Wildlife experts are today celebrating the recent discovery of a much theorized, but previously unseen strand of the human race, known as homo fanboious pedancticus (aka Fanboi), in particular a variant confirmed to be of the ATI reverance classification (fanboious radeonous). Although rarely venturing outside of its indigenous environment (commonly thought to be either parent's basements or loft conversions), it was believed to be almost extinct until sometime in 2000, when the Radeon breeding programme was launched and in fact, since the inception of the R300 trust (described by commentators as the "great nVIDIA culling") it's population has swelled to new heights.
With a number of new ATI releases on the horizon, their activity has been on the rise, with researchers noting significant increases in their habitual movements (known as internet forum postings) within traditional feeding grounds (known as internet forums). Popular spots to catch a glimpse of ATI fanboi rituals in action include, Rage3D, Driverheaven and occasionally Beyond3D, especially during the periods identified by observers as "new architecture releases and/or refresh releases", which are typically during the months of April-June and September-November.
Although not characterised by using physical aggression, the fanboi genus is very quick to anger and will take offense at the slightlest affront or critique to their idol, in this case ATI, and will defend it's honour until death, or until called upstairs for dinner or to watch the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. Their retribution can be vicious, and range from infantile comparison to sophisticated, thesis-length discussion with couched invective. Although inter-species sqaubbles are not unknown, a typical encounter with an arch-rival or non-aligned fanboi (naf) will range from a claim such as "OMG my 6800GT pwns your X800XL in D3!" and counter-claim, "Yeah well my X800XL owns your GT in Farcry and HL2 with 4AA/8AF! Suck that down! et al" to highly technical and involved abstract on why the NV30 wasn't a bad chip with it's full and partial precision and how ATI constrained the industry and developers by releasing SM2.0b, et al.
As such, the intrepid adventurers responsible for snapping the first pictures of this elusive creature had to tread carefully and warily, lest they incur it's wrath and be forever hounded and ridiculed across the vast wild expanse of the internet. Fortunately, in many cases their wants are few and some pictures were secured with minimal fuss -- a glimpse of R520 had the individual pictured below writhing in spasms of ectstasy. It has been found that fanboious radeonous responds well to idle and baseless speculation (which is always correct) on upcoming parts from ATI and is not averse to similar speculation (which is always incorrect) regarding competitor's products. This, together with monthly driver updates and incremental performance improvements, as well as suitable games and leaked demos seems to feed in to the psyche of the fanboi, fueling their reverence for their own idol, while exacerbating their hatred and derision of the attributes and performance of the arch-rival's product.
The following picture, as well as the few others taken here provide a revealing glimpse into the day-to-day activities of this complex creature.
Note how it adorns itself in brightly coloured insignia to trumpet its allegiance and warn off competitors, while attracting like-minded fanboi's and naf's. No fanboi residence is complete without a cornucopia of gadegtry and high-end pc equipment to house the object of their desire, the latest ATi GPU. The subscription to World of Wacraft also tells us that this particular fanboi is even more obsessive and compulsive than the standard variety fanboi, with considerable masochistic tendencies as well as he invites more unnecessary tension and delerium from endless lag, grinding and ganking, not to mention preventing any chance of venturing forth from his enclave and embracing natural light again.
Will this accolyte continue to abide by the ways of the Shader Model? The endless products delays and obsfucations, driver shennanigans, quality optimisations, etc or will he learn to rise above it all... to move on... to realise that there can be only one true path...
PowerVR Series 5!
This is undoubtedly not the final chapter in this amazing discovery. The race is now on to uncover the first images of fanboious radeonus' arch-rival, fanboious nvidious. Experts remain upbeat however, saying that while the GeForceFX fiasco forced many of the nvidious genus to go to ground or lose faith completely, many have returned to the fold with the recent GeForce6 and some observers believe that the nvidious population is now almost back to levels enjoyed in the halycon days of 2000-2001. With the imminent release of G70 and R520, expect further sightings of these two reclusive creatures, especially if the two products are very competitive. Exciting times ahead!
Cheers,
BrynS
With a number of new ATI releases on the horizon, their activity has been on the rise, with researchers noting significant increases in their habitual movements (known as internet forum postings) within traditional feeding grounds (known as internet forums). Popular spots to catch a glimpse of ATI fanboi rituals in action include, Rage3D, Driverheaven and occasionally Beyond3D, especially during the periods identified by observers as "new architecture releases and/or refresh releases", which are typically during the months of April-June and September-November.
Although not characterised by using physical aggression, the fanboi genus is very quick to anger and will take offense at the slightlest affront or critique to their idol, in this case ATI, and will defend it's honour until death, or until called upstairs for dinner or to watch the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica. Their retribution can be vicious, and range from infantile comparison to sophisticated, thesis-length discussion with couched invective. Although inter-species sqaubbles are not unknown, a typical encounter with an arch-rival or non-aligned fanboi (naf) will range from a claim such as "OMG my 6800GT pwns your X800XL in D3!" and counter-claim, "Yeah well my X800XL owns your GT in Farcry and HL2 with 4AA/8AF! Suck that down! et al" to highly technical and involved abstract on why the NV30 wasn't a bad chip with it's full and partial precision and how ATI constrained the industry and developers by releasing SM2.0b, et al.
As such, the intrepid adventurers responsible for snapping the first pictures of this elusive creature had to tread carefully and warily, lest they incur it's wrath and be forever hounded and ridiculed across the vast wild expanse of the internet. Fortunately, in many cases their wants are few and some pictures were secured with minimal fuss -- a glimpse of R520 had the individual pictured below writhing in spasms of ectstasy. It has been found that fanboious radeonous responds well to idle and baseless speculation (which is always correct) on upcoming parts from ATI and is not averse to similar speculation (which is always incorrect) regarding competitor's products. This, together with monthly driver updates and incremental performance improvements, as well as suitable games and leaked demos seems to feed in to the psyche of the fanboi, fueling their reverence for their own idol, while exacerbating their hatred and derision of the attributes and performance of the arch-rival's product.
The following picture, as well as the few others taken here provide a revealing glimpse into the day-to-day activities of this complex creature.
Note how it adorns itself in brightly coloured insignia to trumpet its allegiance and warn off competitors, while attracting like-minded fanboi's and naf's. No fanboi residence is complete without a cornucopia of gadegtry and high-end pc equipment to house the object of their desire, the latest ATi GPU. The subscription to World of Wacraft also tells us that this particular fanboi is even more obsessive and compulsive than the standard variety fanboi, with considerable masochistic tendencies as well as he invites more unnecessary tension and delerium from endless lag, grinding and ganking, not to mention preventing any chance of venturing forth from his enclave and embracing natural light again.
Will this accolyte continue to abide by the ways of the Shader Model? The endless products delays and obsfucations, driver shennanigans, quality optimisations, etc or will he learn to rise above it all... to move on... to realise that there can be only one true path...
PowerVR Series 5!
This is undoubtedly not the final chapter in this amazing discovery. The race is now on to uncover the first images of fanboious radeonus' arch-rival, fanboious nvidious. Experts remain upbeat however, saying that while the GeForceFX fiasco forced many of the nvidious genus to go to ground or lose faith completely, many have returned to the fold with the recent GeForce6 and some observers believe that the nvidious population is now almost back to levels enjoyed in the halycon days of 2000-2001. With the imminent release of G70 and R520, expect further sightings of these two reclusive creatures, especially if the two products are very competitive. Exciting times ahead!
Cheers,
BrynS
