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Miso
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Posted - 2004.02.06 10:14:00 -
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Anyone using a 256mb Radeon 9800 XT or Pro with EVE? Is it worth the moolah to get EVE gloriously perfect?
Im using a Radeon 256mb 9600(?) or something.. its the one that retails at like ú100 and is by Creative. Its awesome, highly recommended.
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Miso
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Posted - 2004.02.06 10:14:00 -
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Anyone using a 256mb Radeon 9800 XT or Pro with EVE? Is it worth the moolah to get EVE gloriously perfect?
Im using a Radeon 256mb 9600(?) or something.. its the one that retails at like ú100 and is by Creative. Its awesome, highly recommended.
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jason hill
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:11:00 -
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has anyone got any thoughts on the latest matrox 128/256 graphics cards .i was on thier website last week and it says that they have written some software specialy for games like eve and medal of honour ...has anyone out their tried it out as i was thinking of investing in one of their cards ..
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jason hill
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:11:00 -
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has anyone got any thoughts on the latest matrox 128/256 graphics cards .i was on thier website last week and it says that they have written some software specialy for games like eve and medal of honour ...has anyone out their tried it out as i was thinking of investing in one of their cards ..
"THE HUMAN SHIELD" |
Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:24:00 -
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Moved to Known Issues & Workarounds.
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:24:00 -
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Moved to Known Issues & Workarounds.
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Kane Jacobs
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:24:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim 
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
 Eeeew... Im never gonna be able to watch a moon again...
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Kane Jacobs
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Posted - 2004.02.06 12:24:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
Eeeew... Im never gonna be able to watch a moon again...
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.02.06 13:47:00 -
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Anyone using a 256mb Radeon 9800 XT or Pro with EVE? Is it worth the moolah to get EVE gloriously perfect?
I'm using the 256 9800XT, and it si teh r0xx0r. Not sure if a less expensive card can't give you the same output in Eve, but if you want to play upcoming games gloriously perfectly then it's most definitely worth the moolah, especially compared to the likes of Geforce 5950.
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.02.06 13:47:00 -
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Anyone using a 256mb Radeon 9800 XT or Pro with EVE? Is it worth the moolah to get EVE gloriously perfect?
I'm using the 256 9800XT, and it si teh r0xx0r. Not sure if a less expensive card can't give you the same output in Eve, but if you want to play upcoming games gloriously perfectly then it's most definitely worth the moolah, especially compared to the likes of Geforce 5950.
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Denathis Arabar
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Posted - 2004.02.07 00:25:00 -
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ok thankyou for your help everyone, keep the suggestions coming, i will tell you what i finally choose and how it works. Gonna be getting it in the next few days for sure.
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Denathis Arabar
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Posted - 2004.02.07 00:25:00 -
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ok thankyou for your help everyone, keep the suggestions coming, i will tell you what i finally choose and how it works. Gonna be getting it in the next few days for sure.
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Ada Isdead
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Posted - 2004.02.14 04:32:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
Is this the same kitchen that houses the espresso machine that you can hear in the warp noises?
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Ada Isdead
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Posted - 2004.02.14 04:32:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
Is this the same kitchen that houses the espresso machine that you can hear in the warp noises?
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Tedric
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Posted - 2004.02.16 18:22:00 -
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has anyone got any thoughts on the latest matrox 128/256 graphics cards .i was on thier website last week and it says that they have written some software specialy for games like eve and medal of honour ...has anyone out their tried it out as i was thinking of investing in one of their cards ..
I run a Parhelia. I love it!.
It may not be anywhere near the fastet card on the planet. But the Colour saturation with a correct amount of Aliasing (pick and mix to your taste).
What i've come to learn is that the output stages of Matrox cards are just stunning when linked with a proper BNC cable and a good monitor.
The software you are refering to is called the 'Apptimizer" The version I have installed does not cover EVE. Unfortunately do to cuts within Matrox, the guy who supported this free-bee program is no more :(. When a game is available, it does a superb job of balancing the BHP of you machine to Eye Candy.
There are two Cevats with the Parhelia it is slow compared to the new cards, and expensive for what it is. But if you are wanting eye candy, this is the card.
BTW, running THREE monitors is just tooooo cooool to not mention!
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Tedric
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Posted - 2004.02.16 18:22:00 -
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has anyone got any thoughts on the latest matrox 128/256 graphics cards .i was on thier website last week and it says that they have written some software specialy for games like eve and medal of honour ...has anyone out their tried it out as i was thinking of investing in one of their cards ..
I run a Parhelia. I love it!.
It may not be anywhere near the fastet card on the planet. But the Colour saturation with a correct amount of Aliasing (pick and mix to your taste).
