What’s all this talk about cinematic rendering? NVIDIA’s tech demo heralds the “Dawn” of cinematic graphics I’ve managed to finagle one for review, so buckle up, and we’ll see what this puppy can do. That said, the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra is still interesting as heck. Most intriguingly, it’s the story of a product that may never reach store shelves in any kind of volume, because all signs point to its premature demise. No, it’s also the story of an impressively “overclocked” piece of silicon with a massive, Dustbuster-like appendage strapped to its side. Err, delivering true floating-point color formats and amazing amounts of real-time graphics processing power.īut the story of the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra isn’t just the story of a late semiconductor. The 9700 lived up to the high expectations we’d set for this new generation of DirectX 9-class graphics chips, delivering amazing new shiny objects and lots of rippling glowy things onscreen. The Radeon 9700 debuted last fall to deservedly positive reviews. That fact hurts even more because NVIDIA’s rival, ATI, hasn’t. Let’s just say NVIDIA’s had a wee problem with its vaunted execution. Instead, it’s months into 2003, and GeForce FX cards still aren’t widely available. You see, we have our hot little hands on NVIDIA’s NV30 chip, better known as the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra, that was intended to usher in a new era of movie-quality graphics when it debuted some time last year. Or, uhm, maybe not really, but we can show you how it might have looked. A RE YOU ready? The era of cinematic graphics is upon us.
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