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| Thread ID: 30517 | 2003-02-21 21:06:00 | nvidia geforceFX | pavlr (3220) | Press F1 |
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| 123018 | 2003-02-21 21:06:00 | Apparently the predicted price (when released) of the GeforceFX will be $500-$1500 US! - rather pricey I think | pavlr (3220) | ||
| 123019 | 2003-02-21 21:57:00 | Video board manufacturers always charge a price performance premium on their new boards to cover development and initial manufacturing expenses. They are able to do this because hard core gamers are willing to pay those prices for top performance. The price for the MX will plumet once ATI release their competing (and apparently faster) product mid-year. Realistically these boards aren't worth purchasing until programmes optimised for DirectX9 are released anyway as the current crop of boards are more than able to handle most current software requirements. |
paintbuoy (3087) | ||
| 123020 | 2003-02-21 22:27:00 | There is also the problem that NVidia has stopped production of the FX chipset because its to slow compared to the radeon 9700. So the NV30 chipset is gone leaving the NV31 (crippled NV30) the NV34 (not as badly crippled NV30) and the great white hope the NV35 which of course is not an FX chipset at all. The NV31 and NV34 will not be what a gamer wants (as they are crippled) so for the gamer we will have to wait for the release of the NV35 based cards for the best performance. Or you could go the ATI Radeon route (9700 and up) till the NV35 based cards appear. |
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