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J. Wang <dark_fenix@*nospam*hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> following up on my own thread...
>
> http://www.speedy3d.com/articles/ects_live_report/c.shtml
>
> The biggest selling point for Creatives Ge-Force256 - 64mb (32mb test on
> display) is the fact that it's NOT a graphics card. Well tell a lie, it is
> but not in the sense you would know a GFX card as. It houses what's known as
> a Geometry Processor, this is essentially like having a P3 CPU built onto
> the card itself and thus takes the processing power literally 90% away from
> the main CPU. For example, make a Pentium90Mhz supporting Motherboard with
> an AGP slot and then stick a GeForce card in, that's all you would need and
> you would still get outstanding performance.

Nonsense.  The GeForce still works better with a fast processor - AI and physics will
still demand a hefty P2.  Regardless, it's moot for the vast majority of games out
there as they do not support the hardawre T&L component yet.