NV40 graphics cards to ship with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[cadaver]

Thanks to Le$hiY for providing the quote.

An article excerpt from the Game.exe magazine (03.04) about S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl:

...Anton Bolshakov - vicepresident of GSC Game World, stated that he is satisfied with the partntership with the giant of graphics card industry. "nVIDIA does not demand any changes to the game that would emphasize any advantages of their own graphics cards. nVIDIA engineers help us learn the newest graphics technologies. Without them, we would have spent much time on idle experimentation.", says Bolshakov. He then reassures: "There are no scandalous details. Our relationship with nVIDIA is purely platonic. We do not get suitcases with money from them. They help us on the technical side (with our combined efforts we are now finilizing DirectX 9 support), and also use the game for advertising on TV, radio, and in the press. We in turn, gain access to important OEM deals, which allow us to gain $0.5-1 from each copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. put into a graphics card box. After the first wave of sales subsidies, and graphics card prices fall, this may become a very interesting sum. As you can see, this partnership is mutually benefitial." Also, Bolshakov has informed us that NV40 nVIDIA cards may come not with an OEM, but with a full version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. This option is being discussed, although cautiously. He added: "DX8 render and instruments are completely finished. We have been spending all efforts on gameplay for almost half a year, and are approaching the "beta" stage. In parallel, we are also working on the DX9 render, which we will show at E3."...

Anton Bolshakov, GSC Game World: "The visions of technology of graphics chip designers and game developers must coincide. For example, the architecture of NV30-38 graphics cards was designed with consideration of the technologies of DOOM 3. The NV40-48 generation is designed with consideration of the technologies of the DX9 render of our S.T.A.L.K.E.R."

http://oblivionlost.deloo.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131

 

[dawdler]

Neat... Maybe they will move up HL2 to the R4XX?

Aaah... I guess that inside info on early Stalker infact being developeded on a 9700 because the 5800 (at the time) just didnt cut it has been hidden away for good, heh.

 

[Dark Angel]

For example, the architecture of NV30-38 graphics cards was designed with consideration of the technologies of DOOM 3. The NV40-48 generation is designed with consideration of the technologies of the DX9 render of our S.T.A.L.K.E.R."

I like that part there actually making it sound as if stalker is getting a better vid card and in a way making it sound as if its graphics are better then D3 lol.

Edit -- the one key word in that sentnce is GENERATION and its comon knowledge that D3 will ship before stalker.

They worded that pretty good the NV30 is the old generation and NV40 is the new. Gotta love buisness men :thumbs:

Ya i tracked back a few forums its even in russian or i think that was the language.

Im glade im sticking with nVida and probably will be for another 10 yrs so this is all good news to me. :E

 

[Mr-Fusion]

When are these next gen video cards supposed to be coming out?

 

[cadaver]

When are these next gen video cards supposed to be coming out?

Q2 this year

 

[Maxi]

March 18th, is the show where they will be presented. iirc.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Shadow of Chernobyl or Oblivion Lost. I'm getting confused, whats it called this week?

 

[Axyon]

Shadow of Chernobyl or Oblivion Lost. I'm getting confused, whats it called this week?

It's Shadow of Chernobyl now, they changed it recently. Oblivion Lost was better though, I think.

 

[The Dark Elf]

It's Shadow of Chernobyl now, they changed it recently. Oblivion Lost was better though, I think.

Yeah I prefered Oblivion Lost too. Shadow of Chernobyl reminds me of a Discovery Channel documentry presented by Simon Sharma with the obligatory pictures of dying children and badly made voice over translations of Russian scientists, some pans of the landscape, a farmer pointing at dead sheep and Simon walking through a field.

 

[mortiz]

'Shadow of Chernobyl' is more suiting I guess...

nVidia are experts at getting developers on their side, if you look at the next gen FPS's coming out there's only a small handful (if even that) that are optimized for ATI cards (Half-Life 2) most of the other big hitters are going with Nvidia on this one, and I wouldn't be suprised if some of that's down to them flashing around a bit of money.

 

[Maxi]

Don't forget the led plated trucks!

 

[The Dark Elf]

Go back a few weeks, or a couple of months, everyone was against nVidia. Saying nVidia were dead and that ATI was the best and couldn't be beat. It's a bit of a chuckle to watch those very same people run away from ATI and back to nVidia, forgetting everything they said about them

 

[cadaver]

a new "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. designer diary" is up too, with new screenshots.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/stalker/preview_6090367.html

great reading

a little quote from the article

"Realism further dictates that weapons have limited life spans, misfire tendencies, and so on, so you'll often find that when visiting the game's illicit merchants to equip yourself, you'll get what you pay for..."

sounds better and better :smoking:

 

[PvtRyan]

Yeah I prefered Oblivion Lost too. Shadow of Chernobyl reminds me of a Discovery Channel documentry presented by Simon Sharma with the obligatory pictures of dying children and badly made voice over translations of Russian scientists, some pans of the landscape, a farmer pointing at dead sheep and Simon walking through a field.

Precisely, it sounds like some crappy documentary.

When the first pics of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (God, I hate typing this name...) were shown (I think it was end of 2000) were shown the total name was just Oblivion Lost (so without S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) I thought, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was added later on.

 

[dawdler]

And do note that the full name is probably something like:
SXXXXX TXX AXXXXXX LXXXXX KXXX EXXXXXXX RXXXX: Shadow of Chernobyl.

Longest name in gaming history? Possibly

 

[The Dark Elf]

And do note that the full name is probably something like:
SXXXXX TXX AXXXXXX LXXXXX KXXX EXXXXXXX RXXXX: Shadow of Chernobyl.

Longest name in gaming history? Possibly

When the title is longer than the game you know it's gonna be trouble

 

[Gorgon]

Haahaha Fenric.

The competition of this year between Nv and ATI is very complicated.

I don't understand one thing.............which technology measure the power of GC, is it FPS or IQ?

 

[thehunter1320]

if Nvidia made a good card i'd buy it... thats the only sell point... not if a game comes with it... when will they learn?

 

[Edcrab]

Longest ever? Jedi Knight 2 is officially; Star Wars: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast so it comes pretty close

I think the whole graphical rivalry thing is a joke... I just hope we can guarantee that Doom 3 will embrace ATI and HL2 will readily do likewise with NVidia, with no real performance loss (despite recommendations).

Hell, If I was to say I was going to get a 5600 (probably 256 for the hell of it) as a budget card, I'd get eaten alive in some quarters. It beats a 440MX...

 

[chu]

I've heard that before....*rolls eyes*

 

[ailevation]

:afro: Man, i'm really diggin' the looks of STALKER. It COULD be better than Half-Life 2, but we'll never know yet. All this week i've been stuck on searching for STALKER info, how the gameplay is, is just so cool.PERIOD. Anyways, Nvidia seems to be partnering with lot's of good games these days i.e. stalker, call of duty, doom 3. Out of my knowledge ATI partners with Half life 2 and Rainbow six 3 ravenshield. But does anybody know why Nvidia seems to get more game partners?

 

[cadaver]

Today THQ and GSC confirm the subtitle for S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the highly anticipated FPS/Survival game on PC. Formally OBLIVION LOST, the game will now formally be known as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. Having taken inspiration for the game from their trips to the Chernobyl disaster area and its surrounding areas, whilst researching and authenticating what is now the foundation of the game, the GSC team felt the subtitle change best communicated the core message behind the game.

http://www.stalker-game.com/index_eng.html