• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Detonator 52.10/52.14 review

Nice, they finally translated it. Everyone should check it to see that nV has totally removed trilinear filtering from AF in D3D (the API of choice for most new games). I'd like to see future reviews concentrate on whether reviewers notice a difference in IQ with the new drivers. The optimizations (read: IQ degradations) seem particularly useless in that they provide, at most, a 5-7% increase in benchmark numbers for what looks like a large decrease in IQ (max 2xAF on everything but the first texture stage, and no trilinear at all!). As the article noted, you won't notice the reduced MIP-map transitions of nV's brilinear filter in static screenshots, but it is noticable in motion. This really throws out the previously-found conclusion that ATi is better in AA and nV is better in AF. With these new drivers, it would appear ATi is better in both.

On the plus side, nV appears to have improved shader performance by 25-30% in ShaderMark 2.0. This may be the reason Anand's latest rumored HL2 numbers jumped in performance.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top