Nah, manI don't respect that poster at all. It's obviously a backtrack by someone who was fiercely LOYAL to nV (despite his comments), heck here I could say I'm no MATROX loyalist... but so what?
His arguments are based on assumption and personal animosity, and definitely alot of the arrogance that he falsely accuses Valve of having. Just look at the last paragraph, if that isn't nV PR material then I'd like to see something stronger that's said with a straught face. Wait? The R300 core has been out a year, and even then people like this JackA$$ were saying 'nV will respond, you wait, I'll get you back, and your little dog too!'.
I waited for my killer gaming card and got smacked. But at least I got throttled (by the R300) long enough before I needed/wanted to buy a card to come to my senses (but Surround-Gaming still Looks SOOooo COOL!) and chose the card that best suits MY, not Their, needs.
He has a modicum of truth in what he says, but it's surrounded in bile. Yes I'd love to see them do the tests all out (as Lars complained about time constraints I agree) and I would also like access to all possible drivers, not just official (although make damn clear these are optimized beta drivers, unproved and unreviewed). Until the DET50s get the scrutiny WHY should they be used. We are only now see very fluffy quick reviews of their performance (no photo-shoped comparisons anywhere yet), so to me they aren't viable without complete deconstruction of them. So it will be an addendum, well fine, we'll see it later. But since the CAT 3.8s according to Catalyst Maker are also supposed to be the Bee's Knees (did I really just write that? I'm not turning into my Dad I'm turning into my Granpa! [And do Bee's even have Knees?] arghh back to the main issue), who's to say that the CAT 3.8s don't push the bar even further and that the catch-up by the FXs falls way short again? What if the 3.8 gave you the option to lower precision from pseudo 32 (24) to 16 and pretend for benchmark sake (fool them silly benchmarks and bungholio addicts) that they were turned all the way up, would that please nV too?
Seriously I don't see any issue with Valve, hell they wasted all this time optimizing just for the FX crowd, why would they put in that (5X as long) effort and try to 'cripple' the architecture as the author pressumes? Valve is likely HIGHLY pissed off (as their slide mentions their customers might be) and really don't want to waste their time tryng to mollify Graphzilla. Seriously if nV and their legions don't learn from this then the term that rhymes with Cypriot suits them well.
Yes the jury is still out on HL2 we definitely need ALOT more testing (as I said in many other posts), however the reactions of the Fanbois is in and they are mad, defensive and just as arrogant as ever. The author might have had a good point up until the end, and then he quashed any credibility I afford him. The true GAMERS and Graphics cards fans are confused and hurt, and hoping that the DET 50s are all that people made them out to be (the TRUE Det FXs), and if they aren't that confusing will ikely turn to a sense of betrayal, especially if this becomes more common and the 'every 2-3' year upgrader just blew his allowance (or their paycheque on the kids rig) for something that may need to be replaced shortly (especially if it's whinning kids getting fragged into oblivion).
I don't understand the backlash by the people against Valve. I do understand the annoyance by the reviews at the constraints put in place by Valve, but hey like Lars sid, they were there for the infamous D]|[ benchies, and I don't rememeber alot of people complaining vociferously back then. They accepted that Carmack was a controlling individual who cared more about the game/engine than making people happy (which is the way it should be). This time when they got the same treatment nV's statement of the mythical Det 50s solving all and bringing harmony to the valley caused them to rebel and say 'Hey Valve/Gabe, explain yourself!'
Arghh, it's been interesting, but now I almost side with the rviewers, just to shut them UP! PErhaps each mention of the HL2 presentation and benchmarks should be preceeded by a warning "CAUTION: Work in Progress, Do not Over-react and keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times!"
Oh well, off to take a look at this year's line-up of ski stuff (when school starts the marketers come runnin') since the R420/RV380/NV40 are delayed 'til next year, I can buy buy buy (once the season starts). So hopefully I will escape the Valve bashing to return to the normal ATI and nV bashing; If you Bash Matrox, APE Bash YOU!
Oww, I haven't written a long post like that in a while, my knuckles hurt! Betcha YOUR eyes hurt too! <i>This post was brought to you by VISINE. MMmm Soothing VISINE!</i>
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