mustrum
09-15-04, 10:35 AM
The number of pipes will not matter. What matters is the over all fill rate and PS power of the card as a whole. Things like clock speed, memory bandwidth and pipelines effect those scores, but the end result is its all about what the card can do as a single unit :)
I know that. But exactly that's what the pipelines do.
Fact is that a 12 piped card would be clocked insanely high to beat the 16 pipe version if the other specs are the same. Since that wont hapen in the near future (the cards are hot enough allready) i say the current 16 pipers are more future proof.
Only future games will really demand the high fillrate and bandwith the new cards allready have, that's why i said they will be even more useful than now.
Right now people waste the cards power in 4x FSAA at 1600x1200 wich is very questionable at best in my opinion.
I know that. But exactly that's what the pipelines do.
Fact is that a 12 piped card would be clocked insanely high to beat the 16 pipe version if the other specs are the same. Since that wont hapen in the near future (the cards are hot enough allready) i say the current 16 pipers are more future proof.
Only future games will really demand the high fillrate and bandwith the new cards allready have, that's why i said they will be even more useful than now.
Right now people waste the cards power in 4x FSAA at 1600x1200 wich is very questionable at best in my opinion.