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Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:05 am

****, *******, *****, ****, ***********!!!!

so what cards are classed as next gen then? (ooh that rhymed )

Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:33 pm

The way I always see it is the next iteration or major design step of a card.
So current generation cards would be the Geforce 5900 and 5950 etc and the Radeon 9800XT etc. The next gen cards would be the Geforce 6800 and the Radeon x800.

Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:23 pm

Wait a sec.

I think that HL2, at least, will play on ATI 9's. Perhaps not all that snappily but , unless they've changed things because of the source code incident I remember the reviews specifically noting that it ran better on the pre-XT ATI 9's than on the nVidia 5's.

As I recall it was because the ATI 9's already handle Direct X 9 and the earlier nVidia 5's didn't.

Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:56 pm

Actually, the leatest "next-gen" cards are nV's 6800, and ATI's X800. They are far superior to 5950 and 9800 FX respectively, and they also support Direct 9.0c.

Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:59 pm

Yeah that's what I said, or if it didn't come across that way, that's what I meant.

Edited by - Mustang on 4/16/2004 11:59:53 PM

Post Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:12 am

Yeah well, I like to hear the sound of my own voice Mustang .

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