"Fax_Modem" <jtm.andersen@get2net.dk> wrote in
news:a5i48o$qq0$1@news.cybercity.dk:
> Hejsa
>
> Jeg er lidt forvirret omkring de nye Geforce 4 modeller. Så vidt
> jeg har forstået så er den billige model (GeForce 4MX) ikke et
> rigtigt Geforce 4 men snare en kraftigt tunet udgave af Geforce 2
> og mangler derfor funktioner fra GeForce 3. Skal man have et
> "rigtigt" GeForce 4 med alle funktionerne fra alle de tidligere
> modeller, så skal man have fat i GeForce 4 Ti.
>
> Har jeg forstået det ret?
Jeps, selv John Carmack (faderen til nogle af de sejeste first person
shooters til dato) er også ret utilfreds med at MX kortet kaldes et
Geforce4.
I en mail angående ATI og Geforce korts performance i Doom3 siger han
blandt andet:
"On the topic of current Nvidia cards:
Do not buy a GeForce4-MX for Doom.
Nvidia has really made a mess of the naming conventions here. I
always thought it was bad enough that GF2 was just a speed bumped
GF1, while GF3 had significant architectural improvements over GF2. I
expected GF4 to be the speed bumped GF3, but calling the NV17 GF4-MX
really sucks.
GF4-MX will still run Doom properly, but it will be using the NV10
codepath with only two texture units and no vertex shaders. A GF3 or
8500 will be much better performers. The GF4-MX may still be the card
of choice for many people depending on pricing, especially
considering that many games won't use four textures and vertex
programs, but damn, I wish they had named it something else.
As usual, there will be better cards available from both Nvidia and
ATI by the time we ship the game. "
Hele mailen kan ses her:
http://www.shacknews.com/finger/?fid=johnc@idsoftware.com
Flemming