[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Hardware hackers have developed a way to enable all the pipelines.

On the 9500 and only because the pipelines were still there, they just weren't enabled. That's impossible on the 9600 as, in order to save money in manufacturing it, the extra 4 pipelines were physically removed from the chip die leaving nothing to enable. Out of the mainstream R3X0 cards, the R300-based 9500 Pro is the one to get but as I said in that post, you'll have to be quick as the 9500 Pro isn't going to be around for much longer.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by mikhael


This is but one reason the FX cards aren't in the running.

A little more research has me leaning toward a 9600Pro or 9700Pro. I feel dirty just typing that.

I'll let you know when my R9700Pro is up and running (a few days)...but I hear mostly good stories about these cards.  Which is about as good as you can get.  No card has a perfect track record.

[Ryx]

Originally posted by IceFire

I'll let you know when my R9700Pro is up and running (a few days)...but I hear mostly good stories about these cards.  Which is about as good as you can get.  No card has a perfect track record.

Indeed. I've been troubleshooting my R9800 Pro this week.

The card seems to work as it should, but there's a strange pattern in OGL & D3D games.

Splinter Cell pic
Breed pic
Blood Rayne 1
Blood Rayne 2

This only occurs in D3D & OGL. Ordinary desktop stuff (3ds max, photoshop, DVDs) looks normal to me.

Looks like I have RMA it.

[RangerKarl]

I can't see Fisher's head

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Ryx


Indeed. I've been troubleshooting my R9800 Pro this week.

The card seems to work as it should, but there's a strange pattern in OGL & D3D games.

Splinter Cell pic
Breed pic
Blood Rayne 1
Blood Rayne 2

This only occurs in D3D & OGL. Ordinary desktop stuff (3ds max, photoshop, DVDs) looks normal to me.

Looks like I have RMA it.

Do you have Lightwave? I don't know what Max uses for its solid shaded previews, but Lightwave uses OpenGL for everything. You should be able to see that odd stippling pattern there too, if its a problem with the card.

Another possibility, is a sort of 'layered filter' problem. I know Lightwave, for example, antialiases the OpenGL displays automatically, regardless of the video card settings. If you enable FSAA when Liightwave is trying to AA the display, you get some truly ugly artifacts.

[Ryx]

Originally posted by mikhael


Do you have Lightwave? I don't know what Max uses for its solid shaded previews, but Lightwave uses OpenGL for everything. You should be able to see that odd stippling pattern there too, if its a problem with the card.

Another possibility, is a sort of 'layered filter' problem. I know Lightwave, for example, antialiases the OpenGL displays automatically, regardless of the video card settings. If you enable FSAA when Liightwave is trying to AA the display, you get some truly ugly artifacts.

You can either use a software, OGL or D3D for Viewport rendering.  Strangely enough, I don't get that problem in MAX whith OGL. But that might not be so strange, considering MAX has been acting weird ever since I reformated the comp. and installed it again. Anyway, It'll be the RMA treatment for this card.