ATI 8500 or Nvidia GFIII?

[SuPaFLyZ4LiFe]

(a)
Difference


(b)
which is better (w/o lookin @ price)


(c)
which one is best bang 4 the buck

 

[richleader]

Which one is actually out. Duh.

 

[SuPaFLyZ4LiFe]

huh? lolz =(

 

[Rand]

Wait until the Radeon 8500 is actually released with final drivers.
Until then all comparisons are based off on unfinished silicon and unfinished drivers.

Along with the fact that most comparisons against the GF3 are done with the GF3 using the unreleased Det4 drivers.

Basically, until things start getting released it's all hype and guesses.

 

[BFG10K]

From a purely technical standpoint a Radeon 8500 is faster than a GF3, however we won't know for sure until the final reviews are put up.

 

[PotNoodle]

<FONT color=#b0b0b0>http://www.voodooextreme.com/3dpulpit/Main.html</FONT>
<FONT color=#b0b0b0>"Markus : I think the R8500 is a good part. PS 1.4 is a bit different from PS 1.3 and does have some benefits, mainly such that you can make complete PS effects in single pass instead of with two passes as in PS 1.3. But we haven't investigated it too deeply yet so more niceties in PS 1.4 might reveal themselves later on. Usually it takes a few months of playing with the hardware to figure out all the potential there is."</FONT>
<FONT color=#b0b0b0>From reading that quote it would seem that, potentially, Radeon 8500 could be twice as fast (clock for clock)as GF3 during Pixel Shader operations as well, if its coded for it.</FONT>
<FONT color=#b0b0b0></FONT>

 

[EMAN]

(a)
Geforce has better drivers support but things can change because ATI has announced they will be releasing drivers every 2 weeks or so.

Image quality I would probably have to give it to ATI.

Speed is where Geforce is at.

(b)
More features ATI8500.
More Speed Geforce3.

(c)
None of these cards are best bang for buck. If you want 1 than a Radeon LE or Kyro2 will do you nicely.

 

[snow]

How about you pop this bad boy into your mental incubator until say October 2nd. Don't let it leak out now.