I was bored

[Killbat]

So I ran 3DMark2001, and while I was browsing results online, I saw the first GeForce4 3DMark scores I've seen, and they were, uh, not especially impessive? I mean, surely 3DMark 2001 is not the best way to compare such a new and powerful card, but still.

My Radeon 8500 ($139 on Newegg) scores ~7600 marks.
The reference GeForce4's (ti4600 $280 on Newegg) score ~8600 marks.

That's 54 marks per dollar for the 8500 and 30 marks per dollar for the ti4600. I'm not up-to-the-nanosecond on all the latest chips, but I was expecting a far larger gap in performance considering the $140 gap in price.

 

[Actaeon]

Rather Interesting, But I'm confident you are CPU limited, as thats the reason why, the gap isn't so big between the R8500 and the Ti4600.

Whats your system specs btw?

I currently get 6781 3d Marks on a 1.2ghz Athlon, and a OCed Ti200. While doing the ORB GPU Comparison, (Same CPU vs Different GPU Scores), The Ti4600 only scores 7647 less than a 900 point difference, while the Radeon 8500 scores 7060, Less than a 100 point difference.

Doing a search on there data base, I looked up scores.

AthlonXP @ 1800mhz.
Ti4600 - 11480
Radeon 8500 - 9457

Pentium 4 @ 3000mhz
Ti4600 - 15238
R8500 -12223

Pentium 4

Ti4600 - 3917 mhz - 17230
R8500 - 3860 - 13916

2000 point difference on the Athlon, 3000 on the P4, and 3300 on the highly OCed P4s.

I'm sure the performance difference between the two cards is worth the price, given the fact you have a fast CPU.

 

[Peter]

That's one thing, really fast graphics engines must be paired with equally fast systems to show their potential.

Besides, the price-performance ratio is far from linear at the top end ... For example, Athlon XP-2200 is $60 more than XP-2100 (about $1 per MHz), while the price difference for the same 66 MHz jump from 1700 to 1800 is a mere $5 ... and the price difference between a Duron 800 and 900 is one CENT.

regards, Peter

 

[Killbat]

Mine is an Athlon MP (one CPU) @ 1.3Ghz, 145Mhz bus, DDR RAM.

I know the function isn't linear, but it's so not linear (quadradic, logarithmic, sinusoidal, I don't give an ass) that I can rarely understand people who insist on purchasing these new cards the moment they're released. The gain in performance is nowhere near worth the cost IMO.
Whatever, though, it's thanks to those people I can have my 9700 for $150 when games are released that actually utilize it.