ATI-only or NVIDIA-only programs?

[DonIsHere]

Are there any programs out there (including games) that only work with a certain video card company?

I'm thinking about switching from nvidia to ati.

 

[DaveSimmons]

No, some work better on one brand's latest chips (HL2 on ATI, Doom3 on nV) but no game publisher wants to lose access to a huge chunk of potential buyers by creating games "locked" to one brand.

Even the co-marketed games like Tomb Raider: AOD ("best on nV") don't mean much, in fact Tomb Raider runs best on an ATI 9800 Pro or XT.

Card-specific games haven't existed since Direct3D and OpenGL replaced voodoo's glide as the standard platforms for PC games.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i think radclocker only works with ATi cards

 

[klah]

Bridge It only works on nvidia cards, but I think they helped pay for the development of the game.

 

[Ionizer86]

Earthviewer nVidia edition only works on nVidia cards.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Earthviewer nVidia edition only works on nVidia cards.

LOL, ok there are 5 obscure games paid for by the companies and bundled with their cards that won't run on other brands.

And ATI / nV hardware control utilities won't run very well on the other brand, just like the chipset drivers.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

ATi drivers won't work on nVidia hardware (well) and vice versa

 

[UlricT]

how about rendermonkey? isnt it a plugin for 3DSMAX which works only with ATi's R3XX hardware?

 

[rbV5]

how about rendermonkey? isnt it a plugin for 3DSMAX which works only with ATi's R3XX hardware?

Its a shader development tool suite, and along with Cg toolkit, is graphic card independant. Requires a dx9 card.

 

[randumb]

Radeon tweaker for ATI cards.