ATI looks to kick Nvidia while it's down |
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With the setbacks suffered by Nvidia's graphics processor debut on Windows Vista, its arch-rival ATI Technologies is looking to capitalize on the situation by providing a more stable graphics environment to users of the new OS.Nvidia has received a massive amount of complaints regarding its flagship graphics card for the Vista- the GeForce 8800, mostly from gamers who are experiencing general sluggishness and outright crashes when running high-end first-person shooters such as the phenomenal Half-Life 2 and the nightmarish Doom 3.
ATI claims that the key is in its Catalyst line of drivers which allow a seamless transition of games from XP to Vista without technical problems, saying that there is very little trouble reported by users worldwide. Ben BarHaim, vice president of ATI's software engineering division said "we're seeing less than a 5% gap on average."
He also said that ATI and Microsoft are working closely and that all of their drivers have been approved by the Microsoft Hardware Quality Labs (MHQL). And while it is true that Nvidia was the first to release graphics hardware for Vista's new DirectX 10 graphics engine, it was also the recipient of the lion's share of criticism for poor performance on the new platform.
To punctuate the situation, angry Nvidia users are threatening to file a lawsuit against the company for its drivers which are still in beta form and have not secured MHQL approval. This prompted Nvidia to issue a statement earlier this month that it is pouring as much resources as it takes to fix the problem.
ATI hopes to win more customers to their fold as the release of its R600 graphics card draws near. The card is the company's answer to the GeForce 8800 and is expected to perform better than its troubled rival.
Via Computerworld
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of course their performance on vista is bad, what do you expect? the first DX10 cards on the market right when vista is coming out doubles complications, you can expect problems on both. wait for a few more driver updates and it will oil the squeaky wheel.
I don't know if ATI claiming that their card will work better than Nvidia's counts as "kicking them while they are down". Nvidia screwed the pooch on this one. Sometimes people forget that when you buy a product, it is supposed to work. Yeah, Vista is new, but not so new that these cards couldn't be tested properly before release. ATI is probably right. Their card will work because they didn't rush a release. Do you really think they weren't capable of releasing their card when Nvidia released theirs, as they've done for years? They chose to wait until they had it right. P.S. "The squeaky wheel gets the oil" means that users who cry and sob the worst get support first because whatever company in question wants to get rid of them first. I'm not sure where you are goin with that, Beefsack. This isn't a case of "But WHY can't I run two monitors at 1600x1200 on my three year old card??"
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