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Whats going on with the GTX260 Core216?

look at the fences and supports in HL2, and the collums on the upper left on oblivion...

This wasn't the best example theres another site I found last night that compared them in depth but I can't find it again yet.
 
In fact, I would go as far to say the ATI AA looks better than the 9800GTX, and where's this article saying the 200 series has better AA than ATI's 4000 cards?;)
 
Rroff said:
Heres one example

Both cards provide sufficient 4x multisampling quality to satisfy most gamers out there, although anti-aliasing of small objects and details could have been a little better.

We should note that CSAA 8x, which is supported by Nvidia GeForce 8/9 hardware, has nothing to do with true multi-sample AA 8x. In fact, this is one of the coverage-sampled antialiasing modes that stores only 4 color/Z samples, but uses 8 color lookups within its coverage sample. As you can see from the screenshot, this mode is practically the same as the regular MSAA 4x in quality. At least, it is extremely difficult to notice any differences in ideal conditions, not to mention a real game.
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Saying that NV CSAA 8x mode only looks as good at true MSAA 4x in quality in said game.

ATI’s edge detect CFAA 12x mode shows excellent results, outperforming MSAA 4x in anti-aliasing quality. You can clearly see it on the columns in the screenshot from TES IV: Oblivion. Adaptive filter does its job and the edges do indeed look much neater, without any washed-out effect. Now we have to find out how resource-hungry this mode is and if it can be used in games without any performance losses that could threaten comfortable gaming.

In the meanwhile, NV CSAA 16x mode turns out closer to the classical MSAA 4x than to MSAA 8x, because “16” in its name refers only to the coverage resolution, just like the “8” in CSAA 8x. Polygon edges are detected better, however the final pixel color can be calculated more precisely only with fully-fledged MSAA 8x.So, the anti-aliasing quality is much higher in the latter case.
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Saying that NV CSAA 16x mode is only as good as MSAA 4x in said game.
In MSAA 8x mode anti-aliasing is way better although it is hard to notice at first, especially in real games rather than on static screenshots.

Nvidia’s mode called “8xQ”, which is indeed a classical MSAA 8x, provides the same great anti-aliasing quality as the similar mode supported by ATI Radeon HD.
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Saying that this mode is finally as good as the ATI equivalent in said game.

Although ATI’s edge detect 24x mode uses the same number of color and Z samples, it demonstrates much better anti-aliasing quality than Nvidia GeForce’s CSAA 16xQ. The “smart” post-filter allows it to ensure practically ideal anti-aliasing quality, but at what cost?
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Says it all really.

Unfortunately, the price is way too high: enabling edge detect FSAA 12x cuts the performance of ATI Radeon HD 4850 in half, and enabling 24x mode makes the performance 4 times slower. At the same time, the owners of multi-GPU systems with ATI Radeon HD 4850/4870 will certainly appreciate super-quality FSAA mode. With three or four GPUs in the system the performance will rise to acceptable level and the image quality will be truly unmatched.

Nevertheless, it makes perfect sense to enable MSAA 8x on ATI Radeon HD 4850 even in 1920x1200 (at least it is true for Half-Life 2 Episode 2). However, the same mode on Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX pushes the average performance level close to the minimum.
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Nuff Said! the ATI has it & thanks for the link ;)
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[TW]Fox;12603722 said:
Exactly, I dont understand it. I'm quite an Nvidia fanboy and even I wont pay the extra over a 4870 for this card - if the prices are still as they are now in 2-3 weeks time I'm going to go ATi, its £70 wasted otherwise.
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I told you this weeks ago:p
 
You can get a heavily OC'ed GTX260 (192) for about a tenner more than the cheapest 4870... that's where my money would go (and hopefully will in the near future)...
 
C0nd0r said:
Yes nvidia have told em all to be priced under 279 dollars
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Really? You got a source for this news?

If this is true it should mean £185-£195 GTX260 Core216's after exchange rate differences and VAT is added here in the UK. This makes the Core 216 a viable competitor to the HD4870 - I'd buy one at that money.

How long can we expect it to take for this to filter through?
 
psychas said:
fox if u really desperate for nvidia card i can sell you mine gts g92 :D
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I've already got one of those, dont want another one :p

I just dont want to have to tolerate the poorer ATi partners, questionable warranties and loud fan noise unless I really have no other choice :p
 
well i dont think 4870 is load if u configure your fan cant say it for sure as i did not receive mine. asus / saphire have good warranties/services 3 years
 
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