Best graphics card out there and it's not ATI or Nv

interspaced · Aug 17, 2004, 10:05 PM

It's from 3d Labs. It's called the Wildcat and has 640Mb of onboard memory with a 512-bit bus so is twice as powerful than any other card out there
more info can be found here:

http://www.3dlabs.com/products/produ...rod=293&page=1

GutterPunk · Aug 17, 2004, 10:18 PM

yeah and the cost will be what? look at some of there products they arent in consumer range but professional

interspaced · Aug 17, 2004, 10:20 PM

yeah very true it's in the 1000-2000 dollar range but i guess it will be able to run unreal 3 it's a card which has the future today

edperks · Aug 17, 2004, 10:28 PM

I dont think there drivers are compatible with too many games as these are workstaion cards made to run progs like 3d Max, Maya, CAD and other rendering progs. I might be wrong though!

Zardon · Aug 17, 2004, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by interspaced

It's from 3d Labs. It's called the Wildcat and has 640Mb of onboard memory with a 512-bit bus so is twice as powerful than any other card out there
more info can be found here:

http://www.3dlabs.com/products/produ...rod=293&page=1

for opengl professional apps yes (the top end quadro should keep up in most things due to slightly better drivers), for gaming no.

ViRuS2k · Aug 22, 2004, 06:25 AM

I agree with zardon there crap at games and movies watching.

for CAD/Photoshop ect yes.

and these type of things are for people in the movie industry, your avrage joe would have to rob a bank lol

Vampyromaniac · Aug 22, 2004, 07:24 AM

hey does Creative still own 3DLabs?

btw that's a huge card! but I wonder what the 2D visual quality is like

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Aug 22, 2004, 12:04 PM

That Volari duo is a pile man. Even displaying this Doom 3 loveliness caused
the thing to drop to 1 fps. (Yes that's actually 1 as in one frame per second.

Article here:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...3-tests_4.html

Yallrun · Sep 29, 2004, 01:56 PM

I have a PNY FX2000, $1200 dollar card, plays games OK not real great, frame rates are dead. Where it shines is in auto cad and 3D Studio Max. I don't even run on my gaming machine. It's in my storage server.

Yallrun

Judas · Sep 29, 2004, 09:06 PM

PowerVR is probably the BEST "other" contender... sadly, they haven't released a PC part for 3 years.....

Fantasma · Sep 29, 2004, 10:26 PM

I think that the best card out of the Nvidia and ATI is the Voodoo 5 6000 (4 cores not like the 5500 that have 2) if you can find the right drivers you can run Doom3 at very playable fps

Judas · Oct 2, 2004, 02:35 AM

actually 3dfx Rampage was found and there are only i think 2 version floating around now.... although majorly beta... some people have taken the time to write a working bios and drivers for it.... but as far as that, i haven't anymore info..

MythicaL · Oct 5, 2004, 05:58 AM

It looks like that card would put alot of weight on the AGP slot...

Zardon · Oct 5, 2004, 03:06 PM

of the hundreds of cards ive played with, id say overall the AX800XT PCIe card from Asus is the best. why? well it has the power of a X800XT, can be overclocked easily well past PE speeds, and has DUAL DVI out (rare for an ATI board due to additional costs) with 2 400mhz DACS for incredible IQ and also utilizes VIVO. the fan is quiet, glows blue for the case modders, and the heatsink is totally copper and also cools the ram.......

Shinjikun · Oct 5, 2004, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

of the hundreds of cards ive played with, id say overall the AX800XT PCIe card from Asus is the best. why? well it has the power of a X800XT, can be overclocked easily well past PE speeds, and has DUAL DVI out (rare for an ATI board due to additional costs) with 2 400mhz DACS for incredible IQ and also utilizes VIVO. the fan is quiet, glows blue for the case modders, and the heatsink is totally copper and also cools the ram.......

I've seen that Asus card and it does look godly, plus Dual DVI which would be a real plus. I haven't seen too many cards (mainstream, gaming) with Dual DVI but now a days it's becoming a bit more common.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 5, 2004, 05:51 PM

with all thats be said who says this is faster then the Ati card with 4 9700 PRO GPU'S and 1 GB of ram?

Zardon · Oct 5, 2004, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

with all thats be said who says this is faster then the Ati card with 4 9700 PRO GPU'S and 1 GB of ram?

you need to get more sleep or lay off the cola for a few days.

Shinjikun · Oct 5, 2004, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

you need to get more sleep or lay off the cola for a few days.

It's understandable, he just beat Warhammer 40,000.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 5, 2004, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

you need to get more sleep or lay off the cola for a few days.

4x 9700 pro cores and each core has it's own 256mb of mem, wich is the max they can adress.

you don't rember that? they are made special for the us millitary and thier uber expensive I read about it here on DH when 9800 pro was king.

Zardon · Oct 5, 2004, 09:20 PM

There are many cards made for military and governments, but that hardly counts in the context of this thread. Who says the 4 core 9700 chipset is ATIs most powerful board? But lets keep this thread to the realms of availability.

Geminiwave · Oct 13, 2004, 03:30 AM

I WANT ONE OF THOSE CARDS!

w00t!

I'm gunna go talk to my buddy in the marines and get him to snag me one!!!

Falstaff · Nov 22, 2004, 04:05 AM

I know a fella with an XGI Volare card that is damn fast
but I cant get good drivers

PoopyTheJ · Nov 22, 2004, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fallang_jeff

I know a fella with an XGI Volare card that is damn fast
but I cant get good drivers

You're kidding right XGI Volare?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 22, 2004, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fallang_jeff

I know a fella with an XGI Volare card that is damn fast
but I cant get good drivers

ROFL good oneall most fell of my chair

even the top end XGI can't hold a candle anywhere near ATI or nvidia

shumph · Nov 30, 2004, 02:31 PM

I know a guy who does digitizing for a tv studio and he has cards just like that. He says they cost around 3000

Ubergrendle · Dec 1, 2004, 12:12 AM

Without trying to sound too facetious, I think the question sounds a bit like the following: "What's the best car that I can drive using fuel other than gasoline and diesel?"

