Articles about GDC ( add more )

[muted]

http://www.gamedev.net/columns/events/gdc2002/

well it's getting updated daily

 

[Simon F]

Interesting quote from one of the tutorial summaries on that site:

You can't always assume that hardware T&L is going to be faster. Operations like skinning and blending can sometimes be faster in software (due to result caching).

Wash that man's mouth out with soap!

 

[LeStoffer]

Interesting quote from one of the tutorial summaries on that site:

You can't always assume that hardware T&L is going to be faster. Operations like skinning and blending can sometimes be faster in software (due to result caching).

Wash that man's mouth out with soap!

Ack, I'm about to leave my Geforce256 DDR behind without ever having any advantage out of the hardware T&L in games (although 3dS MAX likes it)!

Talk about paying for progress, I guess. (And now they want me to pay for DX9 - forget about it! )

Regards LeStoffer

 

[Entropy]

Hmm, now that you say it..... I sold my GF256 DDR this November and got myself an r8500. And looking back and thinking hard, no, none of my games ever did run faster with hardware T&L than without.

So extrapolating, I guess I will not see a game that exploits pixelshaders to great effect during the lifetime of my r8500. From what I've heard of the DOOM3 and the Unreal2 engines, this actually seems _very_ likely. And with the release of the GF4MX, practically guaranteed.

Oh well. I hope the manufacturers won't stop innovating, because I'll pay for coolness anyway. I'm a sucker for technology.

Entropy

 

[Ailuros]

I guess they are all having a really "bad" time at that convention..... hmmmmm

http://www.gamedev.net/columns/events/gdc2002/pics/HootersGirls.jpg

 

[Rasmoo]

http://www.gamasutra.com/gdc2002/index.shtml

 

[Idiot]

G800 demos

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0322/dx9.htm

 

[Dave Baumann]

Mr Case's take on GDC:

http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,apn=2&s=1017&a=24409&ap=1,00.asp

 

[LittlePenny]

A bit off topic but that sticky icon definitely needs to be... different.

 

[Ichneumon]

A bit off topic but that sticky icon definitely needs to be... different.

hehehe, i think it's rather amusing actually.

 

[Dave Baumann]

hehehe, i think it's rather amusing actually.

It does look a little... errr... suspect when its white though, hehe. I kinda think it amusing as well though.

 

[pascal]

Entropy:
So extrapolating, I guess I will not see a game that exploits pixelshaders to great effect during the lifetime of my r8500. From what I've heard of the DOOM3 and the Unreal2 engines, this actually seems _very_ likely. And with the release of the GF4MX, practically guaranteed.

IIRC the GF4MX doesnt support pixel shader

 

[Oompa Loompa]

IIRC the GF4MX doesnt support pixel shader

That was his point. We'll see pixel shader-employing games 1-2 years after pixel shader-supplying cards go mainsteam. And that hasn't happened yet.

 

[pascal]

Ooops, sorry

Gamespy GDC coverage:
http://www.gamespy.com/gdc2002/

Gamespy´s "Tim Sweeney Talks About Unreal Technology":
http://www.gamespy.com/gdc2002/sweeney/

 

[duffer]

SoftImage page for GDC. Includes some game-related articles and wallpapers:

http://www.softimage.com/Community/Xsi/Events/GDC_2002/gdc.htm

 

[duffer]

FiringSquad.com

Firing Squad has a review of GDC: 4 pages, no pictures, "GDC was dull this year".

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/features/gdc2002/

 

[Idiot]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0328/dmap1.htm


nothing big from matrox again....

delay a bit more and they will have a lowend part again.