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Re: Goodbye Nvidia

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From: Pierre Legrand
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00
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Sorry but the Creative site does not describe the 5.22 drivers as
beta. 

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>Well I have yet to find a game that doesn't work with the 5.22 on my system,
>every game I own works just great.  Plus you have to take in mind that
>driver sets like 5.16 and 5.22 are continuous beta drivers and you do not
>have to install these, they are drivers that are constantly worked on. When
>nvidia feels they have a stable version with a few improvements, they
>release official drivers, like now the detonator2 drivers.
>I've never had problems with any detonator drivers, so for my opinion their
>drivers are great!
>
>Matthias
>
>ShadowGod <jpiddockNOjpSPAM@cyberzone.net.invalid> schreef in berichtnieuws
>0eeb1958.732edbe9@usw-ex0105-037.remarq.com...
>> "Adam" <nospam@com.com> wrote:
>> >> Amen brother! Nvidia's drivers are absolutely *horrible*!
>> >>
>> >> -John
>> >
>> >Bullshit.  Nvidias drivers are actually some of the best.
>> First off look at
>> >nvidias engineers and their backgrounds.  Its now all of SGI's
>> opengl
>> >engineers.  It need not be said, but for those that dont
>> know... SGI has
>> >lead the 3d accelerated workstation market for many many
>> years.  Of course
>> >that has all changed quite recently thanks to the PC and its
>> wide variety of
>> >3d accelerators.  Nvidias drivers stand up fine, they perform
>> excellent in
>> >games, and they are now moving to support opengl workstation
>> applications.
>> >You cant say the same for 3DFX.  They will always be a game
>> card, atleast
>> >thats what their current buisness model looks like.  Nvidia is
>> a revolution
>> >in that it is brings together the 200$ game card and the 2000$
>> workstation
>> >cards.
>> >
>> >That trend will continue, and nvidia will continue to lead the
>> industry
>> >based on its engineering background.
>> >
>> >-Adam
>> >
>>
>> Blah blah blah. What the hell are you talking about? None of
>> that crap means anything IF THE DAMN DRIVERS DON'T WORK WITH ALL
>> GAMES! You're missing the point.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
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>
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From: plegrand@home.com (Pierre Legrand)
Subject: Re: Goodbye Nvidia
Date: 2000/07/01
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