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    Nvidia/Cider deal promises better gaming on Intel Macs

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by cycloneguy2618, Feb 6, 2007.

  1. cycloneguy2618

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    yes we are one step closer to integrated gaming cards.
     
    Hezbollah, Feb 6, 2007
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    Yeppi.. if that happens, i ll get macs without windowzzzzzz.
     
    lunateck, Feb 6, 2007
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    life would be better then.
     
    pbcustom98, Feb 7, 2007
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    The problem with this is that it's not like Cedega for Linux - this instead requires the game developer to use the Cider API for Mac compatibility, rather than the end user just installing a program that emulates Windows like Cedega is.

    It's probably better to do it the Cider way performance- and compatibilitywise, but it means that the game studios have to act on this and that no old games will be made available (unless studios decide to re-release older games with Cider for OS X compatibility, which I consider a pretty slim chance).

    Not sure if that made as much sense to you as it did in my head, but I think you get the point :)
     
    Starlight, Feb 8, 2007
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    Either way the Vista is designed too idiotically or nVidia was late to start the development or it's their idiotic drivers...
    Whatever it is, it has damaged nVidia's drivers rather badly.
     
    mujtaba, Feb 8, 2007
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