Just spotted this bit of Info at 3DChipset.
Microsoft DirectX 9 is the issues here with Half-Life 2. Nividia from the start presented Microsoft with its new code for their NV3x. When Microsoft publicly annouced the final DirectX 9 API Nvidia started shouting foul because it didnt get its way and put them at a disadvantage because they wanted they're code to be the standard.
ATI was behind but decided to make there next gen chip cater to DirectX 9. Which is why its at an advantage cause it uses the standard and no programmers have to re-code their products to make them run specificly for a certain hardware.
For More Info Warp2 ..... 3DChipset
Microsoft DirectX 9 is the issues here with Half-Life 2. Nividia from the start presented Microsoft with its new code for their NV3x. When Microsoft publicly annouced the final DirectX 9 API Nvidia started shouting foul because it didnt get its way and put them at a disadvantage because they wanted they're code to be the standard.
ATI was behind but decided to make there next gen chip cater to DirectX 9. Which is why its at an advantage cause it uses the standard and no programmers have to re-code their products to make them run specificly for a certain hardware.
For More Info Warp2 ..... 3DChipset
