nVidia interview at the Pulpit

[NFS4]

The Reverend always has sweet ass interviews. This one is with Brian Burke:

http://www.3dpulpit.com/Articles/bburke_1dec00.html

 

[MaxFPS]

Easter egg was rather amusing

 

[RoboTECH]

yeah. Rev asked some very direct questions

"has your stance on FSAA and T&L changed now that you're with nvidia?"

"Is the "T&L games list" as given at
[l]http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/GeForce_256_tltitles[/l] "accurate"? "

heh...I like his reply, too

"no, that's an old list. Here's the new one [l]http://www.nvidia.com/products/geforce2ultra.nsf/xform.html[/l]"

anybody bother to check it out? It's a list of "Transform and Lighting-Enabled Games"

what's the first game on the list?

3dMark2001!!!!! How appropriate!

Here's another comment: "By having the forethought to add a programmable aspect to the T&L support found in DirectX 8, Microsoft has made T&L an even more powerful and more flexible tool for programmers. "

anyone know if any of the GeForce line supports that programmability?

I missed the easter egg. Saw the one with GT, but not the one with BB.

 

[DaveB3D]

Not, it is a fixed pipeline. I found it rather funny myself that he talked about programibility.

 

[NFS4]

<< By having the forethought to add a programmable aspect to the T&amp;L support found in DirectX 8, Microsoft has made T&amp;L an even more powerful and more flexible tool for programmers. >>




<< Not, it is a fixed pipeline. I found it rather funny myself that he talked about programibility. >>


I doubt that he was talking about the current GeForce line...the recent ZDNET specs for the NV20 said that NV20 was a programmable chip. That is most likely what he is talking about.

 

[Finality]

What NFS4 said.

 

[RoboTECH]

I know he was talking about NV20 guys. My point is that nvidia p!mped their &quot;bada$$ T&amp;L engine&quot; on the GeForces, but that T&amp;L engine will NOT be part of DX8 and they are totally revamping their next-gen T&amp;L.

&quot;The GeForce's superior T&amp;L engine will be neither supported by DX8 NOR nvidia themselves!&quot;

<g>


Am I the only one that sees the irony in this?

 

[Truro]

No, you're not the only one. DX8 t&amp;l will be a step toward tangible T&amp;L, IE, noticably faster than what a decent cpu can do. Maybe Of course the hyped up hardware T&amp;L of current and past geforces doesn't meet dx8's hardware specs.

3dfx quote from a year ago:

&quot;The geforce gpu will be the Virge of T&amp;L.&quot;

&quot;When we do hardware T&amp;L, it will be much more powerful than what a cpu can do&quot;

As far as Burke, he's paid to talk up a product line. He talked up 3dfx and now he talks up nvidia. Like a car salesman who moves from a GM dealership to Ford, it's all relative, depending on who writes the check.

 

[Soccerman]

the real interesting part about all this is that it also supports the theory that 3dfx's Rampage T&amp;L will be programmeable (basically, they're do all chips, like DSP's, only tailor made for T&amp;L).

the other stuff is just PR.. ohh ahh, that means the Geforce T&amp;L isn't as great as we thought it was.. no big deal, the people WITH Geforces will most likely upgrade quickly anyway, before it becomes a problem.

 

[WetWilly]

It's a list of &quot;Transform and Lighting-Enabled Games&quot;
What!!! Pac-Man 3D has T&amp;L? And Splash 3D - The Interactive Coloring Book for Kids as well? Oh, man, Lego Stuntman Racers has it too. That does it. I've got to go get me an Ultra.

 

[RoboTECH]

WetWilly

hahaha...I love it. what a f'in' riot

 

[Weyoun]

move the mouse over rev's last icon in the text, i think that's it

 

[NFS4]

HAHA, LOL at the Easter Egg

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Hey, you aren't supposed to tell. Let 'em find the egg on their own. That's how I found it.