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What affect does the new ATI card have on Parhelia?
171None, Parhelia still rocks.0%19Some, I wish Parhelia performed a little better.0%72A ton. Parhelia is dead on arrival.0%67Man, I wish people would stop bashing parhelia!0%13System: P4 2.4, 512k 533FSB, Giga-Byte GA-8PE667 Ultra, 1024MB Corsair XMS PC333, Maxtor D740x 60GB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, PCPower&Cooling Silencer 400.
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BTW, I only put the last option up there as a joke.
Actually, I would have chosen the last one, but I fought the the urge to vote that one. It'll skew our results.Last edited by moreau; 18 July 2002, 06:37.System: P4 2.4, 512k 533FSB, Giga-Byte GA-8PE667 Ultra, 1024MB Corsair XMS PC333, Maxtor D740x 60GB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, PCPower&Cooling Silencer 400.
Capture Drives (for now): IBM 36LZX 9.1, Quantum Atlas 10KII 9.1 on Adaptec 29160
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Originally posted by kaasboer
Wow,
still a majority for "Some,..."!? Now I know, what a loyal fan-base means.
To be honest I'd really like to have one of those new Radeon, but I know that my main needs are to have a stable card with really good 2d definition so I'll stick again with Matrox, even if it's not so performing...
After all, I still use a G400 since more than 3 years ago...Sat on a pile of deads, I enjoy my oysters.
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the new radeon card sounds all fine and dandy... but... after my experiences with the Radeon 8500 on several computers, i can't justify buying another ATI video card...
i think i will still probably wind up buying the P because it does seem to still have some advantages, and i can guarantee that it is gonna work right with new games, even if it is a bit underpowered for them."And yet, after spending 20+ years trying to evolve the user interface into something better, what's the most powerful improvement Apple was able to make? They finally put a god damned shell back in." -jwz
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Originally posted by diewlei
geez, certainly looks like a deja vu a la g400max. darn...Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?
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Originally posted by kaasboer
Wow,
still a majority for "Some,..."!? Now I know, what a loyal fan-base means.
cu,
kaasboerWhy is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?
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Well the P will have trouble in attracting new users it's a pity it didn't come out 6 months ago.
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Don't worry folks, the P hasn't even begun to flex it's muscles yet!
Wait till applications ala Games start to take advantage of it's awesome architecture, and then we'll see some serious benchmarks.
The perfect example is the Sharmark benchmark, where the Nvidia and ATI couldn't even come close to P.
Cheers,
Elie
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multi-texturing
From Tom's:
It is not yet clear if the omission of a second texture unit per pixel rendering pipeline was indeed a smart choice. Under multi texturing conditions, GeForce4 Ti4600 is theoretically able to supply just the same amount of pixels per clock as Radeon 9700. The fill rate test of 3DMark2001 SE hinted in the same direction. The score of Radeon 9700 is very close to the result of GeForce4 Ti4600.
where Parhelia shows the best fill rate for multitexturing...
Not to beat a dead horse, but it would seem that in the future, should multitexturing become a defacto feature of games, that the parhelia will become a stronger competitor...
I'll leave it to the people in the know about future software to comment?System: P4 2.4, 512k 533FSB, Giga-Byte GA-8PE667 Ultra, 1024MB Corsair XMS PC333, Maxtor D740x 60GB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, PCPower&Cooling Silencer 400.
Capture Drives (for now): IBM 36LZX 9.1, Quantum Atlas 10KII 9.1 on Adaptec 29160
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As long time matrox 2d fan, I migrated to Nvidia when the overpriced and slow Parhlia came out.
I too was hoping matrox would again lead the video card market, but check out that anand review and tell me that matrox is old news already.
With matrox not supporting windows 98, showing sluggish 3D performance, and card price to make a gurly boy dance, the ATI Radeon 9700 will be the new king.
Quality, Speed, & Future use-ability will be what makes the Radeon 9700 the best. I havnt owned an ATI card in years, but if even half of what the review sites claim is true, Nvidia has been swept into second place, and Matrox bringing up the distant rear.
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