What i've come to learn is that the output stages of Matrox cards are just stunning when linked with a proper BNC cable and a good monitor.
The software you are refering to is called the 'Apptimizer" The version I have installed does not cover EVE. Unfortunately do to cuts within Matrox, the guy who supported this free-bee program is no more :(. When a game is available, it does a superb job of balancing the BHP of you machine to Eye Candy.
There are two Cevats with the Parhelia it is slow compared to the new cards, and expensive for what it is. But if you are wanting eye candy, this is the card.
BTW, running THREE monitors is just tooooo cooool to not mention!
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Serano Imladris
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Posted - 2004.02.17 02:25:00 -
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Edited by: Carmen Electra on 06/02/2004 00:48:55
Ok, Cao Cao is a little out of the loop  but that's ok...
Currently ATi cards provide superior Image Quality, Performance, and stable drivers.
I run EVE at 1280x1024 at 4x Anti-Aliasing and 16x Anisotropic Filtering, smooth as butter. My card cost me $200, voltmodded and cooled at 466/351. Which makes it faster than any card you can buy all for a modest price.
The nVidia FX series is terrible mainly due to a unified compiler and a whole sham with DX9 vs CG support that I'd rather not spend 10 pages elaborating on. The GF4 series rocks though.
If you want top of the line performance, IQ, go for the R300 series (9500,9600,9700,9800)
if you don't count the biggy drivers..ojh wait you called them superior ..sorry man go on some tech boards Nvidia cards have alot less buggy drivers....
latest driver for my radeon 9700 screwed totally ruined everything....can't play eve...can't play bf 1942 at normal speeds , can't play ffxi at normal speeds either
if thats not bad enough reinstalling the card with older drivers that did work doesn't even fix it ...i think i'm just gonna grab my next pay check and get me an nvidia card
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Serano Imladris
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Posted - 2004.02.17 02:25:00 -
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Edited by: Carmen Electra on 06/02/2004 00:48:55
Ok, Cao Cao is a little out of the loop but that's ok...
Currently ATi cards provide superior Image Quality, Performance, and stable drivers.
I run EVE at 1280x1024 at 4x Anti-Aliasing and 16x Anisotropic Filtering, smooth as butter. My card cost me $200, voltmodded and cooled at 466/351. Which makes it faster than any card you can buy all for a modest price.
The nVidia FX series is terrible mainly due to a unified compiler and a whole sham with DX9 vs CG support that I'd rather not spend 10 pages elaborating on. The GF4 series rocks though.
If you want top of the line performance, IQ, go for the R300 series (9500,9600,9700,9800)
if you don't count the biggy drivers..ojh wait you called them superior ..sorry man go on some tech boards Nvidia cards have alot less buggy drivers....
latest driver for my radeon 9700 screwed totally ruined everything....can't play eve...can't play bf 1942 at normal speeds , can't play ffxi at normal speeds either
if thats not bad enough reinstalling the card with older drivers that did work doesn't even fix it ...i think i'm just gonna grab my next pay check and get me an nvidia card
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Zecht Wisto
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Posted - 2004.02.17 15:08:00 -
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If you're installing drivers right on top of eachother, you will have problems.
Uninstall and reboot after both are gone, then clean the registry, then install new drivers... theres a guide at www.rage3d.com if you need more detail.
Radeon 9800XT>all
ATi drivers right now are not buggy at all, and they've been good about updating them frequently. In the past they have had a bad name for drivers, but now they are much better. If you can afford a 9600XT or 9800XT or pro, get it.
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Zecht Wisto
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Posted - 2004.02.17 15:08:00 -
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If you're installing drivers right on top of eachother, you will have problems.
Uninstall and reboot after both are gone, then clean the registry, then install new drivers... theres a guide at www.rage3d.com if you need more detail.
Radeon 9800XT>all
ATi drivers right now are not buggy at all, and they've been good about updating them frequently. In the past they have had a bad name for drivers, but now they are much better. If you can afford a 9600XT or 9800XT or pro, get it.
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Nelix Trist
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Posted - 2004.02.29 22:33:00 -
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is it worth me getting the ati 9600pro 256mb ram i will be upgrading from the geforce fx5200 i need yo upgrade as the fx does not like eve at all so please recomend a good card at a good prise
mant thanks
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Nelix Trist
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Posted - 2004.02.29 22:33:00 -
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is it worth me getting the ati 9600pro 256mb ram i will be upgrading from the geforce fx5200 i need yo upgrade as the fx does not like eve at all so please recomend a good card at a good prise
mant thanks
Emm?"Cant touch this" den der der dum, der dum der dum KILLING THE BUG'S, BEFORE THEY KILL YOU |
Jemba'k Ko'cha
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Posted - 2004.03.01 12:45:00 -
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its alwlays the same arguments between radeon and nvidia. some people say ones better, other say the opposite. im currently trying to decide what card to blow 300 notes on. so its either going to be a 5950 or a 9800pro. as yet im still unsure. in some benches the radeon get whooped, and in other the nvidiea gets whooped. saying that though the nviia drivers are slowly getting better (at one time they were terrible for dx9). ill probably go for nvidia because of past experience. ATI are well known for having bad after sales support (which may have changed since i last bought one) but i have never had any problems with nvidia. we shall see i suppose, i still have 20 days until i get paid to decide what one to get.
