Should Manufacturers Get their Drivers In Order Before Unleashing Expensive Hardware?
OK, this isnt just about Nvidia and ATI, but, after months of waiting, and being a guinnea pig for Nvidia, the 8800 series drivers are a bit better, but not great for everyone, however, for around 5 months, they were complete and utter garbage.
Looking at the New ATI cards, they seem to have their own driver problems, as did the X1900 series before them.
Does anyone agree with me that 5 + months is a seriously unreasonable amount of time for us to be waiting for working drivers?
Shouldn't manufacturers be less eager to release the expensive hardware when there aren't any proper working drivers? I understand that there are always going to be conflicts and problems with drivers, but some of the problems were with things as mundane as the desktop in XP going mental for no aparent reason.
So, what I'm saying is, would you rather have the hardware released now, and be a guinnea pig, or have the hardware released 6-8 months down the line, with drivers that work with your O/S?
I know what I would prefer.