"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
- Albert Einstein
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Query FailedHumus
Sunday, May 25, 2003

Well, technically, yes. Though the way the bumpmap is created is the interesting part. Unlike what is normally done when we call it "bumpmapping" where the bumpmap is painted by the artist this bumpmap is generated from actual geometry from a high resolution model, which makes the appearance much more realistic.
Massimo
Saturday, May 24, 2003

I waited nv35 hoping it would be fast. Looks like it's not. No matter, I was still holding for them.
Now, I know they joined the cheating bandwagon. I no more feel them right. I feel they made a very bad marketing move by doing this, their reputation will probably be badly hurt.
BTW, I begin to think that GeForces are getting plagued by their own success. There's simply too much things to support... I guess this is a reason because companies rise and fall.
It would be really good if one can get an ARB extensions from the beginning. Too bad it's not the case. Look at EXT_frag_shad. It is equivalent to ARB_v_p but the interface is bad. Sometimes nvidia had to go for NV extensions, it is the case of NV_tex_shad and NV_reg_comb. If only they allowed other vendors to use them...
gibber
Saturday, May 24, 2003

This is very sad.

I am very disappointed in nVidia, they seem to have gone much further with their cheating than ATI.

Until now, nVidia's real weapon has been the strength and reliability of their drivers.

I will be voting with my wallet on this one.
NeoKenobi
Saturday, May 24, 2003

Isn't this PolyBump technique (or whatever it is called) the same as bumpmapping?
NeoKenobi
Saturday, May 24, 2003

Whoa! My last post seems to have been corrupted by a bug of some sort... What I said was this: Isn't it true that ATI cheated too? The Radeon 9800 Pro dropped about 2 percent in the new build of 3dmark03.
NeoKenobi
Saturday, May 24, 2003

Isn't it true that ATI cheated too? In the new build of 3dmark03 the performance of the Radeon 9800 Pro dropped with approximately 2%.

Edit by Humus: Fixed the comment, will need to fix my php-script later to deal with this
FXO
Saturday, May 24, 2003

I thought that cheating was illegal due to some licenseagreement in 3Dmark2003.
If this is true, I hope Futuremark sues the cheaters.

btw. good article, I totally agree about the IQ-issue.
Humus
Saturday, May 24, 2003

Ugh! Guess, guess I'll have to update it again then
Regardless of name, it's a cool technique anyway
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