I don't think Half-Life 2 every looked half-way decent. It was mostly just a texture circle-jerk. Textures don't make games, guys. Stories, characters, etc make games interesting to play.
There were payments made to Valve which were not based on sales of ATi cards. Something known as a side-commission. What could possibly be the reason of nVidia cards showing half the performance of ATi cards in Half-Life 2 benchmarks, and why on earth would Valve force benchmarkers to use old...
Oh, you're the guy who doesn't understand that my comment was made to mock those who say similar, unsubstantiated "facts" in this forum. *cough* ackmed *cough*
That's funny, cuz when the X1800XT was in short supply and really expensive, the 7800 GTX 256 was compared with the X1800XL which was beaten into a pulp by the GTX. Oh, how times change, hombre.
It has fewer pipes, runs hotter, uses more power at idle, inferior drivers, designed by ATi, overpriced.
There's no reason why it should be priced above $200.
Well, the X1800XT doesn't perform as well as the GTX 512, so that's enough reason not to buy the X1800XT at its current market price. Another reason is that the card is at the high-end of the X18 line, so that means it's overclocked and at higher temps than it's worth. The X1800XT has few...
Dry wit wasted on one
Clever satire begs another
More ATi FUD, I moan
nVidia is a cheating test thither
Pale objectivism yields a bore
Love nVidia? You're a whore
I need someone to comfort me
ATi just lost another rotary
Darkness covers my eyes
The ATi consul is rank with fear
All...
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