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Source Benchmarks

by Steve Gibson, Aug 19, 2004 9:39am PDT

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Early Source benchmarks are hitting the net and it appears that much like NVidia spanked ATI in DOOM3, ATI is handing out spankings in Source. Here are a few more scores

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ANNHIALALATED!!!
X800XT, I KNEW ATI WOULD COME THROUGH. FUCK NVIDIA.

Aug 19, 2004 11:59am PDT

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ANNHIALALATED!!! X800XT, I KNEW ATI WOULD COME THROUGH. FUCK NVIDIA. : crunchtime4l
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  this guy is smart. : dilutedq
  - * CRUNCH TIME * : Commee
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  lol. I was just happy that Nvidia heads got shot down this time around. : crunchtime4l
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    why? : [7]kami
    - Do the words "ATI Fanboy" ring any bells? Parents should monitor their children's time on the internet... : JWalk27
- your an idiot p.s FUCK NVIDIA : armybob

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By: phinn x Show Full Post

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I'm still disapointed. NVIDIA is owning my X800 in WoW beta, Far Cry, and Doom 3. And CS: Source has shitty graphics anyway who cares

Aug 19, 2004 6:21pm PDT

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I'm still disapointed. NVIDIA is owning my X800 in WoW beta, Far Cry, and Doom 3. And CS: Source has s... : phinn
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  I know of no Far Cry ownage. Please elaborate. : tigeN
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    SM3.0 + Far Cry = a lot of FPS. Am i the only one who doesn't give a rat's ass wich card is OWNING the... : [7]kami
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      SM 2.0b = exact same improvement. It's all about the instancing feature, which is even supported by the o... : tigeN
      
      Ah cool. But who cares anyway. We're talking a few FPS here. Maybe when the SM3.0 path (currently beta) i... : [7]kami

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Ahhhh, fanboys...how we love to make fun of you. LOL

The 6800 GT is still the best deal for the money. That hasn't changed, even if these prove to be valid benchmarks. The GT still beats the X800 Pro at default clock speeds, and will o/c to Ultra levels. So, ATI still has some major problems with their line-up and pricing. Personally, i will wait for a real review site to run real benchmarks of Half-Life 2, not some half-ass benchmarking of the Source engine.

Aug 20, 2004 6:12am PDT

Ahhhh, fanboys...how we love to make fun of you. LOL The 6800 GT is still the best deal for the money... : JWalk27

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Ah-hem, http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8210303

Somehow, I told ya so, doesn't quite cut it... ;)

Aug 19, 2004 7:19pm PDT

Ah-hem, http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8210303 Somehow, I told ya so, doesn't quite cut it... ;) : abubu

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????

They're comparing 6x AA on the ATI vs 8x on the nVidia. I mean sure, the ATI will still be faster, but that seems kinda weird...

Aug 19, 2004 11:08am PDT

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???? They're comparing 6x AA on the ATI vs 8x on the nVidia. I mean sure, the ATI will still be faste... : PUPSTAHS
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  I thought that visual quality wise ATI 6x = Nvidia 8x, that might've been awhile ago though. : SenorSpine
  - 8X on the nvidia uses supersampling, though, which will antialias alpha textures. something that pure mul... : sheff
- ATI does not have an 8x mode : r1cola

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Dunno what their demo consisted of, but their numbers sure look alot different than these:
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=1181&s=7

Aug 19, 2004 10:01am PDT

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Dunno what their demo consisted of, but their numbers sure look alot different than these: http://www.vr... : sheff
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More VST benchmarks showing signs of Nvidia being below ATI

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half-life2_vst/default.asp

Aug 19, 2004 12:30pm PDT

More VST benchmarks showing signs of Nvidia being below ATI http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half-l... : MrLonghair

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well i hope you guys enjoyed your vacation from this playing doom3 cause it's about to start all over again....

I'm gonna invent a video card switcher that lets you switch between your ati and nvidia card (which you have to buy to play both game the way they were intended). Not only that I'm gonna get in the sack with id and valve and 3drealms (who will be supporting belkin's brand new line of 3d cards) and create the ultimate in bias. It will be called" "The doomed-tri-forever-life switchy thingy"

Aug 19, 2004 10:08am PDT

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well i hope you guys enjoyed your vacation from this playing doom3 cause it's about to start all over aga... : pzilla
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- Tomorrow I'm off to take a loan and buy 6800 for doom and x800 xt for HL2. Then we can only hope that Epi... : te[R]ror
- That would be nice. A raiser-AGP with no loss in signal : MrLonghair

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http://www.driverheaven.net/V3/12_9_max.JPG

This is bullshit. I have a practically identical machine (with a 6800ultra) and get 110 fps (with 6x FSAA instead of 8xS, why they used 8xS I don't know). Did they leave it running in 60hz with vsync on or something?

Aug 19, 2004 9:58am PDT

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http://www.driverheaven.net/V3/12_9_max.JPG This is bullshit. I have a practically identical machine (... : menkey
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By: sheff x Show Full Post

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More benchies:
http://www.gamers-depot.com/hardware/video_cards/source/002.htm

No numbers for 6800 GT's, unfortunately, but they do have a vanilla 6800 and an X800 pro in the mix.

Aug 19, 2004 10:13am PDT

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More benchies: http://www.gamers-depot.com/hardware/video_cards/source/002.htm No numbers for 6800 GT... : sheff
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    doh, wish they would have marked the 6800 OC as a GT on the graphs =/ : sheff
    - They should fix that. 6800 OC != 6800 GT : mrtony
- I don't know if it's the CPU, but I'm getting much higher benchmarks with my A64 3500+ and 6800GT. I don'... : Serpico74

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Are the in game fps capped in HL2 like D3 is?

Aug 19, 2004 10:24am PDT

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Are the in game fps capped in HL2 like D3 is? : Prototype
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- nope, the fps_max command controls that, and I think it is defaulted at 300 fps : rockerbsf

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Somehow I think I'll be ok with everything maxed out and 90 frames per second.

I think I could get more out of it too, if I had a newer CPU and not this old P4 2.4/533mhz.

Aug 19, 2004 10:10am PDT

Somehow I think I'll be ok with everything maxed out and 90 frames per second. I think I could get m... : grendel

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It will be interesting to see how these figures hold up in a more gameplay like benchmark, an actual timedemo in HL2 when it's out.

Aug 19, 2004 9:44am PDT

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It will be interesting to see how these figures hold up in a more gameplay like benchmark, an actual time... : Carnivac
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- I think this thread will be "interesting" :) : moshman