"TheHasselhoff" wrote in message
om...
I am beside myself with how the Nvidia line is suddenly being considered
second-rate compared to the ATI line, simply because of one game.
Now, I realize HL2 will be immensely popular. But, Valve has basically
come
out and acted as if their new game is 100% representative of how video
games
will be made in the future. That's certainly egotistical, and downright
incorrect. The other 100s of game developers are not going to suddenly
say,
"ooh, here's how Valve does things, so we need to copy it."
I guess what really frosts me is that Valve (obviously in bed with ATI)
comes out with their own benchmarks - which are not being validated by any
independent source - and all of the other benchmarks out there, showing
the
GeforceFX line beating the ATI line in many other games are thrown out the
window.
Valve can say all they want that Nvidia shouldn't make "game-specific"
drivers - but I'll bet that the last few Catalyst revisions have had
updates
for HL2 in them. They'd be dumb not to - but Valve acting like the
supreme
entity in all of this is ridiculous.
I think I'm going to pass on HL2, just out of principle.


The trouble is, it isn't just one game. Doom 3 is having problems and has
it's own nv35 shading code because of it, Lara croft's last game was having
problems, 3d mark 03 had problems and now Aquamark 3 too. It isn't one game,
it isn't one thing, its numerous and there is a problem that needs
addressing and nvidia can't keep blaming everyone else.
Whilst I would agree with you had it only been valve (who are promoting the
ati cards anyway) saying this it would look suspicious, but it isn't just
valve. Read nvidias press release, they are trying to blame everyone and not
take responsibility. According to nvidia there are no differences in quality
between ps1.4 and ps2, between dx8 and dx9 and also no difference in quality
between 32 bit and 16 bit shading. They need to own up to this bloody mess.