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GeForce FX Launch
The GeForce FX, nVidia's new graphics accelerator, was released to press last week. Reviews came in and I was severely disappointed. The card has 16gb/s bandwidth vs the Radeon 9700 Pro's 19.8. The FX has 128 bit memory structure vs Radeon 9700 Pro. Though it's about a 175mhz faster clock speed, that doesn't seem to be a good thing. The cooling system (very interesting looking) is over 60 decibels loud and can be heard from the other room. Plus, it reaches over 150 F with that cooling system which takes up an extra PCI slot below the AGP. In benchmark tests, the FX was better than the 9700 Pro during normal situations but at the higher res (1600x1200) it suffered and the 9700 Pro was still better at AA and ansiotrophic filtering. For $400, it's not much better than the 9700 Pro and is much louder... ugh.
Read a very good review at one of my favorite sites; Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030127/index.html |
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