Actually, I just checked the ORB before I posted, which you may have failed to do?. This is VERY different than guessing about yet to be released hardeware. You see, there is a huge database we can all see and check results.
PS, I know you are relatively new to these forums, so I don't want my remarks to come off as flame. But your remarks are opinionated. This means they are your opinion, which is something others are entitled to as well.
As for the facts, john240sx's card is maxed out in his system. You never bothered to ask him what kind of card he had, what manufacturer, the mem timing, what kind of cooling he was using, what driver tweaks, etc. So you cannot factually tell him he is not maxing his card out. You base that on a database that was created for bragging rights, that several hundred scores have been seen as fakes. You must be able to look through the BS and get to the real benches.
I suppose you would tell me that my GF2 should have done more than 39xx with my 1.1a Celly @1.5? Does it matter that it was a Visiontech GTS? What if I added a V to the end of that GTS? Would it matter then? Yes it would, that was a value card. It used binned memory that wouldn't run any higher. I was happy with the score because I was aware of this.
When you run a card to it's limits on a system, then change cpu's so that the processor is no longer in the bottleneck equation, and you only score 100 higher, then you have reached the limits of that card in
your system, regardless of what someone else posted in the orb. You don't have what they have...
I know the picture was an interpolation of data. I was comparing you to that guy because, like him, you were interpolating where john240sx should be score-wise, without having all the facts about his card and system. See the comparison?
As for the NV30 being taped out, I was going by statements made in another thread here. I apologize for accusing you of being wrong, and I will bear the idiot sign on that one.
No harm intended, I just don't see the point of all this "fanboy" testoterone flying left and right, just because ATI released a card. Yes the 9700 is a nice card. It will be a nice card even after the NV30 release whether it gets beat by it or not. If you like ATI, it will always be a better card, regardless. If you like Nvidia, it will always be inferior. It's just a stupid attitude to have...
I'm glad I'm broke. I don't have the money for either, so I don't have to speculate, and worry, and flame, and argue about it. My GF3 does just fine for a poor man