Ian McNaughton goes out against The Way it's Meant to be Played

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Why not just disable the entire game in ATI hardware. Afterall, they can't possibly "validate" ever other GPU feature that is being used.

Pure nonsense. Nvidia is essentially saying, hey we are not confident in our hardware enough to let it stand on its own merits, so we'll cripple features on our competitors hardware instead. The absolute LAST thing PC gaming needs is "developer relations" coaxing game devs to favour certain hardware AND detect and disable features on competitors cards, where does the line get drawn?

And to the people defending Nvidia's actions, there is a major difference between Nvidia working with game devs to squeeze the most of their hardware, and outright turning off STANDARD features if a competitors hardware is detected. I guess there are certain Nvidia fanboys that have actually convinced themselves that Nvidia's actions are entirely innocuous.

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There is no need to defend Nvidia or ATI, this is the developers choice in the end regardless.

Once some form or "real" confirmation regarding the issue is made from people who are actually in the know then its simply fuel for another hatefest for the haters of Nvidia and pretty much the same group post hating on them in pretty much every Nvidia related thread.

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Once some form or "real" confirmation regarding the issue is made from people who are actually in the know then its simply fuel for another hatefest for the haters of Nvidia and pretty much the same group post hating on them in pretty much every Nvidia related thread.

Ian McNaughton would not blog about the issue if the detection was not taking place. He would probably be fired for making baseless claims.

But Nvidia will never own up to this, they will just claim the detection is there to "improve the user experience on Nvidia hardware, and to ensure a decent playable experience on other hardware".