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    GeForce FX (NV30) is finally here -- What a disappointment...

    ExtremeTech has the first review up that I know of. It's a bit flakey due to high load, but it'll be better soon: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...,846356,00.asp

    Summary: Noisy as hell (Fan is 59 dB at full load!), requires two slot spaces in the computer, requires an additional power connection, performs on par with the cheaper and 7-month old Radeon 9700 (R300). And in early March, ATI's R350 is coming out...







    The ONLY redeeming value of this chip is the insane geometry performance: With 8 HW lights, the GeForce FX is 97% faster than the Radeon 9700.

    The card:
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    Oh, and the Ultra version is 500MHz core clock, 1GHz DDR-II RAM on a 128-bit bus (16 GB/s) and the MSRP is $399US
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    • #3
      Ok, that is pretty bad.
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        Yo, just look at the beast.

        Could this be a driver problem, again?
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        • #5
          No, the problem is definitely just screwups.

          Nvidia's on a 128-bit memory bus, ATI's on a 256-bit now...

          Nvidia's got unified drivers, they're tested with the same driversets as the TNT2 through GF4

          The product was SUPPOSED to be out about 8 months ago, just before ATI's Radeon 9700.

          TSMC screwed up manufacturing their chips. Nvidia gambled on 0.13, ATI on 0.15. 0.13 wasn't close to ready.

          Nvidia missed a whole product cycle, and needs to play catchup...
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          • #6
            I have never in my life seen a video card that needed its own power connection. That'll never see the inside of my tower.

            Should've gone back to the drawing board
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            • #7
              It's still better than any crap ATI comes out with.
              To us, it is the BEAST.

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              • #8
                Nvidia got spanked
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                • #9
                  Ugh, two slots and a power connection? That's absurd.
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                  • #10
                    Ha! that stupid card looks like some plastic toy... but still, it's going to be better than any ATI or Voodoo crap. Personally, I'll stick with my GeForce 4. I usually skip a generation when buying new computer equipment. The last card I had was a GeForce 2 GTS 32meg, now I've got my GeForce 4 Ti4200 128meg...
                    To us, it is the BEAST.

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                    • #11
                      As if I could afford it or ATI's anyway?
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                      • #12
                        monolith: The NV31 and NV34 chips are based on the NV30 (GeForce FX) but are intended for mass market.

                        They're also not going to require an extra power connector and won't need the absurd cooling.

                        The reason Nvidia went with the dustbuster was because they couldn't hit the speeds they did without it, and if they didn't hit those speeds, ATI would have spanked them with a product about to become obsolete in a few short months...
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                        • #13
                          That could mean that R9500 pro will spank the NV 30 offspring, if it doesn't keep up the high clock rates as it seems to have underperforming AA algorithms and worse quality.

                          ah why doesn't the img tag work?
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                          • #14
                            The 400MHz NV30 (non-Ultra version) supposedly won't require the massive cooling on production boards either, and it does very well against the 9700, let alone the 9500.
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                            • #15
                              Oh well that is a pity, I thought that Nvidia were quite well on the ball with this kind of stuff. Ah well, everyone's winning streak comes to an end at some point.

                              Although I must say, it looks a right beast
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