If you're looking for good multi-purpose desktop video cards, particularly those that have gaming capabilities, you're fairly limited.

Matrox has great 2d cards, or at least they did ~2 years ago.

What ever happened to Cirrus Logic or those good 'ole 512k Trident VGA cards that you could buy for a $1/lb.?

waterloo · Jun 20, 2005, 05:26 AM

this is for graphic disenging and sh*t. anit ment for gaming

We had one of thoese 3dlab card (top line one) in an P4 Dell i bought off a dealer. Real Funny. Dumb Idiot put it in and forgot to pull it out

GeneralClaymore · Jun 24, 2005, 06:10 AM

the card aitn meant for gaming its a Cad card. it not gonna run better then the current cards out there in gaming. it drivers are opimizted for CAd work.

Xx#1BallerxX · Jun 28, 2005, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by interspaced

yeah very true it's in the 1000-2000 dollar range but i guess it will be able to run unreal 3 it's a card which has the future today

DAMN that shit is expensive.

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The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	with all thats be said who says this is faster then the Ati card with 4 9700 PRO GPU'S and 1 GB of ram? __________________

Aug 17, 2004, 10:05 PM	#1
interspaced DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 287 Rep Power: 0	Best graphics card out there and it's not ATI or Nv It's from 3d Labs. It's called the Wildcat and has 640Mb of onboard memory with a 512-bit bus so is twice as powerful than any other card out there more info can be found here: http://www.3dlabs.com/products/produ...rod=293&page=1

Aug 17, 2004, 10:20 PM	Thread Starter #3
interspaced DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 287 Rep Power: 0	yeah very true it's in the 1000-2000 dollar range but i guess it will be able to run unreal 3 it's a card which has the future today

Aug 17, 2004, 10:28 PM	#4
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I dont think there drivers are compatible with too many games as these are workstaion cards made to run progs like 3d Max, Maya, CAD and other rendering progs. I might be wrong though!

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ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I agree with zardon there crap at games and movies watching. for CAD/Photoshop ect yes. and these type of things are for people in the movie industry, your avrage joe would have to rob a bank lol

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~~BMG_Cya=-~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 718 Rep Power: 0	That Volari duo is a pile man. Even displaying this Doom 3 loveliness caused the thing to drop to 1 fps. (Yes that's actually 1 as in one frame per second. Article here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...3-tests_4.html

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Fantasma HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lorca (Spain) Posts: 757 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	I think that the best card out of the Nvidia and ATI is the Voodoo 5 6000 (4 cores not like the 5500 that have 2) if you can find the right drivers you can run Doom3 at very playable fps

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Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	of the hundreds of cards ive played with, id say overall the AX800XT PCIe card from Asus is the best. why? well it has the power of a X800XT, can be overclocked easily well past PE speeds, and has DUAL DVI out (rare for an ATI board due to additional costs) with 2 400mhz DACS for incredible IQ and also utilizes VIVO. the fan is quiet, glows blue for the case modders, and the heatsink is totally copper and also cools the ram.......

Oct 5, 2004, 09:20 PM	#20
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	There are many cards made for military and governments, but that hardly counts in the context of this thread. Who says the 4 core 9700 chipset is ATIs most powerful board? But lets keep this thread to the realms of availability.

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Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	I WANT ONE OF THOSE CARDS! w00t! I'm gunna go talk to my buddy in the marines and get him to snag me one!!! __________________

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Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I know a fella with an XGI Volare card that is damn fast but I cant get good drivers

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shumph DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	I know a guy who does digitizing for a tv studio and he has cards just like that. He says they cost around 3000

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Ubergrendle Semper ubi sub ubi Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 702 Rep Power: 51	tough question Without trying to sound too facetious, I think the question sounds a bit like the following: "What's the best car that I can drive using fuel other than gasoline and diesel?" If you're looking for good multi-purpose desktop video cards, particularly those that have gaming capabilities, you're fairly limited. Matrox has great 2d cards, or at least they did ~2 years ago. What ever happened to Cirrus Logic or those good 'ole 512k Trident VGA cards that you could buy for a $1/lb.? __________________ Veteran of the PC Microchannel / EISA wars of the late 1980s.

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waterloo Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 337 Rep Power: 0	this is for graphic disenging and sht. anit ment for gaming We had one of thoese 3dlab card (top line one) in an P4 Dell i bought off a dealer. Real Funny. Dumb Idiot put it in and forgot to pull it out __________________ Motherboard: DFI Lan Party UT nF4 Ultra-D Modded to SLI Bios: 07/06/05 (File name - 704-2bt) CPU Cooler: Aritc Freezer 64 CPU: AMD 64 3800 Memory: OCZ 2GB Graphics Processor: ASUS EN6200GE Hard Drives: 2 X 160 IDE Western Digital, 320 SATA, 16GB SCSI Power Supply: Enermax Noisetaker 480 Watt Case:Antec CS600 Tower Case Sound Card: M-Audio Revolution 7.1/SB LIVE/SB X-FI Optical Drive*: 2 X LG GSA-4167B

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GeneralClaymore HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 434 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	the card aitn meant for gaming its a Cad card. it not gonna run better then the current cards out there in gaming. it drivers are opimizted for CAd work. __________________ Source: x-fi titanium hd 2x LT1124ACN+ 2x LT1115 > Matrix M-Stage V2 /w 2x LME49710NA> DT880 pro 250ohm