ATI 9800 problems?

[travis]

Is the new 256MB ATI9800 PRO any good for LightWave 7.5c?

I allready ordered it but after reading the post below about OpenGL problems Im beginning to wonder.:confused:

Does 256MB give any real advantage over 128 in layout and\or modeler?

Im hopin the ATI image quality is better than the NVidia's.

Thnaks,
Travis

[garg]

256Mb are way too much IMO. Read this article:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030604/index.html

Specialy the conclusion:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030604/radeon_9800-06.html

Beside the cost, most of us will not use that much memory, as it's manly used for large textures.

Alain Bertrand

[travis]

Thanks Alaine,

I just got it today and LW modeler seems more responsive with high poly models. But havent really tested it yet.

And now I am dnlding drivers for XP (msofts site is slow :( today).

Take care,
Travis

[Darttman]

One consolation is ATI cards have better 2d quality than Nvidia cards of course Matrox has always had the best 2d view ever.

I use an ATI radeon9700 card on a game box I built and so far there seems to be no big openGL problems when I run LW7.

Best cards for modeling are "workstation" cards. 3Dlabs are great and Nvidia seem to run smoother for pushing alot of poly's around.