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I can't, in good faith, upvote a video which spells worlds that way, and doesn't have a possessive apostrophe either.

And yeah, blatant ad for nVidia

Interesting, this also seems to be a *viral for nvidia, for full disclosure. I'd love to hear about what it actually is used for.

I've been a fan of the game for some time. I started playing Beta Weekend Event 1 and every BWE after, and any stress test that I could. Since launch I haven't spent as much time on it as I would like, but unlike a certain other MMO it doesn't matter as there is no monthly fee. You can drop it and come back days later without feeling you wasted time playing other games or living life because it is buy to play. With WoW and SWTOR I often felt I had to play at least $15 worth each month to make it worth while. I really don't know why SWTOR is going full Free to Play rather than Buy to Play given the costs to make the game. Most games are going to cost the same amount anyhow, and then you get a game with a huge amount of content for that $60.

The only complaints I've heard were those who wanted endgame raids, those who miss the trinity, and the usual launch woes. (I still can't link my GW1 and GW2 accounts and customer service hasn't fixed it yet, though I've had a ticket open since the early launch for those who pre-purchased the game.)

I like WoW, and keep my free account. Even if they went BtP or FtP, I would still play GW2 more as I think it is just a better game play experience. I liked SWTOR, and while I don't pay the fee anymore (soon to be moot anyhow) I keep the client up to date and still dip in on the free trial on occasion as I do WoW. But for me, I much prefer GW2. I find it near the perfect game experience for me... now I don't watch people play it on Twitch as I do other games like DOTA 2 or some others, but then I don't watch people play any MMO.

I got an i3 and a GTS 450, so a very low powered system, but it plays very well and still manages to look nice. The new beta drivers I installed from nVidia seem to favor over heating the card and shutting the machine down, so I had to turn some detail down to stop that, but the game still looks great.

Now I must level up so I can find that frog juicing quest if it is real...

Hm, I'm cautious yet optimistic about this. If Nvidia and AMD could shoehorn support with their current 3D drivers this could really take off.

Let me first say, I'm happy to see this. Any push on getting 3D gaming into the hands of more people is a good thing. However...

From their website: Resolution: 1280x800 (640x800 per eye)

Hmm, this is why I went with the Asus 1920x1080 Lightboost monitor over the Sony OLED head mounted display (added benefit: the monitor's a lot less dorky). While I hear the black levels on the OLED are incredible, it's a 720p display.. and I've read owners already regretting the "low rez" of the unit.

3D may not be everyone's bag for movies, but it's great for immersive gaming. Titles like Skyrim and Witcher 2 are freaking awesome in 3D.. but that low a rez is hard to go back to unless the unit's cheap(ish). At least with the monitor it serves well for gaming and everything else, and if a game doesn't work in 3D you get the 120hz, which is really nice for fluid gaming. These head units use 60hz per eye because there's no nead to flip between two images.. each eye gets it's own.

I'll be interested to hear how the huge FOV affects the experience though.

And for anyone getting into stereo gaming with an NVIDIA set up, this web site's invaluable. Someone figured out how to modify shaders in just about any game, and the community here modifies games to make them close to perfect in 3D, even some that were unplayable...

http://helixmod.wikispot.org/gamelist

edit-Alright, just read this in their FAQ

"While it’s true that the developer kit uses a relatively low-resolution screen (1280x800), we promise it delivers a compelling, immersive 3D experience. And to be clear, we plan on improving the resolution of the screen for the consumer version. Stay tuned for more details!"

I only play 3D Vision games after a healthy dose of pot brownie - a fantastic experience I must say. I refuse to play Minecraft because OpenGL has no 3D Vision support. I sure wish nVidia did something about that

Incest is best.
>> ^deathcow:

She looks like Gwiz's sister.

ATI cards have given me a miserable experience too compared to Nvidia. The last ATI card which I had that was nothing but fun was my ATI VGA-Wonder in 1989.

That was refreshing and made me feel really good.

I have struggled with nVidia/ATI for years, as a developer and a gamer. nVidia is the lesser of two evils by far though. I will never touch another ATI card. In the last 12 years I have purchased 3 of them. Every few years they trick me again with higher clock speeds and lower prices, and I think to myself "they can't still be that terrible [i]now[/i]", and I regret it [b]every[/b] time. I can't overstate how terrible they were.

Anyway, point being that Nvidia may be a shit company to liaison with, and they stick their shit advertisements in front of every game (whether their hardware works with it or not), and have worthless, intentionally confusing product naming for heavily downclocked, overpriced hardware, and they wag their corporate ego around the industry quite mightily (much to my chagrin), but do they still work. The worst failure I've ever experienced from an Nvidia product was better than the best performance I've had from ATI, and that's not an exaggeration.

But still, I really enjoyed this.

I think the thumbnail hand gestures are also referring to Nvidia

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>> ^lucky760:

Can someone provide the Cliff's Notes version for those of us short on time?
kthx


As far as the Nvidia part, the short of it is that Nvidia has pledged Linux support because they want to sell chips to all the device manufacturers who are using embedded linux (eg all the Android devices) and since making that promise, have gone out of their way to avoid cooperating or working with anyone who desires that support.

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/06/17/1415250/torvalds-slams-nvidias-linux-support

I'm an Nvidia man...

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