Comment by chronid | Hacker News Reader

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Do keep in mind that NVIDIA received the code for the game so they could optimize their driver for it [1].

There is no chance of the same happening with AMD and TW3, since at least at the beginning of 2014:

    According to Nvidia, developers can, under certain licensing circumstances, 
    gain access to (and optimize) the GameWorks code, but cannot share
    that code with AMD for optimization purposes.

See [2] for the source of that statement.

The situation is really that different.

[1] http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-07-nvidia-apologis...

[2] http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/173511-nvidias-gameworks-...

It seems as though that might have changed[1] (dated 1 year after yours). In truth those in the AAA industry might only be privy to what is actually going on, as I'm seeing a lot of PR bullshit/he-says-she-says from both sides.

If NVIDIA is actively restricting access to the code for HairWorks that is indeed very scummy, however, they would technically still be within their rights.

[1]: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Editorial/NVIDIA-and-AMD-Fight-...

Yes, the FUD seems to be everywhere, I concur. And we'll never know the truth unless a GameWorks contract gets leaked in full, aka never. Business as usual. :)

Intel was still within their right (technically) when it forced their own compiler to compile non-optimized code for AMD CPUs. That does not make it right for us, the customers, this is the point I wanted to make.

> That does not make it right for us, the customers, this is the point I wanted to make.

That's an discussion that's likely to never come to a sensible conclusion :). The AMD/NVIDIA situation is definitely one of the negative outcomes of an open/competitive marketplace.

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