Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
and whats wrong with optimizing?
isnt that what the driver writers are supposed to do?
even if it is for a specific game/app?
!!!!
Optimising is good. Optimising in my sense of the word being improvement in performance without image degradation. Of course, everyone can see the picture differently and may not notice any degradation compared to someone who feels as though the Mona Lisa had a moustasche drawn on in black marker.
I dont think this is easy.
Optimisation is good in that people can make their cards faster yet as both companies constantly improve their drivers, a consumer may not know when to jump in.
Doom3 runs better on Nvidia cards.... what would have happened if a few days before it was released, AIT's new driver package increased its performance to equal or best Nvidia? I know the difference is signifigant in this case but if it all came down to a few fps and a few marks on Futuremarks, it makes it difficult to see what is best for you. Even if you think you chose correctly, theres still the 'what if i got the other one?'
I dont care much for 3DMark aside from stress testing and eye candy. I care about real world performance but sometimes people will be sold on Futuremark performance so Nvidia and ATI duke it out there. Perhaps we should get Futuremark to stop these fights and let the 2 giants do more specifically for the gamers and those who do things with graphics beyond the playing rather than the people wanting the highest 3Dmark scores.