For anyone thinking of video card upgrades over the holiday season ...

80 Video Cards of 1999-2003: 3D Benchmarking

Doesn't compare image quality, etc. - just benchmarks, but for an ass-load of cards.

Some other links I've found useful:

NordicHardware: Confusing Graphics

VGA Charts, Part I: High-End Systems

Aces High – Which Video Cards Win the Pot?

Card Buyers Guide (A little outdated, but still informative)

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holy sh^t that is a lot of tests to run on a lot of cards.

*looks at avatar*
Commando is a funny film. :)

hmm... they were using the latest nvidia drivers, that could be the reason why nvidia was getting higher fps on some games, i heard that on the new drivers they attempted to continue on their cheating path, with reduced image quality

Also realize that the results were with no AA or AF turned on, so they are very basic numbers.  Turn on the deluxe features, and the results could be completely different.  I just thought it was a good article for people with mid-to-low end cards to see how much room for improvement they can look forward to by upgrading.

I myself have a Ti4600, and the charts indicate to me that I still have a pretty good card that could wait to be upgraded ... but if I were to compare AA/AF performance, I would likely be sorely lacking.  Then again for me, I never really minded not having these features on in the first place.

Quote (Crystal @ Dec. 17 2003, 5:14 pm)

*looks at avatar* Commando is a funny film.

Ahn-ald at his best, most invincible self ...  You would need an abacus to count the number of errors/impossibilities in the film, but it's still ####### awesome.

I hate jaggies!  If God intended gaming with jaggies he would have given the entire world a spike hair-do.

so are you saying that japanese games don't need any aa. thanks for clearing that up dys.

I like sex.

Fool!

Not Jappies.... Jaggies, that's wiff a "J" not a "P."