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ATI vs. NVIDIA: ATI Steals the Show

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the video-card-shootout dept.

(54)T-Dub writes "Apparently a group of MIT engineers made an OpenGL wrapper for the NVidia Demo of 'Dawn.' (a fairy with high sex appeal) Even though the wrapper adds more overhead the demo still runs faster on the 9800pro and creates higher quality images." Yet another reason it's good to have engineering students on your side.

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  1. Slashdot Effect by keller999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, when a page gets slashdotted, isn't it just coincidence when the only thing that will load is the banner ad!

    1. Re:Slashdot Effect by MarkGriz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Even more of a coincidence (and a damn funyy one too) was that the banner ad I got was to "win an nVidia video card"

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  2. Dawn by Whatthehellever · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...does she have a sister?

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  3. Blah Blah Blah by Organic_Info · · Score: 5, Funny

    Summary of next 500 posts.

    nVidia is dying...
    No their not..
    ATi linux drivers suck..
    Ati Windows drivers suck..
    No they don't....
    Benchmarks mean nothing...
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

    Stop wasting your time...everyone buys their graphics cards based on what features are important to them. Whether it is raw performance, quality, driver stability, support, supported OS's, cost, availability etc... it is most likely a comprised mix of all of the above.

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    1. Re:Blah Blah Blah by mbourgon · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...And at least 1 comment talking about how the site is apparently using an NVidia card to serv pages.

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    2. Re:Blah Blah Blah by exhilaration · · Score: 2, Funny
      Dude, haven't you heard? BSD is dead!

      :)

  4. Re:who cares about ATI by lordfoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah No kidding .. Windows is Dead, ATI should know by now that Linux is where the Big time Gameing market is.

  5. Them Engineering Students by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yet another reason it's good to have engineering students on your side


    Yes, yet another reason. The other reasons I can think of are:

    1. you need a group of people to make seem a lot cooler than what you actually are
    2. you need to stop the flashing "12:00" on your VCR
    3. you need other trekies who actually want to wear the orange shirt
    4. avoid thermonuclear war


    Any other reasons to have them on our side?
  6. Re:Fairies? by NorthDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    She could always have a transparent dress...

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  7. Re:Fairies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Neo: Whoa, deja vu.

    Trinity: What did you just say?

    Neo: Nothing, I just had a little deja vu.

    Trinity: What did you see?

    Cypher: What happened?

    Neo: Someone posted about princesses, and then there was another post that looked just like it.

    Trinity: How much like it, was it the same post?

    Neo: Might have been, I'm not sure.

    Morpheus: Switch, Apoc.

    Neo: What is it?

    Trinity: Deja vu is usually a glitch in the Slashcode. It happens when they change something.

  8. Re:How nice for them by telstar · · Score: 5, Funny
    "I recently spent a lot of money on a 9700 Pro, which is currently sitting atop my machine, useless."
    • You realize that you've actually got to put it IN your machine to get it to work, don't you?

  9. Big deal by donscarletti · · Score: 3, Funny
    ATI compatibility, big frigging woop!

    If anybody wants to do something actually useful they can get rid of those frigging fig leaves!

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  10. Re:Fairies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What is it with graphics card demos and fairies? ... couldn't they be more imaginative?

    How is a Princess more "imaginative" than a fairie?

  11. I'm shocked and amazed... by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...posting links to a sit with high-res pics of a hot virtual babe, and the server got slashdotted? I'm a-fucking-stounded. Didn't see that coming.

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