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.
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 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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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!
