Some of you may remember the days when Nvidia turned many enthusiasts away from 3DFX with their superior 32bit color rendering (if you remember, initially it was a slideshow 
). I remember this as the time TOM became a big NV believer. Other than that isolated event I cannot recall even one time seeing NV image quality beating the competition. Shaders and T/L were added to their products early but by the time those technologies became viable the competion had better quality. Why would this be? Likely reasons are that Nvidia only puts into their reference designs what they can get away with. Inferior quality parts meant for profit, but to fool their customer's untrained eye; "hey, they'll never tell the difference" seems to be their motto. The superior NV cards seem a farce to me, I get better results with my overclocked 8500 than many gf4Ti owners, and I really appreciate the r200's image quality though it's a generation "behind".
This is not meant as a Nvidia flame, enthusiasts who like Nvidia need to address this issue with them in the interests of the industry. I was also ruthlessly harassing ATI on their fan sites about their driver quality/support and they made a 100% turn around. Have hope, the power is with the people.
What is all this getting at? I am really doubting that Nvidia currently has the integrity to build a product that really shines if they have the chance to save a dollar or two. I hope this changes. For now ATI will likely remain king in image quality regardless of Nvidia's efforts to sell shader instructions.
). I remember this as the time TOM became a big NV believer. Other than that isolated event I cannot recall even one time seeing NV image quality beating the competition. Shaders and T/L were added to their products early but by the time those technologies became viable the competion had better quality. Why would this be? Likely reasons are that Nvidia only puts into their reference designs what they can get away with. Inferior quality parts meant for profit, but to fool their customer's untrained eye; "hey, they'll never tell the difference" seems to be their motto. The superior NV cards seem a farce to me, I get better results with my overclocked 8500 than many gf4Ti owners, and I really appreciate the r200's image quality though it's a generation "behind".This is not meant as a Nvidia flame, enthusiasts who like Nvidia need to address this issue with them in the interests of the industry. I was also ruthlessly harassing ATI on their fan sites about their driver quality/support and they made a 100% turn around. Have hope, the power is with the people.
What is all this getting at? I am really doubting that Nvidia currently has the integrity to build a product that really shines if they have the chance to save a dollar or two. I hope this changes. For now ATI will likely remain king in image quality regardless of Nvidia's efforts to sell shader instructions.
