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've been a Nvidia buyer since the TNT, and in the past have never been a fan of ATI. But after the Valve and now ids comments, I'm having serious doubts about throwing money at a FX based card. The performance doesn't appear to be as good, I question how well the card will perform in future DX9 based games, and I'm tired of the driver cheating BS - both companies have done this, but (AFAIK) ATI stopped, while Nvidia keeps it up. I want to be able to determine the image quality on my games, NOT the person who wrote the drivers.
I've been waiting all this time for the FX, and now I just can't see the logic of buying it.
Supporter of the "A happy fredster is a muted fredster" fanclub.
http://www.davidbowie.com
I've been waiting all this time for the FX, and now I just can't see the logic of buying it.
Supporter of the "A happy fredster is a muted fredster" fanclub.
http://www.davidbowie.com
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