Will the wait ever end?

[TdB]

didn´t Carmack(among others) wrote the linux opengl-drivers for the matrox g-series?

[Ali]

Carmack fixed one bug in the OGL Linux driver for the G400, he didnt write it himself.

Ali

[Drizzt]

I forgot to reply to this thread ^^;;

In a few words: a programmer who claims that he doesn't target for a card because it's not the best card at the moment, it's an Idiot.

A programmer must write code, code and code and show it's capabilities as a programmer by writing smart code and spectacular things with it's only ability.
Or else, just every other software house should program a graphically marvelous game and say:
"The current PCs are shits, so our game has been programmed targeting for the next-next-next-next generation PCs. Buy our game because it will be the best after 10 years and we know how to program!!!!"

John Carmack is an idiot. Dot.

[TdB]

hmm!
I can´t renember any ID software game, with insane hardware requirements.

targetting geforce3(or equal) hardware dosn´t seem idiotic to me, considering that the game won´t be out before 2003.

renember those video options(in games), they are there for a reason: to make the more demanding features _optional_.

Expecting to run ANY new 3d-game with all options cranked up to the max, on average systems is idiotic, I can´t remenber any 3d-game where i could do that when it was new.
Thats just the way it is, and i don´t think ID software started that, it started when you could buy pc´s with different hardware configurations.
Im quite sure you can tweak the game-settings to make it run ok on average systems.