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ATI Releases Competition for NVIDIA's Cg

death00 writes "ATI has released a beta of RenderMonkey, their suite of open, extensible shader development tools. ATI showed these tools for the first time at Siggraph 2002. Should be interesting to see who wins the shader development race, NVIDIA's Cg, RenderMonkey or whatever 3Dlabs has on the go."

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  1. fp by bluethundr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1 60tz 0|\|3zt |*05T~###~~~^^^!!!!

    kUz 1 83 133t and y0u b3 r33t

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  2. yo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post.

    you all sux0r.

    the d00d abides

  3. ATI Radeon 9700 Pro by oval_pants · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe the software is to show the best of its new video card.

    Tom's Hardware had a pretty favorable opinion. Article

  4. BITBOYS will win! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BITBOYS will definitely win... if it's a foo bar competition!

  5. Shader by LordYUK · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its nice to know that the new line of Graphic cards will come with new shading effects. there is nothing worse than sitting in front of the screen playing a game and having the sun glare through a window on your screen. Being a geek too busy to go out and buy curtains, I used one of my bath towels to block some of the glare. Alas, this doesnt work to well. It warms my heart to know that the next gen graphic cards will fix this problem with their new shaders, and I can once again dry myself off after my weekly shower without taking the "curtains" down!

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    1. Re:Shader by LordYUK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Hmm... maybe I make my jokes MORE OBVIOUS next time I post...

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  6. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred nearly a year ago, followed by a Holy War against Islam, and now Israel and the Palestinians as well as India and Pakistan are teetering on the brink of their own war, Argentina is in the midst of a financial crisis, America is considering launching attacks against Somalia and Iraq, and you people have the gall to be discussing ATI releasing a beta of RenderMonkey???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!
    The bodies of the thousands of innocent civilians who died (and will die) in these unprecedented events could give a good god damn about ATI releasing a beta of RenderMonkey, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!
    You people disgust me!


    Uh huh, I see. And why are you here again?

  7. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by puff-d-dwaggie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!

    You people disgust me!"

    First response to the last line...GOOD! Im glad, cause I really dont give a flying booger.

    Second response to the line about souls and such....So phreakin what? Im atheist and dont believe in a soul anyhow and I think homosapiens are nothing but an infection on this planet anyhow.

    That said,

    "GET Moose and Squirrel!"

  8. homosapiens are nothing but an infection... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So it's OK if I through you into a giant vat of penicillin?

  9. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by UV_Haze · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Weak Dude.. Very WeaK

  10. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A typical american don't even know what africa is (it's a continent, now you learned something), so why rant here? besides our hands are tied, what can we possible do about it? we are not the ones making decisions..

  11. This is funny because americans suck ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The great satan must be put down.!

    usa is in league with satan!

    American decadence must be burned down!

  12. Re:YHBT. YHL.HAND. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    well then I'm amazed you did. btw, did you know that axl rose is a brain doner?

  13. hear me sing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..and the mama cries, and the child is born.....shallallall.. in the ghetto... in the ghetto.... elvis died 25 years ago.

  14. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A typical American doesn't even know what Africa is (it's a continent), so why rant here? Our hands are tied. What can we possibly do about it?(Do about what? This is supposed to match something. The way this sentence is used here means "What can we do about our hands being tied".) We are not the ones making decisions..
    I don't know about you, but I am making decisions. I decided that you don't know the english language worth a fuck. Take a course in something other than jerking off. Moron!
    How many syntax errors do you generate through the course of a day?

  15. Hope it's not too OT by Typingsux · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My next card is a GeForce.
    I can't play any games at all on my PC without a crash if I use the latest ATI drivers for XP. This has been for the last couple of revisions already.
    I am forced to run the XP packaged drivers. Slower but no bluescreens. Of course no openGL games. Oh well.
    I have a Radeon if you're curious.

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  16. Re:Get some PRIORITIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this fucking owns me, makes me horny even...TFord

  17. Re:And the winner is... by EvilAlien · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Yes, competition is bad and hurts the consumer. True innovation can only be ensured by a single strong and dominant industry leading standard.

    VIVA REDMOND!

    Oh wait, thats not quite what you meant to imply, was it?

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