alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days agoA Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1641arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1631arrow-down1external-linkA Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 days agoYes, but it’s exponentially expensive compared to cheating.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoWell they built entire video cards series to address that, I hope they were worth it.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoWe haven’t had decent GPU pricing since we started ramming that onto cards, although I will openly admit we’ve also had a lifetime of wacky fucking shit go on since then.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoand it’s still incredibly computationally expensive
Yes, but it’s exponentially expensive compared to cheating.
Well they built entire video cards series to address that, I hope they were worth it.
We haven’t had decent GPU pricing since we started ramming that onto cards, although I will openly admit we’ve also had a lifetime of wacky fucking shit go on since then.
and it’s still incredibly computationally expensive