Video 4: Scary Graphics

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  1. Nupraptor

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    That was so bad, it was painful to watch. The last 20 seconds were even worse. Honestly, that has to be the worst 3 minutes of film I've ever seen in my life.
     
  2. Jazz

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    Ok that video sucked

    hehe, wats up doom i aint seen u around here or rage3d much :-?
     
  3. psurge

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    these videos are so bad they're good.

    (for ATI).
     
  4. lwells

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    Well this falls into the 'extremely lame' category.

    The only intersting thing I have noted in the last two videos (can't remember if there was any mention in the first two) is nVidia banging on about there UDA: is it just me, or does that smack of a little desperation?

    I hope nVidia is not planning their whole strategy on 'ATi's drivers suck'.

    I think I need to go an bash my head against a wall to try and forget that particularly waste of bandwidth.

    LW.
     
  5. BoardBonobo

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    Did they pay for that?

    Cute ass though...
     
  6. Sharkfood

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    Well, it's obvious why NVIDIA makes 3D hardware and isnt into movie making/cinematography. :)
     
  7. ben6

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    geesh can't a company have a little fun with their launch? Hate them or love them, it's refreshing to see a company have fun with a launch . It's far better than their "We will change the world" slogan
     
  8. lwells

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    And there's the problem -- the videos are not funny, atleast not IMHO. I would much rather they just provided so (unfunny) facts, and quit wasting time and effort on these lame videos. Maybe I am just old-fashioned?

    LW.
     
  9. Sharkfood

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    Yes, a company can have fun with a new product launch.. but we can also have fun, in good spirit, concerning their "fun" :)

    These videos are obviously not meant to be taken seriously and a nice change for NVIDIA. But making them as low-budget/B-movie and corny as they are, they are setting themselves up for some serious heckling... from which I *know* they are expecting. :)
     
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    How long before John Woo directs a short movie for nvidiafilms.com?
     
  11. gravioli

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    I hope their cinematography skills are inversely related to the NV30's cinema-quality rendering skills. :p
     
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    [quote="gravioli
    I hope their cinematography skills are inversely related to the NV30's cinema-quality rendering skills. :p[/quote]

    Yes, well when your goal is to make a cinema-quality product, there are two strategies to pursue. 1). Increase the ability of your product. 2). Lower the bar on what constitutes "cinema-quality".

    I hope NVidia is pursuing the first strategy at least as effectively as they are the second. :lol:
     
  13. Vince

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    It definatly is a welcome departure, and the fact that their low-budget/B-movies is what makes them so funny - blatent rip offs of well know scenes and movies with a 3D twist.

    And I'm sure they help nVidia's internal moral as well, filming it and having people that work there see people they know, or tlak to in these...

    It's awesome.

    Exactly - all the videos are among the dumbest things I've ever seen, and I love it!! The 'nVidia Club' haha.. was just waitin for him to smack that bitch down.. heh


    PS. Still waiting for the video of a girl orgasming after comming into contact with the Nv30. :wink:
     
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    Health issues mainly, UT 2003 and my kids....pretty quiet out there until Nv30/ATI refresh occurs, so I have been just reading the usual suspects hilarious posts, Alexsok and his November Nv30 Crapola etc.. :lol:
     
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    the girl was cute :D
     
  16. Doomtrooper

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    Bit more cleavage would be nice [​IMG]
     
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    I just realised... this must be how they came up with their "Are you ready"-slogan...

    Are you ready ? ... No, not for these movies...

    We all incorrectly assume they were asking if we were ready for NV3X ! :wink:

    Would have preferred they did something as refreshing as the 3Dfx commericials, now at least they were enjoyable IMHO.
     
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    That was pathetically bad...and I'm sure that basically met the goal for the crew that came up with this idea...

    :)
     
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    Hi Kristof,
    Well, that's the idea of this particular kind of marketing concept. It's what could be called "image marketing", accentuated by little "factoids" (which have of course been put through the marketing shredder). This campaign doesn't WANT to inform people about the NV30. That's what's going to happen next Monday the earliest, sort-of-"real" information. This thing is supposed to serve as an awareness raiser. And reading through the boards I have to say: it worked tremendously well.

    I personally liked the Fight Club spoof the best. Yeah, I'm weird. ;)

    ta,
    -Sascha.rb

    P.S. congrats to your fifty-seven rolleyes, btw. :D -.rb
     
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    The first one "from the creators of GF4" was barely funny and in spirit with this "coming soon" and "are you ready" message.
    The other ones ... all flicks featuring average office workers are funny like Office Space .. NOT
     
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