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Op Ed

[H]ard-OCP - Don't Buy Global Agenda.
Does having 4.096 million pixels give you an "unfair advantage" over the guys that have 1.92 million pixels? That is what a gamer sees playing on a 2560x1600 LCD compared to a guy on display supporting 1600x1200 resolution. Hi-Rez Studios has no issue supporting that. According to Hi-Rez Studios' stance, the gamer with 6.912 million pixels (5760x1200 - 3x1 24" monitors) does have an unfair advantage over the gamer with 4.096 million pixels (2560x1600) and therefore, YOU will not be allowed to properly use your Eyefinity or other multi-display configuration to play its game.

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62. Re: Op Ed Feb 14, 2010, 10:39 Mashiki Amiketo
 
It's kinda funny, until I saw this post I didn't even know that ATI was trying the multimonitor FoV system again. I remember matrox, and nvidia playing around with it about 10 years ago and it was pretty gimmicky then. On the same level as VR helmets and 3d stereoscopic shutter glass. All good ideas that never really caught on. I do have to admit, I'm kinda interested in this if they got all the bugs worked out.

As for the unfair advantage comment put out by Hi-Rez? They could get further by offering it as a selling point and pushing ATI's system now, and nVidia's new system in the future. There is no inherent unfairness in this, then all of the other 'unfair options' mentioned already. And I do remember the days when losing even on a LAN could be because of a slower computer(Hexen was really good for that).

All of that aside, unless they're going to turn around and have the "Hi-Rez enforcement police" come to your house every morning to make sure everyone is playing on identical systems, with identical hardware and identical internet connections...they're just shooting themselves in the foot. As for the eyefinity fanboism? Couldn't care the point is still valid, but I think that was the first time in 4 years I went to H-OCP.

(issues with this comment can go BLAH! I'm on 4hrs of sleep in the last 3 days)
 
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  1. Feb 13, 13:10 Re: Op Ed Grendle
  2. Feb 13, 13:27  Re: Op Ed Quboid
  3. Feb 13, 13:49   Re: Op Ed Stormsinger
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  21. Feb 13, 17:24     Re: Op Ed zincthallinide
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  37. Feb 13, 21:28     Re: Op Ed JaguarUSF
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  34. Feb 13, 21:07   Re: Op Ed Yifes
  38. Feb 13, 22:00    im am better than everyone on the planet space captain
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  41. Feb 13, 23:28      Re: im am better than everyone on the planet Slashman
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  14. Feb 13, 16:02  Re: Op Ed RaZ0r!
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  36. Feb 13, 21:23   Re: Op Ed Yifes
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  65. Feb 17, 20:10     Re: Op Ed Yifes
  4. Feb 13, 14:12 Re: Op Ed DangerDog
  12. Feb 13, 15:41  Re: Op Ed Warskull
  7. Feb 13, 14:31 Re: Op Ed space captain
  8. Feb 13, 14:31 Re: Op Ed theyarecomingforyou
  10. Feb 13, 15:22  Re: Op Ed eRe4s3r
  11. Feb 13, 15:32   Re: Op Ed NKD
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  29. Feb 13, 19:47  Re: Op Ed Morgan19
  31. Feb 13, 20:03   Re: Op Ed space captain
  13. Feb 13, 16:00 Re: Op Ed necrosis
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  23. Feb 13, 17:40 let me give you a translation: space captain
  25. Feb 13, 18:30 Re: Op Ed spindoctor
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  32. Feb 13, 20:12 Re: Op Ed Manfromx
  33. Feb 13, 20:29  Re: Op Ed space captain
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  46. Feb 14, 00:17      Re: Op Ed space captain
  48. Feb 14, 00:27       Re: Op Ed Manfromx
  49. Feb 14, 00:49        Re: Op Ed Grendle
  50. Feb 14, 02:24         Re: Op Ed Manfromx
  51. Feb 14, 03:59        Re: Op Ed space captain
  52. Feb 14, 05:15 Re: Op Ed Hoop
  53. Feb 14, 05:36 Re: Op Ed theyarecomingforyou
  60. Feb 14, 10:22  Re: Op Ed The PC Warrior
  57. Feb 14, 06:57 Re: Op Ed Hoop
  58. Feb 14, 07:54 too bad your opinion doesnt mean shit space captain
  59. Feb 14, 08:15 Re: Op Ed Trevellian
>> 62. Feb 14, 10:39 Re: Op Ed Mashiki Amiketo
  63. Feb 14, 19:07 Re: Op Ed Dev
  64. Feb 15, 13:29 Re: Op Ed Verno


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