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Dienstag 09.11.1999 |
| 09.11 - ATi Rage Fury MAXX Es gibt eine Reihe von Previews zur ATi Rage Fury MAXX im Web. Die Karte schlägt sich in den ersten Tests schon sehr beeindruckend: The ATI Rage Fury MAXX does very well at high resolutions, but you definitely need a fast processor to get all the performance out of this card. If you were paying attention to how the MAXX scored against the SDR GeForce, you would have noticed that the MAXX performed well against the GeForce on the P3-600 at 1024 and higher resolutions. The MAXX still has a couple glaring faults. Most notable is the less than spectacular performance on low end CPUs. This shouldn't be much of a problem if you consider that anyone willing to spend $250+ on a graphics card probably already has a powerful processor. Of course, if you have $250 to spend on an upgrade and you're still running on a Celeron 300A or a similar speed processor, you should upgrade your CPU/Mobo before the video card (unless you're still running a virge). The MAXX also needs a little help at low resolutions. Those of you interested only in frame rates (read: don't care about high resolutions) might want to pass on this card, but the MAXX is a viable option for those of you who like running high resolutions with all the eye candy enabled. For these high-res, eye-candy people, the choice between the SDR GeForce and Rage Fury MAXX is going to be a difficult one to make. Especially when you consider that no other next generation video card can beat ATI's hardware DVD support. Wow! We were absolutely blown away by the performance of both cards. This round proved to be a tough one indeed. On the high-end Athlon 700 the ATI Rage Fury Maxx, under 32bit mode, absolutely tore apart the GeForce, and sent it away carrying a jar of Vaseline. We did the 16bit benchmarks, however it's doubtful that anyone would want to spend $2K+ on a high-end gaming system, then an additional $250.00 for a graphics card just to run it at 640x480 @ 16bit. What I can't understand, is why NVIDIA hasn't looked in their own backyard instead of worrying about other companies like 3dfx not supporting 32bit rendering with their Voodoo3 part, when it's obvious that their own chip falls apart when switching to 32bit mode. Sometimes even losing up to 50% framerate. Perhaps they should've called it the GeFARCE? Hopefully those scores will improve as they release newer drivers in the future. The ATi Rage Fury MAXX we tested is still in a Beta form. Its drivers will continue to mature on the way to its launch date in December. We're not sure exactly how much more performance will be squeezed from the MAXX's drivers as the card seems to be pretty solid in that department already. Likewise, the drivers of the high-technology GeForce256 chip will also continue to mature, and could also bring gains in performance with them as NVIDIA's engineers optimize more of their new thoroughbred's raw potential. It seems that the MAXX is clearly being positioned as a card that will rain performance benefits down on its buyers in the games and titles of today, like Unreal Tournament, Quake3: Arena and others, as well as titles that appear over the next three to six months that take advantage of DX7's Texture Compression routines. The GeForce256 cards on the other hand seem as if they won't be able to fully realize their true potential in a gamer's PC until more Transform & Lighting optimized titles are released throughout all of 2000. T & L isn't supported on the Rage Fury MAXX, ATi's position is one of doubt regarding the new geometry intensive technique's support at the software developer level…at least for now. 09.11 - 3DMark 2000- Gewinnspiel!!
Neue Zwiebeln, neues Glück! MadOnion veranstaltet ein Gewinnspiel bei dem 1000$ zu gewinnen sind. Es geht darum einen passenden Namen für den neuen Girlie-Star in 3DMark 2000 zu finden (Da macht das Benchmarken doch gleich doppelt spass <eg>): It's MadOnion.com's "Who That Girl" from 3DMark2000 Contest! She's sexy. She's self-assured. She's the star of the 3DMark 2000 Demo and you and your readers can help bring her to life by giving her a name. There's $1000.00USD in it for the person who provides the coolest moniker. Eure Vorschläge könnt ihr auf der Site von MadOnion abgeben!
