jiffylube1024
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^^ Yikes! <10fps on many benchmarks (and this seems not uncommon for non-Radeon 9700's). I'm trying to download 3d Fark 2k3 (mainly to watch the game demos), but it's slow everywhere. I have a strong feeling that this will give me the pointless "my 2 GHz system with Ti4200 is inadequate" feeling, even though that makes no rational sense whatsoever. This benchmark will be more relevant when games actually start using DX9, Pixel/Vertex shadar 2.0 (or even 1.4). For now it's just purdy graphics and low framerates.
I have a feeling many 3dmark believers will start to get the strong urge to get a 9500 or 9700, despite the fact that upgrading to one (particularly from a GF4 or 8500) will not be too useful until about 6 months from now, after R350 and even possibly R400 is out.
I have a feeling many 3dmark believers will start to get the strong urge to get a 9500 or 9700, despite the fact that upgrading to one (particularly from a GF4 or 8500) will not be too useful until about 6 months from now, after R350 and even possibly R400 is out.