... the 8x bandwidth is only an infant right now... have to wait for 4-5 months till the graphics card manf.. really push the cards to the 8x's limits... my simple answer: nah!!! it wont make it a big difference...
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... the 8x bandwidth is only an infant right now... have to wait for 4-5 months till the graphics card manf.. really push the cards to the 8x's limits... my simple answer: nah!!! it wont make it a big difference...
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i think by the time nvidia release it, the 8x will be so extremely fast, but thats just what i think and if that is the case, then id lose out on a lot of the speed of the FX, so its pointless to wait and pay that much for something you cant utilise fully
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but what im saying is its great in games, but i dont why it would be sooooo slow in maya, my gf2 isnt that slow in maya
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oh i have a gf2 too. and it works. but if the scene gets a bit more complex then i cannot rotate nurbs in detail 3 effective any more. i think partly it is the slow vid card. especally in shaded w/ hardware ligthingOriginally posted by Nem
... my gf2 isnt that slow in maya
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i wud have expected the FX to be somewhere between the gf4 and the quadro 4
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the bottleneck is no longer the vid cards, but that no cpu can even fully drive enough information even to a gf4 would be capapablee to handle. so 8x agp will only be advantage if the cpu has not to do much to deliver the 3d data ...
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hell I need a whole new system.
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would you say the GF FX is more like a geforce or more like a quadro?
do you think the FX will make a good workstation/gaming card?
sorry for all the questions
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So my main point is that can you justify to yourself and your wallet the cost of a GF FX and as was already mentioned it'll be outdated in 6months.
I would buy the highest spec GF4 / Radeon that you can afford and use what's left to upgrade other components.
To answer your question 8x agp shouldn't ever be a disadvantage in the near future unless it raises compatibility issues with your other hardware. But if that's the case it is backwards compatible so you can knock it down to 4x.
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cant even imagine what they did with 28.8mil! mayb they got really hungry and had to buy loadsa bagels, who knows
ok, alright, just to sum up, whos waiting for the FX?
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