04-07-2003, 06:51 PM
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a late April Fools? Who knows...
News source: SPonG
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We can reveal that Valve is currently looking at making its massively anticipated FPS sequel Half-Life 2 exclusive to nVidia graphics cards, in what will be the first deal of its kind in the PC gaming sector. This massive story comes from insiders at nVidia, who are boasting that this will be the first of many such deals for exclusive content, bespoke to its cards.
We have been aware for some time that both ATi and nVidia have been courting the publishers and developers of AAA PC games, trying to gain card-exclusivity.
“You will see a massive change in the structure of the PC games industry in the next few months, with the first batch of announcements hitting at E3,” one insider told us. “Instead of being referred to as PC gaming, you will become an nVidia or ATi gamer, as distinct as Sony and Nintendo.”
This concept has been circulating for some time, with gossip about graphics cards overshadowing next-gen console talk at the recent Game Developer’s Conference.
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Could this be true, we will just wait and see...
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04-07-2003, 07:26 PM
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99.9% sure it's a joke
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04-08-2003, 06:25 AM
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| Quote (interman @ April 07 2003,20:26) | 99.9% sure it's a joke[/b][/quote]
yes, it would be ignorant and irresponsible to attempt to monopolize that way on games, but hey, console game developers do it all the time (like jerks)
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04-08-2003, 08:07 AM
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Well who knows.... maybe there is a slim chance to see Half-life2 this year at E32k3 in an nvidia booth  |
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04-08-2003, 09:13 AM
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If it's indeed true it'd suck for ATI users. Wasn't id already that pissed at ATI for leaking that alpha version of Doom 3 that they said some of the new Radeon's capabilities won't be implemented into the game as a result? But then again, I'm an NVIDIA boi, so no worries for me... Unless HL2 will be ATI exclusive, and the chances of that are nil 
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04-08-2003, 11:01 AM
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The thing is, for there to be nvidia and ati gaming you'd need two new APIs (like directx). Nvidia has their Cg and ATI has their rendermonkey, but that's just tools they've released for people to make shaders, and far from anything you could base an entire game on. Both nvidia and ati are great companies, but I'm pretty damn sure neither of them have API developers as good as microsoft has, and that's why it would just be silly to release something that would confuse developers even more than they currently are. I wrote 99.9% because you never know what may happen in this bizarre world, but if it happens then I'll at least laugh out pretty loud.
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04-08-2003, 01:31 PM
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That would be stupid and suck! I am ATI, because its in my price range. So now they gonna stop me from playing it because I cant afford NVIDIas really(!!!!) Expensive cards... shame on them!
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05-21-2009, 05:41 PM
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lol, if this happens ASUS will bring out a Mobo that lets you build in 2 Gracas and a switch. it's sounds like a money making thing 
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05-21-2009, 09:34 PM
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Can anyone say "this thread is 6 years old"
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