Go to "Not For Idiots", home of GPU rumor watch and read this editorial NOW! Uttar is closing down NFI and he is going out with a bang and not a whimper with a tell-all editorial on his views on nVidia and their latest woes/fiascos and the way they deal with rumors and information.
It can be hard to believe the misinformation customers and employees get is increased by incompetence. Here's an excellent example, the register usage and FP16 vs FP32 performance problems-time and again noted as the key failure of the NV3X architecture-remains unknown to the NVIDIA PR department responsible for dealing with its ramifications! As late as September 2003, a prominent employee in NVIDIA public relations sincerely claimed to me that FP16 is simply two times as fast as FP32. Problem is, in real games, you'll have a hard time making it run even 45% faster. With such ridiculously high expectations when it comes to your hardware, it's not hard to understand why nobody at NVIDIA seems worried-they got the "fastest" card on the market, after all.
A fascinating and provocative read, I highly recomend it! 8) thanks Digital Wanderer
It can be hard to believe the misinformation customers and employees get is increased by incompetence. Here's an excellent example, the register usage and FP16 vs FP32 performance problems-time and again noted as the key failure of the NV3X architecture-remains unknown to the NVIDIA PR department responsible for dealing with its ramifications! As late as September 2003, a prominent employee in NVIDIA public relations sincerely claimed to me that FP16 is simply two times as fast as FP32. Problem is, in real games, you'll have a hard time making it run even 45% faster. With such ridiculously high expectations when it comes to your hardware, it's not hard to understand why nobody at NVIDIA seems worried-they got the "fastest" card on the market, after all.
A fascinating and provocative read, I highly recomend it! 8) thanks Digital Wanderer