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Montag 08.11.1999 |
08.11 - CPU Skalierbarkeit des NVIDIA GeForce
Das neue Feature am NVIDIA GeForce 256 ist die
Hardwareunterstützt T&L (Transformation & Lightning) Berechnung. Diese soll die
CPU entlasten und für einen weitaus höheren Polygondurchsatz (Dreiecksberechnung)
sorgen. GeForce 256 & CPU Skalierbarkeit 08.11 - 3D Mark 2000 Das Release Datum des neuen MadOnion (vormals Futuremark) Benchmarks 3DMark 2000 ist nicht mehr weit. Seitens MadOnion hat man mir auf eine Anfrage folgende Antwort geschickt: I can not tell you much at this point except that you don't have long to wait. There is no beta version but out release date is quickly approaching. Features/Changes to the new version are numerous, and I really can't discuss too much yet, but I will say that the new version will include a T&L dedicated pipe, making it ideal for benchmarking the next generation of cards. In Kurzfassung auf Deutsch: Eine Beta Version wird es nicht geben. Das Release Datum ist nicht mehr fern. Der Benchmark wird auch die T&L Fähigkeit der Next-Generation Karten berücksichtigen. 08.11 - GeForce Rreviews
08.11 - S3 Tweak v1.06d Es gibt eine neue Version von S3 Tweak (für Karten der Savage Familie) We're pretty sure this one finally fixes the dodgy overclocking on Savage3D and some Savage4 cards. Overclocking warning should be better behaved, though it still might show up when it shouldn't. Won't change gamma unless you've actually made changes in the gamma dialog and saved them. 08.11 - Napalm Spekulationen Tweak 3D wagt den Blick in die Kristallkugel und spekuliert darüber ob 3dfx Napalm gar ein lizensierte Technologie von Gigapixel ist. On GigaPixel's site is a RealVideo clip that I found interesting. It's an eight minute segment of a TV program titled "Eye On Business," in which GigaPixel is featured as a technology company, their engineers speak out, and the founder talks about GigaPixel's goals and ambitions. In the clip it is mentioned that while the company is only 10 months old (at the time of the program), they've got "a long list of customers who insist on non-disclosure." It'll be interesting to see just who these "customers" are. Is it possible? Would 3dfx actually consider licensing intellectual property for use in its own hardware designs? Anything's possible. Perhaps the better question would be, "Is it likely?" Of course, no one can really say - no one but 3dfx, that is. Anything else would be... you guessed it: speculation. Naja... nur weil Frauen alle die gleiche Grundmerkmale aufweisen bedeutet das nochnicht das alle Schwestern sind. Den komplettenArtikel gibt es hier. |
Sonntag 07.11.1999 |
| 07.11 - ELSA Movie Update ELSA bietet ein Update für die Deutsche Version des DVD Players ELSA Movie auf Treiberversion 2.0.36.6158: German.exe (ThanX to Patrick) 07.11 - ASUS V6600 SmartDoctor Technologie
ASUS bietet bei der neuen ASUS GeForce Karte V6600 Deluxe eine SmartDoctor getaufte Technologie, die auf RIVA Station exklusiv in Deutschland vorgestellt wird: ASUS V6600 Deluxe SmartDoctor Technologie 07.11 - Neues Design von RIVA Station Das Design von RIVA Station war nach eineinhalb Jahren etwas
angestaubt. Bei der Gewinnspiel-Umfrage wurde Design beim Punkt 'Verbessern' auch am
häufigsten genannt.... so here it is! Ich hoffe das die Umstellung soweit problemlos
vonstatten gegangen ist. Sollten scheinbar falsche Bilder oder Frameinhalte angezeigt
werden empfehle ich einen kompletten Reload der Site im Web-Browser (Shift-Taste +
Aktualisieren). |
Samstag 06.11.1999 |
| 06.11 - ERAZOR III Treiber ELSA hat neue Windows NT Treiber für die ELSA Erazor III mit TNT2 released. Die Treiber basieren auf den NVIDIA Referenztreibern v3.53 und bieten ein neues Setup mit Deinstallations Tool: ELSA Erazor III Windows NT Treiber (ThanX for the Mails! :-)) 06.11 - ASUS V6600 Infos Voodooextreme hat Informationen zur 'Secret Weapon' von ASUS : V6600 Infos 06.11 - 3D Winbench 2000 Ziff Davis hat den Benchmark 3D Winbech 2000 veröffentlicht: New for 2000! 3D WinBench 2000 uses the new DirectX 7.0 interface, which means you get to see the benefits and the performance of hardware transformation and lighting up close and personal. Other highlights of the new version include a brand-new processor test suite and new quality tests for the latest innovations in 3D rendering. 