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when we going to get an NVIDIA representative on the boards?
TiG
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Originally Posted by TiG
when we going to get an NVIDIA representative on the boards?
TiG
We are trying *real hard.
I have a few questions.
1. I'd like to ask him how they managed to completely f*** up the VPU on the 6800 series of cards, and why they compounded the problem by cloaking the whole thing in a fog of silence and then botched marketing waffle.
2. I'd also like to know why nStant Media / NV Decoder has the worst GUI of any piece of software from a large scale manufacturer in the history of computing? Which wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't for the fact that you have to pay for the software.
3. I'd also like to ask him whether they think that treating customers like crap is likely make them a) buy more Nvidia cards or b) drive them towards their competitors?
4. Finally, I have a simple question which only requires a YES/NO answer. Is any future driver release of the Forceware Drivers within the next 12 months, going to enable fully functional hardware decoding of all current popular video formats, namely MPEG2, Xvid, DivX, HD DivX and HD WMV on the 6800 series of cards?
BTW, if he asks, my current cards are a 6800 and 6800GT, and before that, TNT2, GF1 ,2 and 4. My last ATI card was an ATI Fury. Finally, I would also like Nvidia to know that if they ever repeat the VPU debacle or engage in similar practices in future, I will never buy an Nvidia card ever again.
Last edited by davidstone28; 30-01-2005 at 03:38 AM.
Take a chill pill dude! You can't SERIOUSLY have spent ALL THAT MONEY just to get a card with hardware decode can you? If so you are, IMHO, a bit daft - surely anyone that buys a top of the line GFX card does so for GAMING performance only? And if you have that much cash to splash why not just get another card that doesn't have the same issues?
If Nvidia market a card as having certain features, they should damn well supply a card that has those features. And no, people do not "surely" buy a top of the line GFX card for gaming performance only.
If they can't supply a card with those features, then that's life. Sh!t happens. But they should've handled the fallout 100 times better than how they actually did. Or offered a refund.
Last edited by davidstone28; 30-01-2005 at 03:43 AM.
Why else? Seriously? If you didn't spend up to £300 or so for the gaming performance then why are you spending that much cash? I'm not taking the 'urine' here - I am seriously asking you why you spent that much cash on the card.
For what it's worth I do agree with that ^^^ - I just don't see why you'd buy the card for it's video decode capabilities (or lack of them).
It's a bit like buying a car. It still gets you everywhere, but you'd pretty pissed off if the air conditioning or radio didn't work or that it only drove well on motorways.For what it's worth I do agree with that ^^^ - I just don't see why you'd buy the card for it's video decode capabilities (or lack of them
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