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 03/17/2008 17:01:23
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Mainframe Invader
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Has anyone yet tried to play MxO on the new GeForce 9600 GT? Are there similar problems as with the 8xxx series?
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03/22/2008 10:27:30
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Vitruv wrote:
Has anyone yet tried to play MxO on the new GeForce 9600 GT? Are there similar problems as with the 8xxx series?
Our techs have both some 9600s and 9800s on order, but we haven't gotten them in for testing yet, so I can't give a definite answer.
However, the 9xxx NVidia series is essentially the same GPUs as the 8xxx series, the architecture is exactly the same in most regards. So I would imagine 8xxx issues would also happen on 9xxx cards. This is where we should remind the devs that issues like this is something both NVidia and MS take very seriously, and they can contact their MS partners or NVidia and get help is fixing these coding issues for this set of Video Cards. The only other hope is NVidia picks up on the problem and adds in compatibility code that fixes the issues for MxO, so it is also in our best interest to contact NVidia about the problems. If NVidia can put in a simple exception in the drivers to make MxO behave better, it would give the devs here time to get a handle on the issues later on.
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03/22/2008 13:13:19
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What muvy said. Basically the same chip, but fewer pipelines on the 9600. Since the 9600 and 8800's are so close in price, I'd get the 8800, personally.
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03/22/2008 19:02:05
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Sneaker wrote:
What muvy said. Basically the same chip, but fewer pipelines on the 9600. Since the 9600 and 8800's are so close in price, I'd get the 8800, personally.
what he said
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04/15/2008 15:40:41
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Any news one way or the other on this?
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04/15/2008 15:43:25
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I assisted a Nvidia QA rep in reproducing the problem clearly. A bug was filed in their tracking software. When can dev on their end can take a look? well we dont have control over that.
Message edited by 9mmfu on 04/15/2008 15:43:55.
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04/15/2008 16:45:29
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Systemic Anomaly
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Well that's good news I guess. This is really the only thing preventing me upgrading at the mo.
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04/15/2008 17:19:38
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same problems as the 8x series, but really there is no difference.
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04/16/2008 06:20:26
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Mainframe Invader
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Sneaker wrote:
What muvy said. Basically the same chip, but fewer pipelines on the 9600. Since the 9600 and 8800's are so close in price, I'd get the 8800, personally.
Well, still a 100€ difference between 9600GT and 8800GT.
But okay, until Nvidia fixes the issue I think I'll stick with my 6600 GT...
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04/16/2008 11:23:42
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Vitruv wrote:
Sneaker wrote:
What muvy said. Basically the same chip, but fewer pipelines on the 9600. Since the 9600 and 8800's are so close in price, I'd get the 8800, personally.
Well, still a 100€ difference between 9600GT and 8800GT.
But okay, until Nvidia fixes the issue I think I'll stick with my 6600 GT... If you want better performance you can go up to a 7950 and be safe where this issue is concerned.
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04/16/2008 12:30:05
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9mmfu wrote:
Vitruv wrote:
Sneaker wrote:
What muvy said. Basically the same chip, but fewer pipelines on the 9600. Since the 9600 and 8800's are so close in price, I'd get the 8800, personally.
Well, still a 100€ difference between 9600GT and 8800GT.
But okay, until Nvidia fixes the issue I think I'll stick with my 6600 GT... If you want better performance you can go up to a 7950 and be safe where this issue is concerned.
Yup, Thats what i went with, 2X 7950 GX2's Runs MxO great and i can play newer games like Call of Duty 4 with a great frame rate.
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04/16/2008 14:20:16
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Systemic Anomaly
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I didn't know that the 7950s supported sli! Hmm. Anyone got links to a review comparing one of those to a 7800?
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04/16/2008 16:38:41
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The 7950 GX2 is 2 7950's stuck together. It also supported sli so you can have a quad card setup... and in MxO it means you can see forever.
There is a Caveat with the quad setup however. Not all motherboardswork properly with it. If you have an nVisia chipset or an ASUS high end board (such as the striker extreme) you won't have a problem.
It was overclocked from the 7800 and has more VRAM (a GX2 has 1GB VRAM... 512MB per GPU) I have one on my XP machine and it runs UT3 on 1 step short of MAX GFX settings at around 70FPS
Message edited by phi on 04/16/2008 16:40:01.
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04/16/2008 16:53:20
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Yep 7950 GT plays well on mxo. No problems on it at all.
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04/17/2008 06:12:52
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Same here: dual XFX 7950s in SLi on an ASUS A8N32 Deluxe motherboard deliver gorgeous graphics in MXO. I'm even relying on heatpipe technology for the video and it runs cool & quiet. One note--mind the wattage. My 7950s under full load raise my PC's power consumption by over 200W above idle, effectively doubling it. I found this out when Bioshock kept setting off my UPS alarms (I moved the machine to a bigger UPS and that fixed the problem). So, plan ahead if you're going to crank up the graphics! 
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