very impressive and deserves to be crowned the king (for now). We'll see in a couple weeks after ATI responds. This article is overhyped though.
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I looked at the benchmarks and did the math. Here are my results: 3DMark2003 = +97% +105% +119% (+107% avg) 3DMark2001 = +25% AquaMark3 = +31% Unreal 2003 Botmatch = +6% +6% +21% (11% avg) Unreal 2004 Botmatch = +10% +33% +65% (36% avg) Halo: Combat Evolved = +81% +119% +135% (112% avg) Far Cry = +29% +56% +62% (49% avg) If we average the benchmarks run at different resolutions, we see that only 2 out of 7 benchmarks were over 100% improvement. How is 2 out of 7 (28%) equivalent to "...beating ATI's fastest by over 100% in almost every benchmark."? Also, wasn't Halo first optimized and released for the Xbox (which has a GeForce 3MX GPU). Isn't it a little ironic that Halo is the ONLY game tested that sees any remarkable improvement. Don't get me wrong, this card is very impressive and deserves to be crowned the king (for now). We'll see in a couple weeks after ATI responds. This article is overhyped though.
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