bikerdude
05-17-2007, 10:59 AM
Afternoon
I have done a lot of testing with both the 8800GTS and the 8800GTX (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113501) and as per that thread the problem as far as I can see it is the 8800 card. I have just picked up a HD2900XT and will be testing it for myself and the thief community. I was hopping that the crappy colours (8bit rendering) on the textures/sky wouldnt be present as per nVidia, but alas it suffers from the same affliction to a lesser degree....
Screenshots:-
i855GM, 2900XT, 8800GTX - as you can see the 2900 falls in between the the other two... at least the stars are back...
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5943/grounds16bityz0.jpg
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4381/grounds2900xtaa6.jpg
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2688/grounds8bithw4.jpg
HD2900XT(PCI-E Slot 1)
# The game stutters badley when you look up and around at the scenary, I have verified this on a few missions including the recent Lord alans Factory...Its actually worse than my cheesy old FX5200 - can you believe that...??!!
# The Catalyst driver refused to install without coming up with the old 'zero display service error' had to do a manual install.
# The fan peridically spins upto 100% even in low 3D resource like thief...
# Tested it with Stalker, the image quality is no better than nvidia, but the 8800 series shows less in-game stutter - this ios comparable to what others have found.
# Looks like Ati have to sort thier drivers out before it catches up with nVidia..
Biker
I have done a lot of testing with both the 8800GTS and the 8800GTX (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113501) and as per that thread the problem as far as I can see it is the 8800 card. I have just picked up a HD2900XT and will be testing it for myself and the thief community. I was hopping that the crappy colours (8bit rendering) on the textures/sky wouldnt be present as per nVidia, but alas it suffers from the same affliction to a lesser degree....
Screenshots:-
i855GM, 2900XT, 8800GTX - as you can see the 2900 falls in between the the other two... at least the stars are back...
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5943/grounds16bityz0.jpg
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4381/grounds2900xtaa6.jpg
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2688/grounds8bithw4.jpg
HD2900XT(PCI-E Slot 1)
# The game stutters badley when you look up and around at the scenary, I have verified this on a few missions including the recent Lord alans Factory...Its actually worse than my cheesy old FX5200 - can you believe that...??!!
# The Catalyst driver refused to install without coming up with the old 'zero display service error' had to do a manual install.
# The fan peridically spins upto 100% even in low 3D resource like thief...
# Tested it with Stalker, the image quality is no better than nvidia, but the 8800 series shows less in-game stutter - this ios comparable to what others have found.
# Looks like Ati have to sort thier drivers out before it catches up with nVidia..
Biker