[xan] Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Tomshardware.com tested nVidia's next generation graphic card : GeForce FX : 'After long weeks of impatient waiting, it has finally arrived. NVIDIA has distributed the first GeForceFX cards to the press. Now, NVIDIA has to prove that it really has what it takes to topple ATI and its successful Radeon 9700 PRO from the throne. After NVIDIA introduced its new GeForceFX GPU at Comdex in Las Vegas in November, anticipation levels were very high. However, the company was not able to live up to its announced intention to release first samples as early as December. So it's all the more astonishing to see the hectic pace at which NVIDIA has finally launched its cards. We were given just about three days to test the card - not enough time to test all aspects of the card in full detail, but enough to bring you an extensive overview of the chip's performance' Read more at : tomshardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Who cares how long it takes, as long as the final product is far better then anything ATI puts out at the same time. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 the benchmark results are similar to that of the german website posted before,....geforceFX is not that all impressive as they said it would..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearMeAll Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Who cares how long it takes, as long as the final product is far better then anything ATI puts out at the same time. :D ATi came out with a card that pretty much seems to equal the Geforce FX months ago. I am pretty disappointed with this. I too was extremely excited when I heard about this card and was expecting to get 22,000 3dmarks with it. just a little disappointed, but now I'm glad I went ahead and gave into getting a 9700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 A further problem is the noise level. The fan produces an incredible racket on par with a vacuum cleaner - there's simply no other way to describe it. You can hear the card even if you're in another room of the house. Who the heck wants a card that loud :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 ATi came out with a card that pretty much seems to equal the Geforce FX months ago. I am pretty disappointed with this. I too was extremely excited when I heard about this card and was expecting to get 22,000 3dmarks with it. just a little disappointed, but now I'm glad I went ahead and gave into getting a 9700. Same here, this looks like a big disappoitment, and possibly bad news for nVidia. This isn't much better than the Rad9700 than the Rad8500 was over the GF3 Ti500, and that increase wasn't enough for ATi to take the crown. Frankly, I doubt this will be enough as it's been a good 5 or 6 months since the Rad9700. ATi probably aren't far from releasing a faster card themselves. I'd seriously consider selling any nVidia stock I had... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Wellz, Im sticking with my 'ol Geforce 4 Ti4200 128mb for now. I'll wait for the next irreration of ATIs cards or the 256mb version of the NV30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kombatant Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Try Anand's or Kyle's review... Tom's review is a joke once more; no screenshots, no IQ comparison, no nothing. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 27, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2003 Who cares how long it takes, as long as the final product is far better then anything ATI puts out at the same time. :D well you waited and the final product is only a little better in certain areas while the 9700 beats it in other areas how do you feel about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev64 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Anand's site not working :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Anand's site not working :( weird, .... its working fine for me......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev64 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Anand's site is working now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I never understood the reasoning on Tom's Hardware and now more than ever I feel the same way. I'm never reading the stuff on their site ever again. They're saying that the GF FX card is better than the 9700, in fact they call it "the King" in the conclusion and basically tell people that if they want the fastest card its worth the money. The FX is at least going to be 30% more expensive than the 9700, will be in limited quantity and ATI is probably going to have a faster card out by then. So they're suggesting people run out and buy a $450-$500 US card for the 1 to 2% speed improvement they'll see in games w/ no image quality improvement. No one can see the difference between 52.5 and 53.1 frames per second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 27, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2003 They're saying that the GF FX card is better than the 9700, in fact they call it "the King" in the conclusion yea..i didnt understand that "conclusion" either. i suppose it's the king, but they leave out the word "barely". the way they worded it, it almost comes across as slaughtering the 9700, which it doesn't. The FX is at least going to be 30% more expensive than the 9700 actually they're the same price. $399.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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