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Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 04:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you check the link I gave it says it introduced gamma correct AA as well. Its just a small mistake anyway. It's from a review of the card that goes into detail of the AA modes. Well look at that. I guess I forgot about it and only remember it as an option on G80+. However, the texture filtering …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 05:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

G7x doesn't support gamma corrected MSAA, meaning it's less effective than ATI MSAA, and has a maximum of 4X MSAA whereas ATI supports 6X. G7x also has inferior texture filtering GeForce (since at least FX) also support "xS" AA, which is a combined MS+SS mode (it takes 2 texture samples and 2 or 4 …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 21:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Adaptive AA is official for X8x0 series cards. No hacking required. ATI backported it at some point. xS modes are interesting. 4xS is probably the sweet spot. 8xS is pretty slow on anything prior to GF 8800. Quincunx 2X has a similar effect but is much faster than any xS or 4X mode. I really like …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 21:42

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Going from GF7 to 8 was quite a change with unified shaders. Some games don't work properly on GF8 and later as a result. How many? No idea, but Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow is one of them. In terms of graphics performance, there is a huge step up going from 7 to 8/9 which is needed when playing …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 21:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah there's no denying that DirectX 10+ cards from ATI and NV have some compatibility problems with old games. Better to stick to DirectX 9 cards, but even then you can have problems.

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 22:19

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yea a ton of games will work just fine on newer cards 😀

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-25, 22:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wouldn't go for any NV hardware that's older than G80 because that older hardware has quite inferior texture filtering and anti-aliasing quality. ATI's R5xx hardware is better too. R400 is as well but might not be fast enough for ya. I'm affraid this statement is wrong. G80 (included) and later …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-26, 00:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Please read again the quote. He specifically pointed out anything older than G80, not newer 😊 .

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-26, 02:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Adaptive AA is official for X8x0 series cards. No hacking required. ATI backported it at some point. Do you know specifically when? (I have an X800 and would like to try it without a registry hack if possible :lol: ) xS modes are interesting. 4xS is probably the sweet spot. 8xS is pretty slow on …

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-26, 03:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

obobskivich wrote: Do you know specifically when? (I have an X800 and would like to try it without a registry hack if possible 🤣 ) Did some digging and Catalyst 6.5 began support for AAA on Radeon 9500 onward.

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-26, 05:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

swaaye wrote: Did some digging and Catalyst 6.5 began support for AAA on Radeon 9500 onward. Oh, neat. Thanks for finding that. 😀

Re: A proper PCIe GPU for AMD Athlon64 3700+

Posted on 2015-02-26, 12:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

F2bnp wrote: Please read again the quote. He specifically pointed out anything older than G80, not newer 😊 . Ah, sorry - I was reading wrong. 😊 Everything is ok then.

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 02:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have some Slot A processors and motherboards. They are alright. Some time ago i did a quick run and posted the results for 1GHz machines here: Athlon's disappointing performance

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 03:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Clean it up and keep it, if you are lucky the motherboard has an AGP slot so it would make a beast of a machine for win9x.

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 04:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Slot A is a keeper, this machine though... Might be outstanding the good way or the bad way. Any pics?

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 04:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

All of a sudden you guys are reminding me of my old 800MHz Duron Spitfire 1200+. Weid SiS chipset, but had an AGP slot that I managed to get working with a GeForce MX480 (RivaTuner FTW!). That PC held ground much better as a by-then main PC than my Pentium 3. Even with the onboard graphics it still …

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 13:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for your input everyone. Right now it's completely taken apart and I've started cleaning the individual components. Still has the original stickers and everything though! I'll throw some pictures up later today. 😎

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-03, 19:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The previous owner was apparently a (HEAVY) smoker..a layer of NASTY brown residue all over the inside of the case - especially on the bottom. These are the before pix but I've now cleaned it up nicely. I think we're ready for reassembly! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/661/fJhx09.jpg …

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-04, 03:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Awesome! These solid IBM shapes make me go crazy every time I see them.

Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?

Posted on 2015-03-04, 03:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why is is worst hightreason? I know that these machines could have some compatibillity problems with voodoo 2 cards.. But it seems that could be patched.. Iam also dont like that IBM case at all. Its really an ugly IBM tower.. Like the designers couldnt make the right design for that case..

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