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Post by Renown on Apr 4, 2006 8:01:08 GMT -5
In a current article that was brung to my attention it appears Microsoft has indefinitely suspended Nvidia from DirectX development, particularly the up-and-coming DirectX 10 with Shader Model 4.0.
Why has Microsoft done this you ask? Well, according to the article Microsoft claims that Nvidia violated the licensing agreements by effectively changing the DX 9 coding with their latest set of drivers [ Forceware 84.21 and others maybe? ] Nvidia has been averaging below itself in the past twelve months, but still if this is true and Nvidia has been suspended from future DX development....
I would have to say that OpenGL has a new friend at hand.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Apr 4, 2006 15:35:22 GMT -5
Yeah no DX for nVidia is a big deal. Especially with every single fscking game needing DX.
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Post by Renown on Apr 4, 2006 16:20:17 GMT -5
As I've said before...if Nvidia is suspended from DirectX involvement, ATI will gain a much larger share of the market, roughly 75%. It should also be noted that ATI holds the "trophy" for developing cards that take full advantage of SM 3.0, a la X1900 XT and XTX (just an example.)
When Windows Vista launches next year along with DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, we'll see if Nvidia will release any next-gen DX cards if not, OpenGL will possibly become the next big thing in a couple of years.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Apr 4, 2006 16:58:16 GMT -5
Well, that would solve a lot of ATi's "driver problems" with their cards. Seeing as though nVidia is looked upon as the more 'stable' cardmaker. It could be a revolution in the way cards are looked at, if they switch places.
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Post by Renown on Apr 4, 2006 20:39:33 GMT -5
Well, yes, ATI does have more then a few coveted driver problems, such as the F.E.A.R bug with the X1800 XL, where you have to rename it executable...if I remember correctly.
Case in point, if they did switch places ATI would be at the top of the hill as they were once long ago, hail the king baby...
...Hail the king.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Apr 4, 2006 20:54:22 GMT -5
Hail the Queen...
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Post by Latios XT on Apr 4, 2006 21:01:21 GMT -5
I ran a Google search. The latest report on that that I found was stamped at 10-05-2003. Nothing else suggests DX10 will be ousted from nVIDIA's hands. Besides, it'd piss people off. Not just gamers, but companies. This this the problem when you don't have much competition besides one other baddie. If DX10 is out of the loop for nVIDIA, Epic (the guys behind Unreal) will be pissed, and pretty much everyone else as suddenly in the future, their customers will drop. Some of us might succumb to the "ATI monopoly", but otherwise, we'll just say screw MS and ATI.
I don't want to start a fight, but ATI's crowning glory was at the Radeon 9000 series, where every card kicked nVIDIA's ass. However, nVIDIA began tweaking with what was wrong and they're both now neck and neck.
And I wouldn't trust anything anyone says about any video card's features besides the hardware and general features. They all beef it up with classic advertising schemes anyway to get the consumer to think one sucks and the other is better. (ATI claiming 7800GTX isn't SM3.0 compliant when it's using drivers dated months before the 7800GTX)
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on Apr 4, 2006 21:04:25 GMT -5
I think you're right man, busting nVidia out of DX10 is bad for business.
Bad for everyone's business. Including ATi - because of competition.
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Post by Latios XT on Apr 6, 2006 12:05:34 GMT -5
Besides, wouldn't both MS and ATI be sued on the account of forming a trust (as in, anti-trust laws)?
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