Recent content by audreymi

I think that one of the most overvalued stocks right now is Nvidia. The X-box announcement coincided with their rise in stock price. All of their postive quarters have been the result of big deals with 4 OEMs accounting for over 1/2 of their revenue from older TNT2 product lines. Newer product...

In my humble opinion, I highly doubt that Tom or Anand would be beaten to the hardware punch by a friend in Japan. The rumours I hear are that the silicon is not ready and that prototype systems are done on older technology just so the X-box people can begin to play with beta silicon to deal...

Like they say in the Nvidia marketing department when looking at the buying pareto for their products, "At $600 dollars there is "one" born every s............................................ix months" :) R. Ferrars the 1st's submission for "Why do I want to work...

The Nvidia Pro/Ultra have issues with rolling line patterns on the display that you should be aware of. I spend 90% of my time in 2D so a few 10-20 fps drop from 140 fps does not matter much to me.

Day 6: All I need is water, bread, and a PC. I am all linked out today so I'll just say Happy New Year and I'll toast to more even handed reviews.

Parud, just curious, what are your new FPS numbers in Quake at 1600x1200 that go along with you nice new 3Dmark numbers? Are they anywhere close to 260 fps (5983/2500*110)?

TCA, What would Madonna or Susan Arquette say? :) I'm flattered. I'll write you later but the truth be told: I'm not that consistently dedicated to write, week in and week out, on things that I regurgitate from my son and from a handful of web sites that I frequent. On my recent plethora of...

Michael: I do not get your comments about making Anandtech wealthier. I looked up and down and came up empty. As sites get bigger and kids at Anandtech begin to have buy cars and houses, court spouses and hire more employees, I think a standard editorial policy and copy editor would be in the...

A good summary of what is available can be found here. My vote would go to the very recently released 7062 drivers which seem to have solved virtually every common complaint raised in the last two months. Release Notes: - Sacrifice runs without as many flashing textures, mana & health...

It looks like John Carmack is not the only one to take advantage of the 3rd texture unit in Radeon chips. Not sure of the source of this image but it makes for interesting discussion on how it will be taken advantage of for better visuals. Will the impact will on today's two texture units...

Ben, I rest my case :) This afternoon, I'll edit your reply above to the "concise" version. Not to be critical but I have to admit you are fairly transparent and one can pretty much size you up from reading just one post. BUT!!! I still suggest you try and adopt other demeanors from...

Day 5: O.K. I'll make it a bit easier. You guys could write about the improvement in sky textures in the newly released Quake Team Arena. Just be sure to state that texture compression is defaulted to off. Hardware with working correct auto compression should be encouraged to turn it on...

The KA7 do have some known boot up issues. I suggest you read Paul's KA7 FAQ. A friend of mine with a KA7 browsed the technical support over at www.rage3d.com to rediscover some key information that may help. The following link was also provided. Hope this sorts things out.

I do not run Win2K but I am told that the following drivers run within 10% of the Win98/ME drivers. I have waited two days for the dust to settle on the nwe 7062 drivers. I think I will download them today.

Day 4: Brandon Hill, please past this thread on to your boss. In the mean time take a look at Andrew Worobyew's article on driver releases and texture compression. Regarding Sharky's High and Budget End Review: That was close, Rob: ELSA's 86 scrore to Radeon's 82 score I never saw that mamoth...