3D WinBench 2000 measures the performance of a PC's 3D subsystem, which includes the Direct3D software, the monitor, the graphics adapter, the graphics driver, and the bus used to carry information from the graphics adapter to and from the processor subsystem. You can use 3D WinBench 2000 to test hardware graphics adapters, drivers, and the value of such enhancing technologies as MMX. What you can't test is Windows NT 4.0, because it doesn't support hardware acceleration of the Windows Direct3D interface that 3D WinBench 2000 uses; 3D WinBench 2000 runs only on Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98SE (Second Edition), and Windows 2000 (RC2 or later). 3D WinBench 2000 aims to measure both the current and future state of hardware 3D accelerator performance. Mehr Informationen dazu hier. Auf nV News gibt es erste GeForce T&L Ergebnisse mit dem neuen Benchmark: T&L Benchmarks 06.11 - Annihilator billiger Auf den Heise-Newsseiten ist zu lesen das Creative den Preis für die GerForce Karte 3D Blaster Annihilator von rund DM 600,- auf DM 499,- geseknt hat. Grund sei eine wieder entspannte SItuation nach dem Erdbeben in Taiwan. |
Freitag 05.11.1999 |
| 05.11 - Futuremark nun MadOnion Futuremark, der Produzent von 3D Mark99, ändert seinen Namen in MadOnion. Toronto, Ontario - November 4th, 1999 -Futuremark Corporation, the world's leading provider of 3D gaming performance benchmarks, today announced it will be providing new online e-commerce solutions and that the company is changing its name to MadOnion.com to support its new Internet-based business. MadOnion.com's e-commerce solutions will simplify PC hardware upgrading and purchasing on-line by empowering consumers to make informed decisions. Based on the company's leading benchmark standards, these solutions are powered by an Internet-based engine that will contain thousands of results gathered from a global community of users. With the ease of a single click, MadOnion.com will enable users to: · Analyze their PC. · Compare their system setup against the world's largest database of performance information, to find the most effective upgrade solutions from thousands of different computer configurations. · Obtain optimal upgrade or purchasing recommendations for increasing the performance of their PC. · Make instant online purchases with the benefit of optimal upgrade information from MadOnion.com's Internet-based engine. The new name MadOnion.com was chosen to reflect the multiple layers of services and online purchasing information that the company offers. Later this month, MadOnion.com will release Video2000 and 3DMarkT2000 - the industry's first online benchmarking services. Only with MadOnion.com's online benchmarks will users be able to compare their results with data collected from other users around the world, empowering them with the most objective and customized information about how to upgrade and optimize their personal computer's performance. Die Komplette Presserklärung gibt es hier. 05.11 - OT: Spielemagazine im Test Gamesmania wirft einen Blick auf die 'analogen' Spielemagazine und unterzieht diese einem Vergleich: Spielemagazine im Test |
Donnerstag 04.11.1999 |
04.11 - Erazor X - ChipGuard
ELSA bietet bei der Erazor X ein Feature namens ChipGuard. Dieser überwacht den Status des Lüfters und der Temeratur des Chips. Erreicht der Chip z.B. durch übertriebenes Overcklocking eine kritische Temperatur wird der Chips sofort auf gesunde Taktraten heruntergefahren und vor Schaden bewahrt: Beschreibung: ELSA ChipGuard
04.11 - 3D Prophet DDR-DVI
So sieht sie aus, die Verpackung der NVIDIA GeForce Karte Guillemot/Hercules 3D Prophet mit DDR-RAM. Was DVI bedeutet, siehe News von Gestern. |
Mittwoch 03.11.1999 |
| 03.11 - GeForce GPU
Anbei ein Bild eines NVIDIA GeForce GPU Chips (Hier von der ELSA Erazor X). Die Chipfläche ist im runden Teil oben 'offen'. Statt der üblichen Keramik besitzt der Chip eine metallische Oberfläche, die für einen bessere Wärmeableitung zum Kühlkörper sorgen soll. 03.11 - Spectra in Japan
Von Battlax kommt die Info das die Canopus Spectra 7400 nun in Japan erhältlich ist. 03.11 - 3D Prophet DDR-DVI Auf Planetriva gibt es erste Informationen zur Guillemot 3D Prophet mit DDR Ram: - DVI means Digital Visual Interface (DVI 1.0(tm)). Auf PR gibt es auch einen Packshot der Karte die unter dem Label von Herkules!! angeboten wird. 03.11 - Wonder OpenGL Demo
Wonder ist eine Demo das den Polnischen Gravity Art Preis gewonnen hat. Die Demo läuft unter OpenGL und benutzt auch Motion Blur Effekte: Wonder OpenGL Demo 03.11 - DirectX 7 Auf Gamespot UK gibt es einen Artikel über das neue DirectX7: DirectX7 Features 03.11 - 3dfx Napalm 3dfx hat in einer Presseerklärung die Preisgabe von Details zum Voodoo3 Nachfolger "Napalm" auf der Comdex angekündigt: One Billion Pixels-Per-Second Will Break New
Ground in 3D Graphics Die Presserklärung ist hier zu finden. |
| News Archiv - weitere November/Oktober News Copyright: RIVA Station 1999 - Lars Weinand |
