Little graphics card poll

[nephalim]

To a moderator: please change one vote from no way to yes. I upgraded.

However, I got a Radeon 9000 mobility (it's actually faster than the regular 9000 but slower than the pro.) I can't find what pixel and vertex shader versions it has, ATi's press release says 1.4/1.4, i've also seen 1.3/1.0, and 1.3/1.3. Every review seems to have it different. Can someone please tell me what the implications of this are (not having version 2.0)? What's the difference, and will it not matter that I have pixel/vertex shaders since they aren't 2.0?

 

[CLSugarman]

I heard the FX series doesn't have FULL 2.0 support. My ATI does, and i got a 9500, and softmod'd to a 9700 with 9800 features (for example not rendering hidden objects) all i need now to overclock it to 9800 speed, and i'm set. now to find a cooler. btw, GREAT work Lemmy! if emulation is going to improve,sacrfices must be made. sorry for low-end users, but it's about time to catch up with the rest of us. did i mentioned i payed $130 for my card

 

[CLSugarman]

i was reading up on TruForm, and it seems very simple to implement, and TruForm (or N-Patch) can be optional. it seems very well worth considering it's probably just 10 lines of code, max.

http://www.ati.com/developer/truform_faq.html#T4

did more researching... TruForm technology aka tesselation, works on NVidia as well

 

[Stezo2k]

mine can, but the only thing i dont like about my GF3 is it's 4X, when my mobo can support up to 8X, oh well :/

my next card will probably be an ATI if they are cheap enough :happy:

 

[Trotterwatch]

mine can, but the only thing i dont like about my GF3 is it's 4X, when my mobo can support up to 8X, oh well :/

8x is not needed, it gives no real performance advantage for the current crop of cards, especially not any card of GF4 or below calibre.

 

[Stezo2k]

ah ok fair enuff, thanks anyway mate

 

[NeoNight]

my 128mb fx 5200 will be able to use that hehe (just upgraded from a 32 mb geforce 2 gts)

 

[Kahenraz]

Correction. I no longer have a gfx card with pixel shader support. I blew out my GF3 and my MSI motherboard during a video card swap.

 

[Geoz]

Correction. I no longer have a gfx card with pixel shader support. I blew out my GF3 and my MSI motherboard during a video card swap.

Does this mean a new version of nemu? by any chance...
jus' asking

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Here is the rule to go by:

If 3D Mark 2001 SE skips the Game4-Nature test, your video card don't have any pixel shader support.

 

[Kahenraz]

[Update]
I now support pixel shaders once again!

 

[Doomulation]

Uhh yeah, I think I did manage to write a small app that tests if your card supports pixel shader and vertex shader...also displays what versions of them your card supports.
I should remember to attach it sometime when I'm home.

 

[Kahenraz]

Doom, is it possible to write a software pixel shader?

 

[Doomulation]

I say, it will *test* what version you have.
Besides, it *is* possible, how else could the manufacturers have done it?

 

[Federelli]

Whatever happened to this project?