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.
It's not as bad as you think it is. Carmack said the GFX IS good enough for D3, the lower precision is unimportant for the D3 engine. So all the games that will come out in the next 3 years using the Doom3 engine will work perfectly on the GFFx (but who keeps their Graphics that long anyway ?)
I think the important sentence he said was: "but that won't be a reasonable option in future games designed around DX9 level hardware as a minimum spec"
See?
When games will be designed with DX9 as MINIMUM SPECS... Geez how long will that take ? Doom 3 was designed with DX6 as minimum spec right? (or is it Dx7?)
Of course if all you want is cutting edge hardware all the time... you'll be changing your graphics card in 12 months anyway. So, even if you still got screwed a bit by nVidia... It isn't so bad. Next time you'll be more careful. I bought my 9800pro the week the 5900 came out. I read many reviews and wasn't really impressed and saw that it was still a 2-slot card and I thought that was bullshit design from the start -- even though they lowered the noise level from the 5800 -- since the 9800pro is way shorter than a GF4/4600 already and can be cooled with just a small cooler/HS... and it's quieter than a GF4 too!
I think the important sentence he said was: "but that won't be a reasonable option in future games designed around DX9 level hardware as a minimum spec"
See?
When games will be designed with DX9 as MINIMUM SPECS... Geez how long will that take ? Doom 3 was designed with DX6 as minimum spec right? (or is it Dx7?)
Of course if all you want is cutting edge hardware all the time... you'll be changing your graphics card in 12 months anyway. So, even if you still got screwed a bit by nVidia... It isn't so bad. Next time you'll be more careful. I bought my 9800pro the week the 5900 came out. I read many reviews and wasn't really impressed and saw that it was still a 2-slot card and I thought that was bullshit design from the start -- even though they lowered the noise level from the 5800 -- since the 9800pro is way shorter than a GF4/4600 already and can be cooled with just a small cooler/HS... and it's quieter than a GF4 too!
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