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2001/12/11-12 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:23207 Activity:high
12/07   Here's some benchmarks for same video/different CPUs:
        http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/vidcards/index.x?pg=11
        \_ in another word, the quality is so fuckin good nowadays that the
           nekked eyes can't really tell the difference between a $100 and a
           $300 card/CPU unless you use benchmarks. Cool.
           \_ Cool. I just bought a $100 card.
           \_ for raw polygon, probably not much.  But then there is
                anti-alias, motion-compensation, hypertexture and other
                which would bog down a GeForce3.  The real question is
                where are the games which use these features?
                \_ Nothing out right now that I know of.
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www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/vidcards/index.x?pg=11
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