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what does 'the way it's meant to be played' mean?

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gjspear

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What r the exclusive features that an nvidia card can offer a game that has the title 'Nvidia, the way it's meant to be played' or an ati card can offer a game that has the ati catch phrase 'Get in the game' in it? I mean what features or fx does an nvidia card ve which an ati card lacks and vice versa? What r the effects that ppl. with an ati card won't be able to see while playing a game having the nvidia logo in it?
 
Aparently, it means that nvidia has payed the game developer to add a special line of code to the game that increases the performance significantly, and also makes the whole game render things in wire frame mode. But nVidia claims that there has been no image quality loss, and so does a similar tweak to their drivers, which makes that particular game just display a black screen.
 
It's a marketing ploy worked out between nVidia and the game's publisher. It means the developer gets nVidia hardware to work on, and the publisher adds that "Way to Play" logo everywhere possible. In short, it's just advertising.

I believe some games, like NeverWinter Nights and Splinter Cell, may look better with one IHV's cards than another's simply because the developer didn't take the time to code certain effects for each architecture.
 
it means that Nvidia has a better vision of what we want to play than the developers

or

it means that nvidia has gone out of its way to help developers realize their vision

or

it means that nvidia wants us to play what it thinks a game should play like

or

it means nothing
 
its 100% BULL

tho i did feel a bit guilty when loading UT2003 (with my New ATI card) and the "Nvidia the way its meant to be played" logo showed up.

but the two different manufacturers cards did exactly the same job, the game did not look any better. tho it was faster on my ATI 🙂
 
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
its 100% BULL

tho i did feel a bit guilty when loading UT2003 (with my New ATI card) and the "Nvidia the way its meant to be played" logo showed up.

but the two different manufacturers cards did exactly the same job, the game did not look any better. tho it was faster on my ATI 🙂
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they got a crack for that, mine said ATI, the way its meant to be played for a long time and i have a nVidia card

 
It means that I for one REFUSE to buy any more nVIDIA video cards untill they stop bloody cheating. You want to know the exclusive features? Here's one: They let you choose "Application Specific" as a setting, but then they completely ignore what the application tells it to do (UT2k3). Since any normal person only stares at the FPS counter on the top right while playing UT2k3 and not anything else, they "optimize" their drivers to increase framerates and while sacrificing image quality. Then again, what does the consumer know? All he did was pay 500$ for the video card. nVIDIA engineered the card, so isn't it only fair that they decide how it works?

<-- feeling very frustrated about all this driver 'optimizing' crap. I need to get away from all this.
 
Originally posted by: galt
It means that I for one REFUSE to buy any more nVIDIA video cards untill they stop bloody cheating. You want to know the exclusive features? Here's one: They let you choose "Application Specific" as a setting, but then they completely ignore what the application tells it to do (UT2k3). Since any normal person only stares at the FPS counter on the top right while playing UT2k3 and not anything else, they "optimize" their drivers to increase framerates and while sacrificing image quality. Then again, what does the consumer know? All he did was pay 500$ for the video card. nVIDIA engineered the card, so isn't it only fair that they decide how it works?

<-- feeling very frustrated about all this driver 'optimizing' crap. I need to get away from all this.
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I agree, if this stuff really bothers you you need a life BADLY!!! 😉
 
It's a marketing ploy worked out between nVidia and the game's publisher. It means the developer gets nVidia hardware to work on, and the publisher adds that "Way to Play" logo everywhere possible. In short, it's just advertising.

I wouldnt go that far. They also get help in coding and compilers from Nvidia. Play Dark Ages on Camelot on an Nvidia card then a 9800 Pro. There are a lot of issues with the R3.xx cards rendering certain effects or just hardlocking. I was in the battlegrounds one night and this guy was bragging about his new 9700 Pro. "It was a sweet video card when it works" he said. Then he crapped out again. The poor guy took a dump 8 times in a single hour. Meanwhile my Ti4600 is working flawlessly and smooth as hell.

I believe some games, like NeverWinter Nights and Splinter Cell, may look better with one IHV's cards than another's simply because the developer didn't take the time to code certain effects for each architecture.

Ok you first stated it was a marketing ploy but then admit the game will probably work better on the card that the game dev got help from.

 
Both ATi and nVidia have a devrel program, meant to help devs exploit their hardware. The devrel program is not just for companies that enroll in nVidia's or ATi's "Way to Play" ad campaigns. DAoC didn't play badly on ATi cards b/c of nVidia's campaign, but because the developer didn't make the effort to work on ATi cards--the same with NWN. Splinter Cell is a port from Xbox, so you ahve to expect that most of the dev's time was spent on nVidia hardware.

UT2K3 also has that nVidia logo; do you see nVidia cards blowing ATi out of the water? Do you see any glitches on ATi cards? No. Ultimately, it boils down to the developer having enough time and money to optimize for all cards. "Way to Play" is a marketing ploy, and you shouldn't use it as a guide to how a game will play on your card in comparison to an ATi card (though a game branded with nV's "Way to Play" should run well on nVidia cards).
 
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