One thing I could not stand is to pay 600.00 (orig. price I paid for GTX) but because of Nvidia's failure to include hardware HDR+AA ability, I would be forced to choose between AA or HDR.
Thankfully, DOD-S does not force this, and I complement valve for doing a superb job.
However, it obviously begs the question of what is in store for the next 6 months? Will newer games like Elder Scrolls, Ghost Recon 3 etc only cater to hardware HDR+AA?
If so, this is pretty much reason enough for me to switch, even though I'm not that convinced that the X1800xt is all that much better, unless it is able to clock high enough to outdo an OC'ed 512mb GTX....
Anyway, what do you think?
Personally (side note), I think both the GTX and X1800 are a little underpowered for the price. Nvidia says the 6800U is supposed to run things nice up to 1600x1200, and the GTX is for resolutions above that. Frankly, that's bullsht IMV, because a stock GTX should own at 1680x1050 with all options turned up but it doesn't even get 60fps in all cases, even in 6 month old games (!), though it may with newer drivers. Anyway, I interpret a card whose lowest res is 1680x1050 ought to pwn at that resolution, not hit the bare minimum 60fps with all options on. (Complaint over.) I think we should have seen a 512mb, 600+mhz GTX for the price and times.
Thankfully, DOD-S does not force this, and I complement valve for doing a superb job.
However, it obviously begs the question of what is in store for the next 6 months? Will newer games like Elder Scrolls, Ghost Recon 3 etc only cater to hardware HDR+AA?
If so, this is pretty much reason enough for me to switch, even though I'm not that convinced that the X1800xt is all that much better, unless it is able to clock high enough to outdo an OC'ed 512mb GTX....
Anyway, what do you think?
Personally (side note), I think both the GTX and X1800 are a little underpowered for the price. Nvidia says the 6800U is supposed to run things nice up to 1600x1200, and the GTX is for resolutions above that. Frankly, that's bullsht IMV, because a stock GTX should own at 1680x1050 with all options turned up but it doesn't even get 60fps in all cases, even in 6 month old games (!), though it may with newer drivers. Anyway, I interpret a card whose lowest res is 1680x1050 ought to pwn at that resolution, not hit the bare minimum 60fps with all options on. (Complaint over.) I think we should have seen a 512mb, 600+mhz GTX for the price and times.
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