High-End Chip G70: Only shimmering AF?

Vikingod · Aug 19, 2005, 05:36 PM

With the launch of the GeForce 7800 GTX, Nvidia showed that the strong performance of its former SM3 flagship, GeForce 6800 Ultra, may still be topped. Beneath more and improved pipelines, the G70 offers higher clock speeds. Useful new anti-aliasing modes were added as well.

In terms of the level of texture quality, however, Nvidia seems to evaluate the demands of its high-end customers as fairly low. The new high-end chip G70 produces texture shimmering with activated anisotropic filtering (AF). Just as a reminder: This applies to the NV40 (GF 6800 series) in standard driver settings as well, but this can be remedied by activating the "High Quality" mode.

For the G70 chip, the activation of "High Quality" does not provides the desired effect - the card still shows texture shimmering. Was Nvidia able to accustom the consumer to texture shimmering with the NV40 standard setting already, so that their next chip, the G70, does no longer offer options to produce shimmer-free AF?
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BWX · Aug 19, 2005, 05:59 PM

That is not good.....

Erroneus · Aug 19, 2005, 06:04 PM

Properly fixable by a driver update, but if it results in lesser performance, Nvidia might not "fix" it...

Aug 19, 2005, 05:36 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	High-End Chip G70: Only shimmering AF? With the launch of the GeForce 7800 GTX, Nvidia showed that the strong performance of its former SM3 flagship, GeForce 6800 Ultra, may still be topped. Beneath more and improved pipelines, the G70 offers higher clock speeds. Useful new anti-aliasing modes were added as well. In terms of the level of texture quality, however, Nvidia seems to evaluate the demands of its high-end customers as fairly low. The new high-end chip G70 produces texture shimmering with activated anisotropic filtering (AF). Just as a reminder: This applies to the NV40 (GF 6800 series) in standard driver settings as well, but this can be remedied by activating the "High Quality" mode. For the G70 chip, the activation of "High Quality" does not provides the desired effect - the card still shows texture shimmering. Was Nvidia able to accustom the consumer to texture shimmering with the NV40 standard setting already, so that their next chip, the G70, does no longer offer options to produce shimmer-free AF? __________ Read More/Source: 3DCenter

Aug 19, 2005, 05:59 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	That is not good..... __________________

Aug 19, 2005, 06:04 PM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Properly fixable by a driver update, but if it results in lesser performance, Nvidia might not "fix" it... __________________