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DreamMaker <onesuponatime@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:<2mof909d3u5h5ehesk85bpjlhhes9c8ak6@4ax.com>...
> On Tue, 04 May 2004 16:47:56 GMT, "Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t
> . n o> wrote:
>
> >Reason for not running? They don't say "Technology: DirectX 9.0" anymore!!!
> >
> >See for yourself, compare it to 97/9800 series demo.
> >
> >"Jack" <jackbrugts@keyaccess.nl> wrote in message
> >news:4097ae40$0$4199$6c23b454@dreader1...
> >> Hi there
> >>
> >> Do the new ati demos also work on the 9800 pro?
> >>
> >> Bye
> >>
> >> Jack
> >>
> >>
> >
> I'm prety shure that there is a special code that prvent it to works
> because all of the demo work fine bur this one.
>
> even the nvidia demo works on ny 9800pro so screw ati...
> there are just scare to lower their selling because the performance of
> their x800 is only a notch over the xt...
How about the new compression? Their ruby demo uses the new
compression method..and since the 9800 Pro doesn't has that in its
hardware.....
It won't run!