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Just remember, NVIDIA is the same company that patent trolled 3DFX out of business through legal threats. Sadly 3DFX did not try to fight them (they would have won) in court. It likely would still have been expensive though.
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And here is the tl;dr if you don't want to read the excessively long article:
What would it mean to have your "Gaming Brand Aligned Exclusively With GeForce?" The example that will likely resonate best with HardOCP readers is the ASUS Republic of Gamers brand. I have no knowledge if ASUS is a GPP partner, I am simply using the ROG brand hypothetically. If ASUS is an NVIDIA GPP partner, and it wants to continue to use NVIDIA GPUs in its ROG branded video cards, computers, and laptops, it can no longer sell any other company's GPUs in ROG products. So if ASUS want to keep building NVIDIA-based ROG video cards, it can no longer sell AMD-based ROG video cards, and be a GPP partner.
Remember the "4GB" GTX970? It was 4GB only as long as you don't mind the last half a GB running literally 10x slower than the rest of the memory on the video card.
That little stunt was the deciding factor that convinced me to give AMD another try next time I get a video card.
I haven't had a reason to upgrade much in the way of GPU. I run at 1920x1080 and generally even a 5 year old higher end card can run that very well. Certain game engines are shit regardless of what you use.
I do want to replace these R9 290 at some point solely for power usage and their operating temperatures. I refuse to pay $400 for a $200 card (FUCK YOU MINERS).
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Hey don’t say fuck you miners. Say fuck yourself for not making money with your computer parts. Why dick around and not make money and then blame people for making money is beyond my head.
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Oh wow, so nvidia are now providing fully GPL'd code and schematics to their GPUs? What, no? Kikes.
[–] voats4goats 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ryzens great and all AMD but fuck please have a worthy response to nVidia to end this fuckery
[–] B3bomber 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Just remember, NVIDIA is the same company that patent trolled 3DFX out of business through legal threats. Sadly 3DFX did not try to fight them (they would have won) in court. It likely would still have been expensive though.
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And here is the tl;dr if you don't want to read the excessively long article:
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might be ... lol
Remember the "4GB" GTX970? It was 4GB only as long as you don't mind the last half a GB running literally 10x slower than the rest of the memory on the video card.
That little stunt was the deciding factor that convinced me to give AMD another try next time I get a video card.
[–] B3bomber ago
I haven't had a reason to upgrade much in the way of GPU. I run at 1920x1080 and generally even a 5 year old higher end card can run that very well. Certain game engines are shit regardless of what you use.
I do want to replace these R9 290 at some point solely for power usage and their operating temperatures. I refuse to pay $400 for a $200 card (FUCK YOU MINERS).
[–] 12151389? ago
Hey don’t say fuck you miners. Say fuck yourself for not making money with your computer parts. Why dick around and not make money and then blame people for making money is beyond my head.