[hjs]

I didn't found a thread at this forum, but what do you think of this?

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=637

From a major news source, Microsoft is, with the assistance of nVidia, about to release a new version of the great and essencial DirectX 9. And it will be Direct X 9.1. What's so amazing about this? Well, this new DX will favour nVidia's CPU's, especially regarding the pixels shaders 2.0. When accompanied by a regular update, the expected performances would be with the height of the unconditionnal hopes of the californian company. The perfomances in DX9 (for example HL2) would then be similar to those of the competition in terms of quality and especially in terms of speed. And all in precision mode of 32 bit in the PS 2.0.

Maybe a better management of the instructions of the PS 2.0 (improvement management of the streaming instructions ). To quantify, that could go to 60% of profit. A percentage that seems confusing and amazing but that we can't verify before it is released. All that we can say is if that is going to occur exactly as annouced, it will be an enormous relief for all the purchasers of GeForce FX.

Original post: http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/11346.htm

[K.I.L.E.R]

I hope this is more than just a PR stunt. I would really prefer the FX5900U to crush the top end Radeon line in terms of performance and IQ, especially so considering the cost of the card.

Unfortunately I'm dreaming again.

[T2k]

Originally Posted by hjs

I didn't found a thread at this forum, but what do you think of this?

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=637

Original post: http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/11346.htm

It's just stupid IMHO, no logic.

Well, this new DX will favour nVidia's CPU's, especially regarding the pixels shaders 2.0. - excuse me? How can you do that if you already HAVE PS2.0?
And so on...

Rumours.

[CorwinB]

I suppose Nvidia made up with the "Team DX"... :P

[Dave Baumann]

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8484

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by CorwinB

I suppose Nvidia made up with the "Team DX"... :P

[John Reynolds]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

It's alive!!!!

Hey, hope you're feeling better. And stop thinking about those cigarettes!

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by John Reynolds

It's alive!!!!

Hey, hope you're feeling better. And stop thinking about those cigarettes!

You kidding? The only thinking I'm doing about cigarettes is how much I ain't never smoking another one...this was a bit too close for my liking.

Besides, after the angioplasti & stent I feel better than I have in years....I'd hate to mess that up.

[jjayb]

Don't want to take this off topic but I will anyway.

What happened Dig?

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by jjayb

Don't want to take this off topic but I will anyway.

What happened Dig?

Heart-attack on Sunday. Very scary. Got to ride in an ambulance, got me heart all fixed up, and got home on Tuesday night. (Or was it Wenesday? It's been a looooooong week. )

Everything really is fine now, I had like a 95% blocked artery that probably would have killed me in a few months if I hadn't gotten it tended to...and I didn't have any heart-damage from the attack.

I took it as a cheap lesson in why I shouldn't smoke and why I should take better care of my health. And it scared the bloody hell out of my wife & family, she's doting over me very happily now..it's sweet.

I got a couple of slow weeks ahead of me where I ain't supposed to strain myself, but after that I should be just fine. I feel great, albeit a bit tired lately...but that's kind of to be expected. (Oh, and I got a truly frightening looking bruise on my right thigh where they went in for the angioplasti & stent...but it doesn't hurt at all. )

[martrox]

Glad you are doing well, DW....those cig's are a killer.....lost my best friend 3 weeks ago because he just refused to give em up....was only a year older than me.

[Doomtrooper]

Geesh....get well man

Time to start working out

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by martrox

Glad you are doing well, DW....those cig's are a killer.....lost my best friend 3 weeks ago because he just refused to give em up....was only a year older than me.

Sorry to hear that Martrox.

It's weird, but I'm not even tempted to cheat. I know what smoking does/will do to me now and the thought just repulses me.

Besides, it wouldn't be fair to my family. I kind of scared the bejesus out of 'em, the least I can do is try and recover right & stay healthy.

[T2k]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

Sorry to hear that Martrox.

It's weird, but I'm not even tempted to cheat. I know what smoking does/will do to me now and the thought just repulses me.

Besides, it wouldn't be fair to my family. I kind of scared the bejesus out of 'em, the least I can do is try and recover right & stay healthy.

Yeah, it's about your family. That was my main reason when I stopped smoking last year: on my birthday I just finished forever. Before that day I smoked a whole pack per day over more than 10 ys - and I never smoked again since then.

The first month was hard... it's about self discipline and strength of WILL...
After 3-4 months you'll feel the TASTES again. I mean BETTER, really. It's just cool. 8)

[martrox]

And....in about 90 days you will get back a sense of smell! Be aware, though, that everything smells really weird for a while........

[gkar1]

Originally Posted by K.I.L.E.R

I hope this is more than just a PR stunt. I would really prefer the FX5900U to crush the top end Radeon line in terms of performance and IQ, especially so considering the cost of the card.

Unfortunately I'm dreaming again.

Words of a blinded uninformed f@nboy as always

[K.I.L.E.R]

Originally Posted by gkar1

Dreams of a blind erotic f@nboy as always

I should bring back my last sig eh?

[jjayb]

Glad you're okay Dig. On a quiting smoking related note, I'm just finished my second week without a cigarette.

[bloodbob]

Well if they can get 60% preformance out of DX9.1 without having more then a 1bit per pixel change in the DX9.0 Rendering good for them. I think we just gonna have to render sences in both the standard and new compiler paths and start doing image comparisions also capturing the HLSL asmble that is compiled will be help us check for foobarness.

[PaulS]

I don't want to turn this into a personal thread, but just quickly wanted to wish Dig all the best. You survived, many don't - Take it as a sign (as you already have, seemingly)

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As for DX9.1, i'd be suprised if the legitimate increases are going to be as big as the kind of numbers they're throwing around. A combination of more suitable DX code, legal optimisations and "illegal" optimisations will get them those kind of increases, possibly, though.

But, as someone else said, image quality tests will have to be run to see what's going on.

[digitalwanderer]

Thanks, I really am feeling great and am just having a rough time "taking it easy"...but I'm doing it and will keep on doing it 'til my cardiologist tells me otherwise, I have the "death fear" thing about it now.

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Does anyone know when dx9.1 will come out/will supposedly come out? I was expecting the cat 5's to be officially released by now and I kind of thought the two events might just coincide....

[Tim]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

Does anyone know when dx9.1 will come out/will supposedly come out? I was expecting the cat 5's to be officially released by now and I kind of thought the two events might just coincide....

The Cat5s will be released in 2005 the Cat4s will be released in 2004. The Cat number are based on the year they are released.

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by Tim

The Cat5s will be released in 2005 the Cat4s will be released in 2004. The Cat number are based on the year they are released.

Uhm, no.

The Cat 40s are technically the set most people have been using all this year and the Cat 50s should be coming out pretty soon. (The leaked 52.16 dets I believe are going thru WHQL right now, if rumors are true.)

[Xmas]

Originally Posted by digitalwanderer

The Cat 40s are technically the set most people have been using all this year and the Cat 50s should be coming out pretty soon. (The leaked 52.16 dets I believe are going thru WHQL right now, if rumors are true.)

ATI != NVidia

[digitalwanderer]

Originally Posted by Xmas

ATI != NVidia

Dang it, posting before my third cup-o-joe.

I meant "Dets" in place of "Cat"....sorry 'bout that.