[Warning Fudzilla] GeCube HD 2900XT beats 8800GTS 640MB

Tom|Nbk · 5 Jul 2007 at 23:28

willhub said:
I cant see a GPU overclock giving nearly 1700 extra 3dmarks

Meh fudzilla is all fud tbh.

Oh they can coupled with a CPU OC. Yes Fudzilla is fud normally but this is one of the most honest truthful reviews I've seen in a long time, there known for terrible speculation though, but the firm hard truth is there this time.

Tom|Nbk · 5 Jul 2007 at 23:38

Amazed to see the 2900XT beating the GTS by 20 frames :eek:

in Quake 4 (OpenGL) which 8800 cards should really shine over ATi but clearly this isn't the case unless you have the GTX but even then the improvement wouldnt be worth the outlay for a mere extra 7 frames average

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Quake 4 High Quality FSAA 4X + Aniso 16X
1024x768
1280x960
1600x1200
2048x1536

GeCube HD 2900XT 742/1650 MHz
156.2
140.0
120.6
89.0

Leadtek WinFast PX8800GTS 640MB
151.3
124.6
100.1
69.5

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 00:43

Cyber-Mav said:
opengl is not like hl2 source engine which when it first came out and was purposley engineered to cripple nvidia hardware. opengl is an open platform and is not optimised in anyway for any particular hardware. its the hardware and its drivers that determine opengl performance.

you make it sound like opengl has been purposley designed to work faster on nvidia hardware than ati hardware. care to clarify this for us?

As always I'll enlighten you Mav, nvidia hardware has always in the past had the advantage over ATi because they simply performed better at it, due to a hardware or driver advantage im not sure which one. ATi are now leaving nvidia in the dirt with there recently improved OpenGL driver.

. The results speak for themselves the 1950XT-X is almost as fast as the GTS in various OpenGL titles.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 00:58

willhub said:
That means NV need to improve drivers since an X1950XT-X should not be performing better than an 8800GTS.

True but the 1950XT-X still is a very nice card

, the liklihood of nvidia sorting this soon. Unlikely.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 01:04

willhub said:
Yea thats only because NV are crap at drivers lol, yea no question the X1950XT-X is a very nice card, at one point i nearly got the X1900XT.

But judging from recent BETA drivers from NV, they are getting there act together, for some people Dirt seems faster, lots of problems fixed etc..

Fingers crossed they do sort it.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:59

Come on then Will let's see that 10k @ Stock

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 14:08

LoadsaMoney said:
I can't see over 10k at stock with a GTS, ive got the BFG GTS thats already overclocked and i only get 9019 in 06, everything else stock.

No chance if he does I'll eat my hat :rolleyes:

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 14:16

Point of the matter is that he dosn't have quad core :rolleyes:

, he claimed he could get over 10k @ Stock CPU (C2D) + GPU, I call BS.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 14:20

willhub said:
CALM DOWN, if I'm wrong I'll bloody admit I am wrong ok!, once I have updated my Bios I'll run 3DMark06 just for you

Perfectly calm

, look forward to that, I'll be eating my words if you do :cool:

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 18:05

willhub said:
Ok I was wrong, I got 9440.

Looks like I won't be eating my words afterall

Mav, What dealing with some guy and GRAW I don't have a clue what your on about, must have got the wrong person.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 21:41

Cyber-Mav said:
i caught out willhub before doing some blatent lying, claiming graw runs fully maxxed out on his x800 which is not possible since his card has 256mb ram and that means he can;t enable high quality textures so his claims of running the game maxxed out is a blag. atleast he owned up to it and admitted he was a blagger

Ahh, roffle.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 21:56

Mav jus had the ownage rained down on him courtesy of Will + Johnny

OWNED

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 22:07

We just needed more to the OWNING party that's all honest guv *whistles*

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 22:31

Iraklis F.C. said:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2358434

You also have 2GB more ram along with 100mhz extra on the cpu when doing that bench and your only a mere 100 points more, Oh Noes

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 22:55

willhub said:
OWNED

Don't forget your still in the club

I believe Mav owned you. Said you were crying or somthing

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 22:59

Ok this is childish now

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 23:05

Cyber-Mav said:
is it childish because you have been OWNED? or more like RENTED

It's childish because were all just sat on here trying to see who the next person will be owned then just posting stupid pictures as if we were all 12

, fun though

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 23:09

willhub said:
I thought that picture was quite funny , I've not been here long, I've been watching big bro and some dirt.

Had seen it before tbh, it's one of the many internet "Owned" pictures that everyone has seen, sorry Will

Tom|Nbk · 6 Jul 2007 at 23:13

IceShock said:
oh come on it was only a tad of fun even tom knew its a joke, i dont want nothing to do with this thread lol so cya, leaving this tread and never looking at it again

Tom|Nbk · 7 Jul 2007 at 15:48

Jihad said:
Read all over the net that this is a quality PSU (AKASA 500W Paxpower) and should handle it fine.

But if I had a Hiper I would've done the same.

Been running my 2900 and a Hiper for 2 months, No issues. Any GOOD 500w PSU should power the 2900 just fine. For the record my Power Usage Monitor shows that my WHOLE system uses 233w Idle and around 380w In game.