People are trying to excuse this by saying nVidia rendered the pix on a software simulator.
But that doesn't mean anything to me. I heard BitBoys were ridiculed for creating renders on sofware simulators of their hardware designs - why should this be any different?
Those images being drooled over are from the exluna website, they're the same angle, there's nothing at all to differentiate them from the "nV30 generated" images. It's all hype, and I can't believe how many people are allowing themselves to be sucked in. I want details and renders from the nV30 as much as anyone else, but not so much that I'm willing to throw my common sense out the window and fall for this nonsense
This is very damaging for nVidias reputation - the late tapeout would be bad enough, but it essentially proves that no images have been rendered on nV3x hardware.
The saddest thing about this whole affair is the refusal of so many to let go of their belief that the images are genuine nV30 renders. I'm embarrassed on their behalf, I can't even bring myself to ridicule them.
Most of all I'm annoyed at nVidia for running so late - I was relying on competition between nV30 and R9700 to drive prices down a little before Xmas. I don't see that happening now.
Nearly forgot to add that nV30
will be perfectly capable of rendering those images, just as R9700 could do it. Just because it
could render them doesn't mean it
did.