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Jemba'k Ko'cha
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Posted - 2004.03.01 12:45:00 -
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its alwlays the same arguments between radeon and nvidia. some people say ones better, other say the opposite. im currently trying to decide what card to blow 300 notes on. so its either going to be a 5950 or a 9800pro. as yet im still unsure. in some benches the radeon get whooped, and in other the nvidiea gets whooped. saying that though the nviia drivers are slowly getting better (at one time they were terrible for dx9). ill probably go for nvidia because of past experience. ATI are well known for having bad after sales support (which may have changed since i last bought one) but i have never had any problems with nvidia. we shall see i suppose, i still have 20 days until i get paid to decide what one to get.
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Failed
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:07:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
lol! excellent! this is ingenuity at it's best :) another good realworld example i like is the sound of the hovertanks in Star Wars - Episode I.. made by moving an electric shaver around inside a metal kettle, then filtered a few times and looped :)
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Failed
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:07:00 -
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Planet texturing appears to work correctly on my system; in fact they're the best looking planets I've ever seen in a space sim
Did you know the moon texture maps are made from pictures of food upstairs in our kitchen. We shot splatters of soy sauce, ketchup and milk on a circular plate, did some photoshop magic, made them black and white and converted to depth maps. Converted that then to "bump maps" ( embossed overlay maps ) and then prepared them for spherical projection. Hope I didn't ruin the immersion for anyone by sharing that.
lol! excellent! this is ingenuity at it's best :) another good realworld example i like is the sound of the hovertanks in Star Wars - Episode I.. made by moving an electric shaver around inside a metal kettle, then filtered a few times and looped :)
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Failed
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:11:00 -
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its alwlays the same arguments between radeon and nvidia. some people say ones better, other say the opposite. im currently trying to decide what card to blow 300 notes on. so its either going to be a 5950 or a 9800pro. as yet im still unsure. in some benches the radeon get whooped, and in other the nvidiea gets whooped. saying that though the nviia drivers are slowly getting better (at one time they were terrible for dx9). ill probably go for nvidia because of past experience. ATI are well known for having bad after sales support (which may have changed since i last bought one) but i have never had any problems with nvidia. we shall see i suppose, i still have 20 days until i get paid to decide what one to get.
never buy the top-notch card, you only get slightly better perfomance than it's "midrange" version and you pay through the nose. currently there's only one card i'd look at:
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 XT
seriously, just take a look at that article and tell me that ain't the best bang for the buck out there right now?
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Failed
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:11:00 -
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its alwlays the same arguments between radeon and nvidia. some people say ones better, other say the opposite. im currently trying to decide what card to blow 300 notes on. so its either going to be a 5950 or a 9800pro. as yet im still unsure. in some benches the radeon get whooped, and in other the nvidiea gets whooped. saying that though the nviia drivers are slowly getting better (at one time they were terrible for dx9). ill probably go for nvidia because of past experience. ATI are well known for having bad after sales support (which may have changed since i last bought one) but i have never had any problems with nvidia. we shall see i suppose, i still have 20 days until i get paid to decide what one to get.
never buy the top-notch card, you only get slightly better perfomance than it's "midrange" version and you pay through the nose. currently there's only one card i'd look at:
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 XT
seriously, just take a look at that article and tell me that ain't the best bang for the buck out there right now?
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Difficile est satiram non scribere. |
Exitwound
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:31:00 -
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Nvidia 5900 FX Ultra (256 mb). Runs without a single frame being missed. My box is, however, powerful as well. 2.6 gighrt with HT, and a scsi i/o subsystem (adaptec), 1 gig of DDR-400 ram.
I experience no frame rate drop, even in windowed mode.
NVidia is still the best for stability.
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Exitwound
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Posted - 2004.03.01 14:31:00 -
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Nvidia 5900 FX Ultra (256 mb). Runs without a single frame being missed. My box is, however, powerful as well. 2.6 gighrt with HT, and a scsi i/o subsystem (adaptec), 1 gig of DDR-400 ram.
I experience no frame rate drop, even in windowed mode.
NVidia is still the best for stability.
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