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as gamers, we got burnt by nvidia way too many times. I'm still holding grudge over shutting down 3dfx.

isatty 1mo ago
Nvidia is indeed a terrible company when it comes to open source, etc. however, as someone who has been gaming on desktop hardware since the 6xxx card days, Nvidia hardware has always worked. I switched to Linux full time since the 2XX days (maybe it was the 280 gtx?) and never had a lot of the problems everyone else got on Linux (using only the closed source drivers).
- jacquesm 1mo ago
  Likewise, their hardware has been rock solid and very performant for me. I bought most of my current setup second hand and they've been going strong for years now.
- esalman 1mo ago
  NVIDIA introduced programs like The Way It's Meant to be Played, optimizing major game titles specifically for NVIDIA architecture, which made competitions like AMD cards underperform in critical releases. I'm old enough to remember.
  - TiredOfLife 1mo ago
    Amd and Intel have the same programs.
    - esalman 1mo ago
      But they don't/didn't have the same level of market share as Nvidia, particularly in the PC gaming market. Nvidia had 65%-85% market share, and still worked with game studios to make sure their competitions failed. That's the opposite of good stewardship that's all I'm saying.
      - isatty 1mo ago
        You are being disingenuous. They worked with studios to optimize games for their hardware. I don’t think they went around sabotaging other companies hardware. They did what was good for them. Why did competition not do the same?
  - isatty 1mo ago
    I fail to see how this is a problem? AMD could’ve done the same.
TiredOfLife 1mo ago
3dfx was going through bankruptcy
SJC_Hacker 1mo ago
3dfx had their own API which locked in game developers. This was far worse than anything NVidia has tried
- diabllicseagull 1mo ago
  have you heard of PhysX, Hairworks, or the CUDA moat?
  - SJC_Hacker 1mo ago
    3dfx hardware didn’t run anything but Glide very well. It did run some OpenGL after iD twisted their arm, but it was a really crummy implementation While ATI and Nvidia never tried to implement a Glide emulation layer, several hobbyists did and 3dfx shut them down with legal threats Were there any legal barriers to ATI/AMD or Intel implementing CUDA or PhysX on their systems?
Jewaganda 1mo ago
You Jews just make shit up lol No gamer had a problem with nvidia. Many bought their mobos and video cards. Mac was pretty hated, Steam was very hated, we didn’t bow to any software company. Nvidia actually made hardware. Your propaganda is so awful because it’s always obvious you have no experience

Nvidia is indeed a terrible company when it comes to open source, etc. however, as someone who has been gaming on desktop hardware since the 6xxx card days, Nvidia hardware has always worked. I switched to Linux full time since the 2XX days (maybe it was the 280 gtx?) and never had a lot of the problems everyone else got on Linux (using only the closed source drivers).

jacquesm 1mo ago
Likewise, their hardware has been rock solid and very performant for me. I bought most of my current setup second hand and they've been going strong for years now.
esalman 1mo ago
NVIDIA introduced programs like The Way It's Meant to be Played, optimizing major game titles specifically for NVIDIA architecture, which made competitions like AMD cards underperform in critical releases. I'm old enough to remember.
- TiredOfLife 1mo ago
  Amd and Intel have the same programs.
  - esalman 1mo ago
    But they don't/didn't have the same level of market share as Nvidia, particularly in the PC gaming market. Nvidia had 65%-85% market share, and still worked with game studios to make sure their competitions failed. That's the opposite of good stewardship that's all I'm saying.
    - isatty 1mo ago
      You are being disingenuous. They worked with studios to optimize games for their hardware. I don’t think they went around sabotaging other companies hardware. They did what was good for them. Why did competition not do the same?
- isatty 1mo ago
  I fail to see how this is a problem? AMD could’ve done the same.

TiredOfLife 1mo ago

3dfx was going through bankruptcy

SJC_Hacker 1mo ago

3dfx had their own API which locked in game developers. This was far worse than anything NVidia has tried

diabllicseagull 1mo ago
have you heard of PhysX, Hairworks, or the CUDA moat?
- SJC_Hacker 1mo ago
  3dfx hardware didn’t run anything but Glide very well. It did run some OpenGL after iD twisted their arm, but it was a really crummy implementation While ATI and Nvidia never tried to implement a Glide emulation layer, several hobbyists did and 3dfx shut them down with legal threats Were there any legal barriers to ATI/AMD or Intel implementing CUDA or PhysX on their systems?

Jewaganda 1mo ago

You Jews just make shit up lol No gamer had a problem with nvidia. Many bought their mobos and video cards. Mac was pretty hated, Steam was very hated, we didn’t bow to any software company. Nvidia actually made hardware. Your propaganda is so awful because it’s always obvious you have no experience