Interesting how the opinion of Windows 8.1 is all of a sudden so good. At least on these forums. I seem to recall
THIS being the general consensus before the Polish review we've seen posted now. Add that Windows 8.1 is less than
4% market share when people want to state that GCN doesn't have enough presence in the market to really matter.
On a different note, I also find it interesting that an AMD backed game would support a technology that they don't and their competitor does. That should speak volumes to the attitude of AMD towards Gaming, gamers, and the community overall. Especially when you consider this...
If I were NVidia's CEO, I wouldn't support Mantle. I would play to my strengths, and try to expose AMD's weaknesses with Direct3D..
... does seem to fit into the competitions general attitude when it comes to gaming, gamers, and the community overall.
I would personally be shocked if AMD does lock the competition out of Mantle. It just doesn't fit their typical practices.