Parhelia in the house!

[Ali]

Have you seen any of these glitches with FAA when used in some games? I dont know what they are, but there was some talk about FAA not being a good idea in all games.

Is it just funny colours, or not AA some parts, or crashing, or what?

Thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions.

Ali

[Rags]

Originally posted by BuddMan


Well I think the whole point to Parhelia is the goodies turned on without a performance hit. It would probably lose to the GF4 in terms of raw performance, but I'm sure it handles AA and anistropic filtering better than a GF4 would.

Raw performance, if benchmarks with default settings is a concern. But if you play them back to back, it's quite obvious who has the smoothest gameplay, there is no doubt at all....but I doubt any 'reviews' actually play the games to see for themselves.

Rags

[maharajah]

Originally posted by Rags
Anyone who compares Parhelia back to back, turning on the goodies, with a GF4/8500 will NOT be disappointed.

Ahh...Thanks Rags. That was the statement I was waiting to hear.
Now I can rest peacefully while I wait on next Tuesday

[Kruzin]

I turned FAA on the day I got the card, and have only turned it off to compare speed and image. I have not seen a single problem in any game I play with it forced to "always on".

[Rags]

Originally posted by Ali
Have you seen any of these glitches with FAA when used in some games? I dont know what they are, but there was some talk about FAA not being a good idea in all games.

Is it just funny colours, or not AA some parts, or crashing, or what?

Thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions.

Ali

The drivers continue to improve, and FAA is one of the features that continues to get refinement.

For the record, I leave 16XFAA ON all the time....and I think others who use the Parhelia do the same. It just works so well, and looks so good.

Rags

[xortam]

So who's testing DVD playback and TV out?

[Ali]

Also, on FAA again, could you try out this:

http://www.beyond3d.com/articles/wildcatiii/fsaa.zip

and post a screen shot of the output with:
No AA
16xFAA
4xFSAA

I would be VERY interested in this.

To compare to Kyro2, GeForce4, and 3dLabs Wildcat3 look here:

http://www.beyond3d.com/articles/wildcatiii/index.php?page=page4.inc

Thanks again

Allister

[Rags]

Originally posted by Ali
Also, on FAA again, could you try out this:

http://www.beyond3d.com/articles/wildcatiii/fsaa.zip

and post a screen shot of the output with:
No AA
16xFAA
4xFSAA

I would be VERY interested in this.

To compare to Kyro2, GeForce4, and 3dLabs Wildcat3 look here:

http://www.beyond3d.com/articles/wildcatiii/index.php?page=page4.inc

Thanks again

Allister

That zip is nothing but a zip file with screenshots of 3D windows with various types of AA turned on.....

Rags

[BuddMan]

Originally posted by Rags

Raw performance, if benchmarks with default settings is a concern. But if you play them back to back, it's quite obvious who has the smoothest gameplay, there is no doubt at all....but I doubt any 'reviews' actually play the games to see for themselves.

Rags

Well, I'm not concerned about raw performance anyway. I'm sure the Parhelia has enough of it. I'm mainly concerned about its features and how well they work, but from what you are saying I'm not too worried about it anymore.

[MadScot]

The reason any gamer should buy Parhelia in NOT raw preformance with everything off. That would be missing the point. Parhelia's preformance is for those who want great looking graphics. Smoothness is a factor in looking great, and it seems as if P has that covered. I'm just drooling...

MadScot

[Rags]

Originally posted by MadScot
The reason any gamer should buy Parhelia in NOT raw preformance with everything off. That would be missing the point. Parhelia's preformance is for those who want great looking graphics. Smoothness is a factor in looking great, and it seems as if P has that covered. I'm just drooling...

MadScot

I haven't stopped drooling since I installed it in my machine.

Rags

[Kruzin]

As long as I've known you, you haven't stopped drooling once.

[Rags]

Originally posted by Kruzin
As long as I've known you, you haven't stopped drooling once.

That's true

Rags

[BuddMan]

Hey Rags, can we get some shots of Morrowind with all the eye candy on?? I bet it rocks.

[Rags]

Originally posted by BuddMan
Hey Rags, can we get some shots of Morrowind with all the eye candy on?? I bet it rocks.

I am setting up some more webspace as we speak. Expect some shots later this week.

Rags