Author: Mike S.
Date: 19:50:36 03/12/03
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On March 12, 2003 at 19:29:13, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >(...) >ChessBase did always progress with its programs so that the users were forced >[!] to buy new hardware because with older material you couldn't do this or >that. The last coup was the 3D board. During installation, you can choose if you want to install those 3D components or not, if you make a "user defined" installation (which is always preferable IMO). >Honestly I feel deceived by ChessBase. >Because I only read 3D, realistic and so on. But NEVER did they inform correctly >that you should have this or that graphics. Nowhere! On the Shredder 7.SE package for example, the following graphics requirements are given (I translate): "...For the 3D board and the detailled globe: graphic card which supports DirectX 8.1" >Conclusion? Ok, I have no proof, but it seems clear that already then ChessBase >got support by the Hardware industry. You must consider that ChessBase is >monopolist. They define the state of the art. They can't influence computer graphics standards, with 0.0x % of the games market :o) DirectX graphics are mainly required for various best selling 3D computer games with fast (and nowadays nearly movie-like) realistic 3D environments rendered in realtime. This is where the *really* big money is in the games market, like id, epic, electronic arts and other software companies, and of course the graphics hardware companies, currently ATI (Radeon) and Nvidia (GeForce) being the most important. I think (?) the standard Windows applications like Office, 2D chess graphics etc. are done using the direct draw libraries. Regards, M.Scheidl
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