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Re: Goodbye Nvidia

#232
From: ShadowGod
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00
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"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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Subject: Re: Goodbye Nvidia
Date: 2000/06/30
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