ATi Rage Fury Maxx. :^)

[Remedy]

Anyone here still have one of these cards? I wonder how they are in todays games.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: ReMeDy{WcS}
Anyone here still have one of these cards? I wonder how they are in todays games.

In benchmarks it was a bit slower than a Geforce1 DDR, so I would say... not very well.

 

[Remedy]

I'm still going to buy it and put it on the shelf for decoration. Thanks anyway.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: ReMeDy{WcS}
I'm still going to buy it and put it on the shelf for decoration. Thanks anyway.

That's pretty much all its good for now anyway. If you get an itch to try some games with it... a warning: it doesn't work under Windows 2000, and odds are Windows XP as well.

 

[Remedy]

Yes, I've read the ATi MaXX FAQ over and over. Sigh... But i like your sig though! But i'm sad again from the maxx reviews.

 

[nRollo]

Heh, I had a MAXX for a while back when it wasn't a bad card to have. Pretty great IQ except for some bizarre UT texturing problems.

 

[Idoxash]

I found mine ol one to be great at Tribes One and Unreal Tor, and it did tribes 2 ah ok ifya like keep everything down half way... this was done on windows 98se useing an duron 800 at the time... have no ideal how it would do on my Piii 1266mhz.

 

[MikeFeury]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed... a warning: it doesn't work under Windows 2000, and odds are Windows XP as well.

I had Win2000 running on a Rage Fury for 6-9 months last year - did fine. Maybe it didn't work when Win2000 first came out, lots of hardware wouldn't.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: MikeFeury

Originally posted by: KnightBreed... a warning: it doesn't work under Windows 2000, and odds are Windows XP as well.

I had Win2000 running on a Rage Fury for 6-9 months last year - did fine. Maybe it didn't work when Win2000 first came out, lots of hardware wouldn't.

We're talking about the Maxx, not Fury. The fact that the card is dual-chip causes issues in Windows 2000.

 

[DClark]

I gave my Rage Fury Maxx to my brother; when I upgrade my graphics card early next year, I was going to take back the Maxx and install my Radeon 8500 in his family's computer. I was hoping to try to experiment with the Maxx in my Pentium 4 based computer (I know it's supposed to not work with the P4 due to AGP voltage issues, but I'm hoping my SiS chipsetted motherboard allows the Maxx to run in AGPx2 mode), and see what a Maxx with a P4 @ around 2.3Ghz or higher would score in 3DMark99, 2000, and 2001.

Looking at the 3DMark2001 scores in the MadOnion ORB (in 2001 the Maxx is just listed as a Rage 128 Pro) and comparing scores with similar fill rates, it looks like the Maxx is still scaling up past 1.8 Ghz with the Athlons. At 1255mhz a guy's getting 2152 marks; at 1467mhz it's getting 2273 marks; at 1575mhz it's getting 2448 marks; and at 1870mhz it's getting 2726 marks. Sure they're low scores (my P3 700@980 and 32mb Radeon LE@200/200 was scoring over 3200 marks), but it still hasn't peaked. Judging by the fill rates, those Maxx scores appear to be stock clocked as well.

At that rate it should be in the 4000 mark range with an AthlonXP 4000+

 

[weeber]

My Dad still has one in his computer, but I'm replacing it with my old Geforce2 when I get back home. It seemed to serve his needs well, but I think it had quite a few compatability problems with games. Plus ATI dropped support for it as soon as the 8500 came into being. That dual-chip configuration seemed to cause more problems than it helped.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: weeber
My Dad still has one in his computer, but I'm replacing it with my old Geforce2 when I get back home. It seemed to serve his needs well, but I think it had quite a few compatability problems with games. Plus ATI dropped support for it as soon as the 8500 came into being. That dual-chip configuration seemed to cause more problems than it helped.

I thought they dropped support much earlier, like when the original Radeon came out.