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From: hbscott on 31 Dec 2007 19:20
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:48:47 -0500, "First of One" <root(a)127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>You seem to have DX10.1 capability confused with faster AA. In fact the
>HD38x0 cards are inflicted with the same shader-resolver-only design, and
>suffer a similar performance hit with AA enabled.

Ahhh...just the kind of info I was looking for.

>If you want fast AA, get a Geforce 8800GT or GTS (like many have done) - of
>course these cards don't support DX10.1 either.
>
>Your X800Pro lacked SM 3.0 capability, so it could not, for example, do
>high-dynamic range rendering in games like Oblivion. Despite the image
>quality improvements with HDR, you didn't seem to lament this missing
>feature. It's gonna be a similar deal with DX10.1.


Thanks for the reply. My X800Pro served me well for a long time. I
didn't miss SM 3.0 until I tried to play Bioshock. That was a wake up
call. When I researched a solution I saw where ATI had not included
this feature when most other cards shipping at that time were fully
compliant. Anyway...I was aware that that card wouldn't have run
Bioshock well anyway. That's when I decided to get out of the AGP
market and build from the ground up.

I guess I'm just mad because I found out only three months later that
my 2900XT was not as "top of the line" as I thought. Feeling screwed
twice (that quickly) by the same company is not good for getting my
business again. I didn't look into the reviews closely enough and I
take some of the blame, but not all. Like I said I'm no expert, but I
figured their best card at the time would be able to take me further
down the road than I suspect this one will.

I will mostly agree with KlausK that AA is overated. But, it is also
my opinion that a card that cost as much as the 2900XT shouldn't blink
when you turn on AA, in particular with older games. I haven't found
this to be the case and feel like I didn't get my money's worth. This
is all behind me now. I've decided to overclock and experiment with
this card until Nvidia has a 10.1 card on the market. I hope I can
hang on to the Christmas money I was going to use on a second card.

Happy New Year

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