Quote Originally Posted by BenchZowner View Post
No no no, I think we should continue bashing nVIDIA

Bad nVIDIA, bad!

They did have it comming



Quote Originally Posted by trinibwoy View Post
Exactly. But on the other hand if you want to cheerlead something you should be asking those same questions too and coming up with a different answer. Anything else is just blind faith.



Until it actually makes it to market and we have independent verification that it works then it is vaporware. You have seen Duke Nukem screenshots right?



Sorry but this is BS. If 3dfx's tech was so fantastic they wouldn't have gone belly up and gotten mopped up by Nvidia in the first place. Not to mention their tech back then was cost inefficient from a manufacturing standpoint and completely irrelevant in today's world. Back then graphics cards were little more than texture units.

Nvidia has held back some things - rotated grid AA comes to mind and maybe even tessellation too (we'll only know how practical tessellation would've been on past architectures when we see how it does on the new cards). But in terms of growth of the industry itself? Name another company that has done more to promote the PC as a gaming platform.
Truth is 3dfx was suing Nvidia for patent infringement ( just in case your not sure that means nvidia was stealing their tech..)

This was all about the time of the Dot Com bust and 3dfx's share price had been substantially hit by this..Truth is Nvidia had deeper pockets and in stead of paying billions in patent law suits (which 3dfx would have prevailed) it was easier to just put up boat loads of cash and buy em out and end the Law Suits... do some research if you dont taker my word for it....

While Nvidia has made some ground breaking inroads in technology they are theifs no less and Like other major Corps have suppressed technology for their own greed, is that wrong I am not a judge, that is capitalism of which I participate on a daily basis I assure you

But what I speak is truth not a blatant bashing for the envy of such, but rather a simple presentation of the facts.. Like it or not it is truth, and no I do not wish to be socialist or communist ( but Im sure your a right winger just by your stance, as our former presidents stance of with us or against us attitude) For the record I do not wish for socialism or communism as your McCarthian brain would imagine but rather a man who simply seeks truth and JUSTICE, and the true American way... Isn't that why we formed these United States ??
So take your head outta your A$$ and try be what it is our Forefathers yearned for..... Equal, Honest, and, Just....... If you cant just keep Imagining I'd rather be a "red" cause thats easier for your head to develop vs the TRUTH!!!!