One of my friends is a gearhead, this is what he had to say: "...Shader Model 1.1, which basically was "Whatever the 8500 does."" Correction - it was Shader Mo

One of my friends is a gearhead, this is what he had to say: "...Shader Model 1.1, which basically was "Whatever the 8500 does."" Correction - it was Shader Model 1.4 The GF3 already did 1.1, and the GF4 Ti (3 years later) did 1.3. A very good read though. A decade of drama put into simple words.