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'll be honest and say that my understanding of graphics and DX9 and ARB etc is severely limited to say the least, which is why I fully appreciate people who DO understand what Carmack et al are talking about, coming here to enlighten us sheep.
I had for awhile been considering the FX5900 Ultra, but after all the nasty things I read below which, as far as I can determine, are nothing but plain honest truth, I think Nvidia has received its last dollars out of my pocket.
As for ATI having shitty drivers, shrug, Nvidia's drivers have never worked well for me anyways, so I don't think I'll notice much of a difference.
Thanks for all the info guys, it's well appreciated.
Creston
I had for awhile been considering the FX5900 Ultra, but after all the nasty things I read below which, as far as I can determine, are nothing but plain honest truth, I think Nvidia has received its last dollars out of my pocket.
As for ATI having shitty drivers, shrug, Nvidia's drivers have never worked well for me anyways, so I don't think I'll notice much of a difference.
Thanks for all the info guys, it's well appreciated.
Creston
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