bit-tech News: Nvidia to encourage partners to develop for Mac - 10/21/08 11:14 AM
Hi all,
During a discussion with Rene Haas yesterday, we learned that Nvidia is
planning to encourage its /The Way It's Meant To Be Played/ partners to
develop for Mac. If you could post a link on your site that would be
very much appreciated.
*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/21/nvidia-to-encourage-partners-to-develop-for-mac/1
*Quote:
*/We went down to the GeForce 9400M launch and had the chance to pose a
few questions to Rene Haas, Nvidia General Manager for Notebook GPUs,
who revealed that Nvidia would most certainly be using the The Way It's
Meant To Be Played program to encourage developers to release more
titles for Mac, with release dates for Mac games falling much closer to
the PC launches.
Mac gaming has, of course, long been the brunt of harsh criticism from
PC users due to the platform's extremely limited range of titles and
lack of support for high end GPUs. What good was buying a Mac for gaming
when you had to wait months, or even years after the PC release to play
the handful of games that make the transition?
With the involvement of such a high profile partner like Nvidia, which
has a large influence in the gaming industry, could Apple mend this
particular chink in its armour and carve out a slice of the PC gaming
market?
The rise of casual gaming and the continued growth of Apple's market
share certainly seem to make this so. The 9400M is a surprisingly
capable chip, especially in comparison to Intel integrated graphics, and
while it's never going to be running games in 2,560 x 1,600 with 4x
anti-aliasing, it should deliver playable frame rates at lower
resolutions like 1,024 x 768 and 1,280 x 800 in most games./
*
*Cheers guys!
Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net
During a discussion with Rene Haas yesterday, we learned that Nvidia is
planning to encourage its /The Way It's Meant To Be Played/ partners to
develop for Mac. If you could post a link on your site that would be
very much appreciated.
*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/21/nvidia-to-encourage-partners-to-develop-for-mac/1
*Quote:
*/We went down to the GeForce 9400M launch and had the chance to pose a
few questions to Rene Haas, Nvidia General Manager for Notebook GPUs,
who revealed that Nvidia would most certainly be using the The Way It's
Meant To Be Played program to encourage developers to release more
titles for Mac, with release dates for Mac games falling much closer to
the PC launches.
Mac gaming has, of course, long been the brunt of harsh criticism from
PC users due to the platform's extremely limited range of titles and
lack of support for high end GPUs. What good was buying a Mac for gaming
when you had to wait months, or even years after the PC release to play
the handful of games that make the transition?
With the involvement of such a high profile partner like Nvidia, which
has a large influence in the gaming industry, could Apple mend this
particular chink in its armour and carve out a slice of the PC gaming
market?
The rise of casual gaming and the continued growth of Apple's market
share certainly seem to make this so. The 9400M is a surprisingly
capable chip, especially in comparison to Intel integrated graphics, and
while it's never going to be running games in 2,560 x 1,600 with 4x
anti-aliasing, it should deliver playable frame rates at lower
resolutions like 1,024 x 768 and 1,280 x 800 in most games./
*
*Cheers guys!
Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net