DOOM 3 & DX9 [Sep 17, 2003, 7:08 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
With all the discussion lately about how Half-Life 2 will run on ATI hardware
compared with NVIDIA accelerators, BonusWeb.cz
shot off an email to id Software's John Carmack to ask how DOOM 3 and other
games are likely to be impacted by the difference between the two graphics
platforms running DirectX 9. Here's how he responded:
Unfortunately, it will probably be representative of most DX9 games. Doom has a custom back end that uses the lower precisions on the GF-FX, but when you run it with standard fragment programs just like ATI, it is a lot slower. The precision doesn't really matter to Doom, but that won't be a reasonable option in future games designed around DX9 level hardware as a minimum spec.
I was reffering mostly to the mindset of, "Maaaan, I don't want to have to buy an ATI card! They used to be bad, not like my baby nVidia..." as being weird. I understand that ATI used to suck, and I understand not buying anything from them at that point.
But complaining when one company has a better product than another is silly. Brand loyalty is silly. You go with what will do what you want for what money you want to spend and for the amount of trouble you're willing to put up with.
Not that I'm accusing anyone in particular of being this way. I've just seen it on various boards.
This comment was edited on Sep 17, 22:00.
But complaining when one company has a better product than another is silly. Brand loyalty is silly. You go with what will do what you want for what money you want to spend and for the amount of trouble you're willing to put up with.
Not that I'm accusing anyone in particular of being this way. I've just seen it on various boards.
This comment was edited on Sep 17, 22:00.
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