NVIDIA and ATI: Image Quality and CPU Scaling Performance

Zardon · May 13, 2004, 10:32 PM

Over the course of the last year, we have witnessed a heated debate over optimisations, image quality, and performance. As architectures began to show their age, questionable tactics began to emerge on every front. Fortunately, those days are now largely a thing of the past as NVIDIA and ATI have emerged with new architectures that raise the bar on all fronts. Both the GeForce 6 and Radeon X800 architectures fail to be mere iterative steps forward in terms of speed and features. Rather, these new products manage to answer nearly all our complaints regarding previous architectures.

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BWX · May 14, 2004, 01:02 PM

Why did he use only "Nvidia- the way it's meant to be played" games for image quality tests??

Look at the texture of the ground under Tiger in the first batch of AA tests- It looked like the ATI card was using a higher texture level - it says default image though...

Zardon · May 14, 2004, 01:05 PM

yes thats a very good point BWX.

May 13, 2004, 10:32 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	NVIDIA and ATI: Image Quality and CPU Scaling Performance Over the course of the last year, we have witnessed a heated debate over optimisations, image quality, and performance. As architectures began to show their age, questionable tactics began to emerge on every front. Fortunately, those days are now largely a thing of the past as NVIDIA and ATI have emerged with new architectures that raise the bar on all fronts. Both the GeForce 6 and Radeon X800 architectures fail to be mere iterative steps forward in terms of speed and features. Rather, these new products manage to answer nearly all our complaints regarding previous architectures. pcperspective

May 14, 2004, 01:02 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Why did he use only "Nvidia- the way it's meant to be played" games for image quality tests?? Look at the texture of the ground under Tiger in the first batch of AA tests- It looked like the ATI card was using a higher texture level - it says default image though... __________________

May 14, 2004, 01:05 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes thats a very good point BWX.