[ninelven]

Here you go: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...y/nv40_26.html.

Results depend largely on the map.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Tagrineth

Just revisiting to point out that I was not making a baseless accusation.

I don't think anyone accused you of a baseless accusation, just perhaps an overly hasty one. But it's not like his constantly changing system specs gave more reason to trust him, so I don't think you were wrong to be suspicious.

Wavey achieved no more than 55fps in any resolution.

If Wavey used the same demo as FS did in their own NV40 preview, then his system would appear to be *far* more CPU-limited, as FS got the NV40 up to 74fps @ both 8x6+4x8 & 10x7+4x8 with a 3400+. It's possible Vegetto's family member's (cousin's uncle's maid's college roommate's) Opteron's extra bandwidth could kick the ceiling up to 80fps, but that's even assuming he used the same demo. I remember seeing another UT2K4 score hitting 80 at 12x10+4x8, though it dipped to the 60s at 16x12+4x8, so in that sense Vegetto's post seemed optimistic. But I think its possible his demo wasn't a botmatch, or wasn't very long, or didn't have a lot of bots, as NV40 does seem able to achieve those scores in UT2K4. The fact that he pegged the other scores AND the clock speeds earns him the benefit of the doubt, IMO.

[Geeforcer]

Originally Posted by ninelven

Here you go: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...y/nv40_26.html.

Results depend largely on the map.

These Xbit scores are indeed larly inline with Vageito's.

What I am more interested in is where did the 4xOGSS+9-tap shots come from? Where they taken on a different card or does NV40 support all the legacy Nvidia AA modes, such an Quin. 2x and 4x, 4xS, 6xS, etc?

[christoph]

Originally Posted by Geeforcer

What I am more interested in is where did the 4xOGSS+9-tap shots come from? Where they taken on a different card or does NV40 support all the legacy Nvidia AA modes, such an Quin. 2x and 4x, 4xS, 6xS, etc?

see here:
http://www.3dcenter.de/artikel/nv40_...rks/index6.php

[Geeforcer]

3dceneter had two NV40 articles? Excellent work as usual.

Interestingly, unofficial 8xM mode provided quality very similar to the official 8x mode, while being ~50% faster. In fact, there seems to be something seriously screwed up with 8x AA, since the two 16x AA modes are significantly faster as well.

Altought, this still doesn't seem to explain those 4x Quincunx shots.

[Bambers]

their second 8x pattern is a little out, it's the 4x 'rotated grid' with 2x supersampling and so each subsample should be occupying a unique position horizontally. This is shown on the vertical lines on their tester pics.

[Evanescence]

Review board were only A1 boards, any chance that NV40 U coming with 475 in stores with A2 oder A3 stepping?

[Chalnoth]

Originally Posted by Evanescence

Review board were only A1 boards, any chance that NV40 U coming with 475 in stores with A2 oder A3 stepping?

Probably not most of them. We may see a few "golden-sample" type boards at least a month after first availability.

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by Evanescence

Review board were only A1 boards, any chance that NV40 U coming with 475 in stores with A2 oder A3 stepping?

I'm guessing about a month to two months after the R420 takes away the 6800 ultra's crown.

[Bjorn]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

I'm guessing about a month to two months after the R420 takes away the 6800 ultra's crown.

I really really hope that we'll see a race like that. Cause that will do wonders for the prices.

[Evanescence]

I can't imagine nvidia gonna user A1 samples for the final boards. It looks like even the AIB didn't know the real specs, Albatron sai 600/1000mhz, Gigabyte say 400/1000mhz and MSI speaks about higher Clocks.

[trinibwoy]

So any chance of Nvidia enabling those 'unofficial' AA modes in their final release? I didn't read the entire article but I didn't pick up on any disadvantages to them.

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by Bjorn

I really really hope that we'll see a race like that. Cause that will do wonders for the prices.

You and me both buddy, you and me both. 8)

Did I mention it's gonna be fun yet? This is going to be fun!