- Oct 24, 2000
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Hellbinder over at Rage3D Forums has this to say:
In a nut shell. Nvidia has changed the names of their AF modes to match ATi's names. In their new drivers call Ballanced AF *Quality* and Aggressive AF *Performance*. Thus intentionally misleading averyone as to what AF on the Nv30 is actually doing. Undoubtedly this will skew Benchmark results from this day forward. If NV30 is not set to *application* it does not properly use Trilinear, and there are other subtle differences that have a big affect on performance.
Thus imo Nvidia has now crossed the line Further than any stupid Quak thing ever did. You will especially see this in the upcomming 9600pro comparrisons to the 5600/5200. Digit life and Hardocp have both shown the detailed results of what Nvidias AF modes offer. While there are clearly differences in each IHV's approach to AF. Clearly for what each final product offers to the user to the naked eye ballanced is not comparable to Ati's Quality.
This is DIRECTLY related to ATi products, and the affect the upcomming reviews will have on benchmark results. As it seems that all results will be Ati's Quality mode on the 9600pro unfairly compared to Nvidias ballanced mode which has now been renamed to *Quality* in the drivers intentionally and deceptively by Nvidia. It seems that they were paying attention to the MaxPC thread and H articles regarding the confusion about AF settings. Instead of Fixing their AF, they have chosen to enable all the MaxPC's of the world, and all reviewers who just go by what Nvidia tells them to do. From now on reviews will say "Quality" AF Vs "Quality" AF. Making it look like a completely fair comparrison.. when in reality nothing could be further from the truth. Just be aware of how far that is going to Skew Benchmark results especially in the higher resolutions.
He points to this Beyond3D thread as a reference.
Edit: How long until Chizow...
In a nut shell. Nvidia has changed the names of their AF modes to match ATi's names. In their new drivers call Ballanced AF *Quality* and Aggressive AF *Performance*. Thus intentionally misleading averyone as to what AF on the Nv30 is actually doing. Undoubtedly this will skew Benchmark results from this day forward. If NV30 is not set to *application* it does not properly use Trilinear, and there are other subtle differences that have a big affect on performance.
Thus imo Nvidia has now crossed the line Further than any stupid Quak thing ever did. You will especially see this in the upcomming 9600pro comparrisons to the 5600/5200. Digit life and Hardocp have both shown the detailed results of what Nvidias AF modes offer. While there are clearly differences in each IHV's approach to AF. Clearly for what each final product offers to the user to the naked eye ballanced is not comparable to Ati's Quality.
This is DIRECTLY related to ATi products, and the affect the upcomming reviews will have on benchmark results. As it seems that all results will be Ati's Quality mode on the 9600pro unfairly compared to Nvidias ballanced mode which has now been renamed to *Quality* in the drivers intentionally and deceptively by Nvidia. It seems that they were paying attention to the MaxPC thread and H articles regarding the confusion about AF settings. Instead of Fixing their AF, they have chosen to enable all the MaxPC's of the world, and all reviewers who just go by what Nvidia tells them to do. From now on reviews will say "Quality" AF Vs "Quality" AF. Making it look like a completely fair comparrison.. when in reality nothing could be further from the truth. Just be aware of how far that is going to Skew Benchmark results especially in the higher resolutions.
He points to this Beyond3D thread as a reference.
Edit: How long until Chizow...
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