Originally posted by: BFG10K
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Because AMD did not work with the developer to implement it. (Even though they could have).
nVidia didn?t work with GSC to implement DX10.1/DX11 renderers in their games either.
According to a blog post by an AMD marketing guy.
And according to a blog post by an nVidia marketing guy we?re lead to believe nVidia had no part in blocking ATi out, and they didn?t pay the developer anything.
For the record I actually believe nVidia, I?m just pointing out the double-standard in your logic.
My stance on the issue based on information so far: I believe nVidia only provided the resources to help Batman?s developer implement in-game AA for DX9. I don?t believe money changed hands, and I don?t think nVidia had a part in implementing the AA block.
The AA implementation also appears to be a generic implementation for the UT3 engine to work around its deferred renderer under DX9, but the implementation provides no performance advantage over driver AA, nor does it require nVidia specific features.
For this reason, I blame the developer for the vendor block. Given this appears to be generic code that works perfectly on ATi cards when the block is defeated, I can see absolutely no legitimate reason why it was locked out.
Again, if anyone argues the point that it was implemented on nVidia hardware and wasn?t tested on ATi?s cards, then exactly the same thing applies to current DX10.1/DX11 render paths in other games. Should those also be blocked off to future nVidia cards?
DirectX is a Microsoft product. AMD did not write DirectX
Irrelevant. Since you still have issues understanding my point, let me make two sentences for you.
Wreckage states: Batman?s developer expended effort into implementing in-game AA. Because ATi had no part in that and because it was only tested on nVidia?s cards, Wreckage believes ATi should be locked out.
BFG10K states: Stalker?s developer expended effort into implementing in-game DX10.1/DX11. Because nVidia had no part in that and because it was only tested on ATi?s cards, BFG10K is asking Wreckage whether he believes nVidia should be locked out in the same way.
This is very quite simple; you either disagree with
both sentences or you agree with
both. Anything else and your arguments are a double-standard. I disagree with both statements because vendor-lock ? when done for no legitimate reason ? only hurts consumers.