Darcy, You've been saying that this has been the case for 10 years. The Radeon 9700 Pro is STILL a decent video card by today's standards (better than the X600 I have installed in my machine that I purchased 1 year ago). And the article did NOT say that the performance was maxed out - it just said that it was the best of the day. The article makes it very clear that what you've been saying here is simply not true.
To be perfectly honest I would not be surprised if the Radeon 9700 could still compete effectively with Nvidia's 7300. According to this page, it outperforms it. http://freestone-group.com/video-card-stability-test/benchmark-results.html Tyler --- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tyler, > > This article is many years out of date -- from the > cards referenced > (GeForce4 MX, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro), I'd say it dates > from 2002 or 2003. > > Cheers, > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://secretsociety.typepad.com > Brooklyn, NY > > > > On 09 Aug 2006, at 7:51 PM, Tyler Turner wrote: > > > > > > > --- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I never said the graphics cards do none of the 2D > >> calculations. But > >> in terms of the 2D calculations they do perform, > all > >> modern graphics > >> cards perform equally well. The bottleneck for > >> non-video 2D drawing > >> on any modern machine is the CPU, not the GPU. > > > > http://www.geek.com/htbc/buy/vidcarby.htm > > > > "Speed - 3D vs. 2D > > Nowadays, graphics processors, or GPUs (Graphics > > Processing Unit) to use the term thought up by > NVidia, > > typically run at 200-350 MHz. Video memory can run > at > > an effective 300-650 MHz by using DDR SDRAM that > > really runs at 150-325 MHz and doubles its speed > to > > (150-325 MHz)*2 for a faster effective throughput. > > Typically, the faster the chip and memory are > running > > at, the better 3D performance you'll get. Most > > computer sellers don't focus on this information > at > > all, but ask about it if you want the details. If > you > > want a big monitor or multiple monitors, for 2D > speed, > > you want a fast RAMDAC (or 2 or more) on your > video > > card and plenty of memory. Most cards don't focus > on > > 2D performance, but if you are moving big images > > around the screen, you will notice whether you > have 2D > > performance or not." > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
