Nvidia and Matrox in big trouble?

Megabot · 07-23-2002, 10:23 AM

I read this!!
Ati web page

The Radeon 9000 series has been launched.

The Radeon 9700 has 20.8 GB/second of memory bandwith, and full DirectX 9 support!

Those of you who are going to get a Parhelia or a Ti 4600 better wait for the Radeon 9700. It's going to RETAIL for $400 and will probably be the best video card of the year. It makes my Ti 4400 and gf 3 look slow and ugly!

So this look`s cool that Nvida can get a little competition maby the price will go down on those Nvida cards now LOL!

[ 07-23-2002, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

Sazerac · 07-23-2002, 10:40 AM

Very nice, but it had better be compatible with all the nVidia settings or it will be dead in the water when it comes to gaming. Radeon has had some bad compatibility issues in the past with certain types of games that followed the nVidia standard (Vampire the Masquerade, Wizards & Warriors, etc.)

-Sazerac

07-23-2002, 10:51 AM

At $400 they aren't giving Nvidea much reason to lower their prices. Radeon has a ways to go before they can claim the graphics quality of the GeForce line. While I do like Radeons 8500 All in Wonder card for video capture projects, its game graphics quality doesnt match my geForce3 let alone my GeForce4 card for visuals and speed.

slackerboy · 07-23-2002, 03:41 PM

and Nvidia is about to launch a whole new line of video cards.
they are even rumored to be dropping the Geforce name from this one.
the new NV30 chipset is supposed to revolutionize graphics according to nvidia.

slackerboy · 07-23-2002, 04:32 PM

here is a very indepth break down on the ati radeon 9700 for anybody that is interested.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...,388818,00.asp
but even after reading that, for my money, i'll just wait for Nvidia to make a better one. Nvidia has earned my trust

[ 07-23-2002, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: slackerboy ]

07-23-2002, 10:40 AM	#2
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	Very nice, but it had better be compatible with all the nVidia settings or it will be dead in the water when it comes to gaming. Radeon has had some bad compatibility issues in the past with certain types of games that followed the nVidia standard (Vampire the Masquerade, Wizards & Warriors, etc.) -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

07-23-2002, 03:41 PM	#4
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 46 Posts: 2,506	and Nvidia is about to launch a whole new line of video cards. they are even rumored to be dropping the Geforce name from this one. the new NV30 chipset is supposed to revolutionize graphics according to nvidia. __________________

07-23-2002, 04:32 PM	#5
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 46 Posts: 2,506	here is a very indepth break down on the ati radeon 9700 for anybody that is interested. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...,388818,00.asp but even after reading that, for my money, i'll just wait for Nvidia to make a better one. Nvidia has earned my trust [ 07-23-2002, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: slackerboy ] __________________

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07-23-2002, 10:23 AM	#1
Megabot Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 18, 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway. Age: 61 Posts: 3,360	I read this!! Ati web page The Radeon 9000 series has been launched. The Radeon 9700 has 20.8 GB/second of memory bandwith, and full DirectX 9 support! Those of you who are going to get a Parhelia or a Ti 4600 better wait for the Radeon 9700. It's going to RETAIL for $400 and will probably be the best video card of the year. It makes my Ti 4400 and gf 3 look slow and ugly! So this look`s cool that Nvida can get a little competition maby the price will go down on those Nvida cards now LOL! [ 07-23-2002, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

07-23-2002, 10:51 AM	#3
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	At $400 they aren't giving Nvidea much reason to lower their prices. Radeon has a ways to go before they can claim the graphics quality of the GeForce line. While I do like Radeons 8500 All in Wonder card for video capture projects, its game graphics quality doesnt match my geForce3 let alone my GeForce4 card for visuals and speed.

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