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ATI Wins Bid For Next Xbox
TypoNAM writes "CNET News is reporting that graphics chip underdog ATI Technologies has signed a contract with Microsoft to produce components for future versions of the Xbox game console, beating out market leader Nvidia." According to the article, "The announcement ends months of speculation over whether Nvidia, the leading maker of graphics processors for PCs, would renew its troubled partnership with Microsoft on the Xbox."
yep! Willing to do whatever for the MS Monster. And I really like my 9500Pro too! Hopefully, we'll see some Nvidia open-source drivers real-soon-now huh!
Pity the early adopters, the video drivers are gonna be buggy until Xbox v2.3 or so...
Watashi wa chikyubutsurigakusha desu.
It couldn't possibly be based on technical criteria. First off, nVidia has better drivers. This is important.
Based only on performance and features, it is a close race. They both support Microsoft's DirectX features for current and future releases.
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
I can promise you that the drivers for ATI's card on the X-Box2 will be very good.
You can? Do you work for ATI or M$?
Is this BillyG's or Monkey Boy's alias here?
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
advertised to work with 98/ME, and I bought it in July 2000.
You're running 98 or ME (not much difference), and you expect your machine not to crash? It sounds like you need a real operating system before you can start to get self-righteous about ATI.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
No kidding. I've owned a few ATI cards in my life, and that's it for me.
The last one I owned was the '3D Charger'. It was supposed to have 3D support. Did it do OpenGL? Nope. Direct3D? A little bit (if you call missing walls, broken textures and generally unplayable games a feature, ok). Basically, the card's drivers were pure garbage right from the beginning.
Sorry ATI. I would love to support a good Canadian company as much as I can, but I can only tolerate so much of this nonsense with products that don't work correctly before I jump ship and go with one of your competitors. I now own a card from Nvidia - my first non-ATI card in a decade.
You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. The impossible just takes a little longer.