ATI short movie? Sick of Nvidia TWIMTBP upon gamestart...

[Asestar]

I think many users *might* agree with me here.
It's kind off sickening when you buy a good game, painstakingly install all
the cd's, starting the game for the first time, on your latest pc equipped
with ATI's finest card knowing that it's way faster than nVidia counterpart
in same priceclass, and what do you see? A game manufacture movie/logo
followed by "NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played".

It's kinda ok, if you had a nvidia card, but it sucks for ati systems.

Games i refer to are UT, U2, sacred and many more i can't remember.
I know there are editors/converters that can do the conversion to replace
nvidia load movie from many games. Some games like Sacred, uses mpeg or avi
formats, some use bink, so it's not hard.

So here's the question:
Isn't there any ATI movie/logo saying "Ati - get in the game" or something?

 

[Mike P]

ATI doesn't have to work so ghard trying to brainwash people because their
hardware is good enough that owners don't need reassurence every time they
start a game.

Mike

 

[Dark Avenger]

I think many users *might* agree with me here.
It's kind off sickening when you buy a good game, painstakingly install all
the cd's, starting the game for the first time, on your latest pc equipped
with ATI's finest card knowing that it's way faster than nVidia counterpart
in same priceclass, and what do you see? A game manufacture movie/logo
followed by "NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played".

It's kinda ok, if you had a nvidia card, but it sucks for ati systems.

Games i refer to are UT, U2, sacred and many more i can't remember.
I know there are editors/converters that can do the conversion to replace
nvidia load movie from many games. Some games like Sacred, uses mpeg or avi
formats, some use bink, so it's not hard.

So here's the question:
Isn't there any ATI movie/logo saying "Ati - get in the game" or something?

There is an ati logo for Unreal Tournament 2004 out

But I now wear a spongebob logo in Unreal Tournament!

 

[Villain]

I think many users *might* agree with me here.
It's kind off sickening when you buy a good game, painstakingly install all
the cd's, starting the game for the first time, on your latest pc equipped
with ATI's finest card knowing that it's way faster than nVidia counterpart
in same priceclass, and what do you see? A game manufacture movie/logo
followed by "NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played".

It's kinda ok, if you had a nvidia card, but it sucks for ati systems.

Games i refer to are UT, U2, sacred and many more i can't remember.
I know there are editors/converters that can do the conversion to replace
nvidia load movie from many games. Some games like Sacred, uses mpeg or avi
formats, some use bink, so it's not hard.

So here's the question:
Isn't there any ATI movie/logo saying "Ati - get in the game" or something?

To me that's a pointless bit of advertising, anyway. I mean, think
about it. Really. Unless it's demographic is someone in a store about
to purchase a video card..... You (a, all ready have an NVidia card or
(b, have a Radeon and couldn't care less.....


The Intro ad in Painkiller is fairly amusing though.

Villain

Paranoia is just another word for longevity.

 

[OverKlocker]

NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played

i don't mind it to much cause most (if not all) those games run better
on ATI cards

 

[Stoneskin]

I think many users *might* agree with me here.
It's kind off sickening when you buy a good game, painstakingly install all
the cd's, starting the game for the first time, on your latest pc equipped
with ATI's finest card knowing that it's way faster than nVidia counterpart
in same priceclass, and what do you see? A game manufacture movie/logo
followed by "NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played".

Can't really say I care about it. I don't scream at the TV when an ad
comes on advertising a rival product to which I already own.

It's just an ad - hit ESC like all the other intro junk and move on.

 

[cK-Gunslinger]

"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> left a note on my windscreen
which said:




Can't really say I care about it. I don't scream at the TV when an ad
comes on advertising a rival product to which I already own.

It's just an ad - hit ESC like all the other intro junk and move on.

Good point. You don't typically get upset when you hear Ford
advertisments on the radio when driving in your Toyota, do you? Just
ignore it.

 

[cK-Gunslinger]

Dude, don't read too much into this. If the makers of GameX said to
ATi, "Hey, give us $X and we'll put your logo in the intro of our game,"
don't you think ATi might agree? Indeed, look at the ATi/HL2 tie-ins.
"Buy a Radeon, get a Half-Life 2 voucher!" It's called advertisements
and endorsements. No more brainwashing than normal, just business as usual.

 

[ANTant]

Stoneskin wrote:

Good point. You don't typically get upset when you hear Ford
advertisments on the radio when driving in your Toyota, do you? Just
ignore it.

Or if the game has a parameter to let you skip them like BF1942.
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[Asestar]

Good point. You don't typically get upset when you hear Ford

advertisments on the radio when driving in your Toyota, do you? Just
ignore it.

I usually tear the integrated radio out of my Toyota Avensis everytime they
mension Mercedes E or C class on radio I'm on my 11th replacement set now


No i guess it's not so important after all. I just wanted to have some ATI
movie, to mod, that's all.

 

[Stoneskin]

I usually tear the integrated radio out of my Toyota Avensis everytime they
mension Mercedes E or C class on radio I'm on my 11th replacement set now


No i guess it's not so important after all. I just wanted to have some ATI
movie, to mod, that's all.

FWIW it's a game specific thing - and different games do them in
different ways. I belive UT2004 uses a map to show the logo (and
someone did make a replacement ATI one too) but others could use AVI,
BIK or whatever. If you could find out what the game uses to display
the logo then theres probably a way to mod it to ATI if you're so
inclined.

 

[Asestar]

Well, stoneskin, I did try to mention this exact thing in my original post.
I know they use different formats, and i'm really into video-encoding and
stuff. But reason i posted this was to "find" a source Ati movie, so that
could be converted into spec. formats.

 

[Darthy]

I think many users *might* agree with me here.
It's kind off sickening when you buy a good game, painstakingly install all
the cd's, starting the game for the first time, on your latest pc equipped
with ATI's finest card knowing that it's way faster than nVidia counterpart
in same priceclass, and what do you see? A game manufacture movie/logo
followed by "NVIDIA! The way it's meant to be played".

It's kinda ok, if you had a nvidia card, but it sucks for ati systems.

Games i refer to are UT, U2, sacred and many more i can't remember.
I know there are editors/converters that can do the conversion to replace
nvidia load movie from many games. Some games like Sacred, uses mpeg or avi
formats, some use bink, so it's not hard.

I have those games UT2003 & 2004 and Unreal... The funny thing I
find about those logos is that... those games play great and better on
the ATI cards! BWahahaha (I have both a 9800Pro and 5900 so there!)



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