03-06-2004, 01:20 PM
The nVidia/id connection has two causes that I know of. First, ATI had just sprung a deal for Half-Life 2. Their high end card that was just coming out became the "official" card of Half-Life 2, and was going to be bundled with it. Funny thing is, HL2 is nowhere near out and a bunch of people are ticked that their "bundle" has turned into a preorder. nVidia wasn't too happy that they lost out on that deal, so they looked for other options.
Id has been biased for some time now. Why? Because Carmack is still ticked off about ATI letting the DOOM3 Alpha demo leak. If you look at his talks before and after the leak, it seems to me that he emphasises the nVidia cards' benefits alot more after the leak. I wouldn't blame him, though. Up until that point ATI was bumbling at anything it did except the actual hardware. So Id was certainly more than open to a deal to get back at nVidia.
Business, gotta love it.
Id has been biased for some time now. Why? Because Carmack is still ticked off about ATI letting the DOOM3 Alpha demo leak. If you look at his talks before and after the leak, it seems to me that he emphasises the nVidia cards' benefits alot more after the leak. I wouldn't blame him, though. Up until that point ATI was bumbling at anything it did except the actual hardware. So Id was certainly more than open to a deal to get back at nVidia.
Business, gotta love it.
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