Xbit Labs does another <A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html" target="_new">benchmark of the FX5600U/5900U and R9800P/R9600P</A> with their HL2 based benchmark.
Not much too surprising, just further 'evidence', and likely they are correct about the potential future and release date. The mention of the R8500 and UT2K3 was interesting, and likely nV WILL come out with drivers that don't significantly reduce IQ, but I wouldn't want to lose the effects even if the IQ is similar (not including the eeffects), and considering they will have alot of time to refine those drivers, I'm not sure if it will be big news by then.
<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html</A>
Also you guys might want to check out the 'extreme' overclcocking done by xBit a few days ago (forgot to post from work), on both the R9800Pro and FX5900Ultra. Pretty good article too.
<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/extreme.html" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/extreme.html</A>
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Not much too surprising, just further 'evidence', and likely they are correct about the potential future and release date. The mention of the R8500 and UT2K3 was interesting, and likely nV WILL come out with drivers that don't significantly reduce IQ, but I wouldn't want to lose the effects even if the IQ is similar (not including the eeffects), and considering they will have alot of time to refine those drivers, I'm not sure if it will be big news by then.
<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/hl2.html</A>
Also you guys might want to check out the 'extreme' overclcocking done by xBit a few days ago (forgot to post from work), on both the R9800Pro and FX5900Ultra. Pretty good article too.
<A HREF="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/extreme.html" target="_new">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/extreme.html</A>
- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp <i>(or internet account)</i> ! <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com" target="_new"><font color=green>RED</font color=green> <font color=red>GREEN</font color=red></A> GA to SK