A call to boycott Nvidia games for ATI/AMD owners

[mosox]

While the corporations have the right to tweak their products as much they want, the end user has the right to decide what he buys or not.

This is an incomplete list of companies/games that not only exploit the Nvidia strengths but also cripple the ATI/AMD cards on purpose.

Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed
HAWX1&2
Capcom - Lost Planet 2
EA Digital Illusions
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- NFS
4A Games - Metro 2033
Digital Extremes - BioShock 2
Capcom - Lost Planet 2
Cryptic Studios - Star Trek Online

Look at this bench:
http://i.imgur.com/S2GTL.png
It's ludicrous

Stop buying their products, period.

 

[sandorski]

No.

 

[dpodblood]

You think ATI doesn't do the same? That's just business...

 

[erikistired]

i have an older ati card and bc2 runs just fine.

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

You think ATI doesn't do the same? That's just business...

ATI doesn't do it close to the same degree.

And remember, NV started all this bs in the first place, iirc with UT2003

 

[Vdubchaos]

I've been saying this for many years. Vote with your money (probably more important then actual vote for politics these days).

 

[Continuity28]

but also cripple the ATI/AMD cards on purpose.

Is that proven? I thought it was just a matter of nVidia working with these developers to make their games run well on their components, and AMD simply not being there to help the developers with their components.

 

[busydude]

I am sorry, but your list is total BS..

BF:BC2 .. CIV 5 are AMD gaming evolved titles.

The only games I can see is HAWX 2 and LP2.. which are crappy games to begin with.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Stop buying their products, period.

Be sure not to buy the console version then, otherwise it will make the publishers think you are not interested in PC gaming.

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

Is that proven? I thought it was just a matter of nVidia working with these developers to make their games run well on their components, and AMD simply not being there to help the developers with their components.

HAWX

 

[mosox]

Is that proven? I thought it was just a matter of nVidia working with these developers to make their games run well on their components, and AMD simply not being there to help the developers with their components.

Just look at the bench.

 

[dpodblood]

Just look at the bench.

Benchmark doesn't prove AMD is crippled, only that it is optimized for Nvidia.

 

[Texashiker]

A call to boycott Nvidia games for ATI/AMD owners

If your an ATI owner, your already boycotting Nvidia - just in a different way. I have not bought nvidia in maybe 6 years. I am not boycotting nvidia on purpose, I just liked the performance of ati better when I made the switch.

I have an ATI 4850 and play metro2033 with no problems.

If a company wants to optimize their game for a certain video card, I dont see an issue with it - their just conducting business.

 

[Continuity28]

Just look at the bench.

The benchmark only shows AMD video cards performing worse, not why. It could be because the developers know of ways to optimize performance on nVidia hardware (because nVidia helped them). If AMD didn't get together with the developers and show them how to make the code more efficient on their hardware, then it wouldn't be as well optimized.

 

[thilanliyan]

Not all those games run like crap on AMD hardware. I've only played AC, BFBC2, and Metro 2033 and they all run fine. I agree, I don't want ever to buy nV or ATI cards for specific games...that's ridiculous.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Too late. Got a couple of those games and 3 nvidia cards currently.

 

[Voo]

This is an incomplete list of companies/games that not only exploit the Nvidia strengths but also cripple the ATI/AMD cards on purpose.

And you're basing that claim on what.. exactly? Is any game where Ati wins "obviously" crippled for Nvidia cards? And why does that even happen for games that are supported by Ati (dirt2)?

 

[sandorski]

Only a few games have involved Shens. Most Nvidia/ATI sponsored games are little more than Advertising.

 

[mosox]

Benchmark doesn't prove AMD is crippled, only that it is optimized for Nvidia.

What? HD 6970 worse than GTX 560? GTX 460/768 better than HD 5870/6870/6970? MWAHAHAHAHA.

 

[exar333]

Mass thread fail. AMD cards will play those games just fine.

 

[happy medium]

While the corporations have the right to tweak their products as much they want, the end user has the right to decide what he buys or not.

This is an incomplete list of companies/games that not only exploit the Nvidia strengths but also cripple the ATI/AMD cards on purpose.

Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed
HAWX1&2
Capcom - Lost Planet 2
EA Digital Illusions
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- NFS
4A Games - Metro 2033
Digital Extremes - BioShock 2
Capcom - Lost Planet 2
Cryptic Studios - Star Trek Online

Look at this bench:
http://i.imgur.com/S2GTL.png
It's ludicrous

Stop buying their products, period.

I respect your opinion, but you shouldn't just post something like this without proof to back it up. :thumbsdown: We could list a bunch of games that run on AMD hardware better such as F1 2010, but that doesn't mean AMD crippled the game for Nvidia hardware, does it?:\

 

[busydude]

And why does that even happen for games that are supported by Ati (dirt2)?

They run equally well on both vendors, but few TWIMTBP titles favor Nvidia cards. F1 2010 is an exception though.

 

[Firestorm007]

Lol.... I don't think so; and I prefer AMD. I've never had any problems on the games you listed. However, if something comes up, AMD is usually pretty good about addressing it. Most of those games listed work perfectly fine on my 5870.

 

[Continuity28]

What? HD 6970 worse than GTX 560? GTX 460/768 better than HD 5870/6870/6970? MWAHAHAHAHA.

That's not really proof of AMD being crippled intentionally though. Bear in mind, game graphics processing is all about optimization. Small changes in code can have big performance differences. Even if the AMD cards had the hardware to go fast, it means nothing if it isn't being used to it's potential. It doesn't necessarily mean that the developer is purposely limiting the AMD cards, it could very well be they don't know how to optimize their code for AMD cards as well as nVidia cards... and that has a lot to do with their interaction with the companies in question.

 

[mosox]

We could list a bunch of games that run on AMD hardware better such as F1 2010, but that doesn't mean AMD crippled the game for Nvidia hardware, does it?:\

Please. Show me a bench similar with the one I posted, a HD 5770 being better than a GTX 570 or something. Post benches.