Re: Binary Drivers

From: Robert Hancock
Date: Fri Dec 22 2006 - 16:31:19 EST


Nikolaos D. Bougalis wrote:
Manufacturers design product as they see fit and offer it on the market; I don't see nVidia or ATI thugs twisting your arm behind you as you walk down the aisle of Fry's Electronics saying "buy this nice card we made or I'll break your arm."

If you need high-performance 3D they might as well be, as realistically ATI and NVIDIA are the only providers of high-performance video for the consumer market. Nobody else makes anything that competes, not even onboard video chipsets like Intel, SiS, etc.

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