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http://maximumpc.com/ranking/rankings2.html how do you see what the test results were? Also do you not think it is kind of funny Ati is the leader on this site and there are Ati ads all over it? Can you say pay off boys and girls?
OK on new info. Until a new card is released do you test the same cards over and over? Tomshardware did do a review of the new Nvidia driver and if anything it looked like it slowed things down. Doing a retest on everything everytime someone released a new driver would be a pain to say the least. Also I am not sure what it would buy you. Everybody's hardware is a litle different so what one person sees as a slow down on one system the other might see an increase.
Half-life 2 it does look like Ati is the card of choice for this game. If you look at what I linked to on Tomshardware you will notice that not every game the GeForce card was the best at. Lets face it some games just run better with a specific type of card. No big deal unless that is the game you are really looking forward to playing then time to buy a new video card. [img]smile.gif[/img] Also on the Half-life 2 subject if you noticed in the article Valve refused to test using the new Nvidia driver that was designed to optimize preformance in Half-life 2. This is typical marketing stuff. Did you notice Valve is bundeling the game with Ati cards. I bet they are getting a really good deal out of this and of course wanted Nvidia to look bad. If Nvidia was trying to get the same deal I bet they would do the same thing. When Half-life 2 releases and the new drivers are out I would like to see how everything turns out until then we will not know. (My money will still be on Ati doing better in Half-life 2.I hope so otherwise there is going to be some upset Ati Half-life 2 people.)
Now from you original post. Show me where you see that the Ati 9700 is better than the GeForce FX series?
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