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# 1 01-02-2003 , 02:10 AM

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woooohooooo
for those of you who have been reading up on the geforce FX, you would know it reaches sound levels of 70db! that is waaaay too high for me, and i dont htink anyone else could put up with that either! a vacuum cleaner in your computer, not my cuppa tea user added image

SO! gainward are bringing out a FX based card but with much quieter cooling, 7db!! aight ill shut up, read this:

https://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7516

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does anyone still think the radeon 9700 pro has the edge over the FX? user added image

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# 2 01-02-2003 , 05:53 PM

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Imho that sound issue is just propaganda. I believe no company will use the cooling system directly from the reference card. Give it some time and FX will prosper. Drivers will be more stable and faster with time. And DX9 isn't even out yet...

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# 3 01-02-2003 , 05:55 PM

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# 4 02-02-2003 , 03:05 AM

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haha
either way you cant deny the fact its gunna be a great card on initial release as well user added image

and with nividias amazing drivers, it can only get better

ati are going down user added image

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# 5 04-02-2003 , 05:14 AM

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aww dont say that nem.. i own the ati 9700 pro user added image

.. i should of thought more before i bought it though. Great card actually, no problems yet. Does the Geforce FX have a motherboard that will be able to support it yet? Like will it run off of any board with a 8x agp? Ok, just a question.. cya

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# 6 04-02-2003 , 06:14 PM

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oops sorry, ive never liked ATi, personal experience, ugh, well it wasnt ugh, i just preferred my nvidia
im pretty sure the FX will run on any mboard with an AGP slot, i think

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# 7 05-02-2003 , 11:20 PM

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I was really excited about FX but now after the first benchmarks I'm kinda dissapointed... And with ATIs R350 I belive Nvidia will have a hard time taking the 1st spot back (in performance). Maybe one should wait for the NV35 or something...

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# 8 05-02-2003 , 11:42 PM

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i think the nv35 will just be a cut down cheaper version of the nv30

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# 9 07-02-2003 , 12:55 AM

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Nope, the 5es have always been the updated versions... Like the Geforce 3 was the first generation of pixel shaders and it was NV20 and the Geforce 4 was an "upgraded" Geforce 3 and was called NV25. I read somewhere Nvidia was releasing a NV32/33 that was going to be for the inbetweens (probably equivalent to MX, GTS and PRO) but the NV35 is going to be the same sort of jump as the GF3=>GF4.

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