A funny story from the EQ2 forums.

[Eronarn]

There once was a video card company called 3Dfx. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called Nvidia. There were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, 3Dfx revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as 3Dfx's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker's band wagon. Eventualy, the first company lost the hardware race and the second company decided to buy them and rule the world of home computer 3d graphics.

There once was a video card company called Nvidia. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called ATI. They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, Nvidia revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as Nvidia's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Is it just me or some folks just never learn?

Found this on the EQ2 forums, it made me laugh. Figured it belongs here because it's more of a joke thing, but, you know... it certainly has a bit of truth to it.

 

[jvd]

well really ati put out thier tiny card and then 4 months later nvidia put out the huge power hungry one

 

[nutball]

There once was a video card company called ATI. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called <insert name here>. They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, ATI revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as ATI's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Nope, people will never learn.

 

[London Geezer]

There once was a video card company called ATI. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called <who's left out there anyway??>. They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, ATI revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as ATI's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Nope, people will never learn.

 

[Jabbah]

There once was a video card company called ATI. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called < A company using PVR-S5 > . They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, ATI revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as ATI's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Nope, people will never learn.

 

[nutball]

There once was a video card company called ATI. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called Intel. They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, ATI revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as ATI's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Nope, people will never learn.

There once was a video card company called ATI. They made great 3d video cards. Along came another company called Microsoft. They were not the kings of 3d but they were working hard. One day, ATI revealed to the world their brand new creation: a large, power hungry video card. Not long after, the other company revealed their new baby: a tiny, frugal video card as potent as ATI's. Before long everyone was accusing the first company of creating a large monster and promptly jumped on the smaller card's maker band wagon...

Nope, people will never learn.

 

[London Geezer]

Ehehe i was thinking about PVR, honestly i don't know whether Intel and MS are interested in producing their own GPUs... But hey u never know... We can put Sony in there too then, much more likely...