> Whats up with this blatantly false advertising I see in PC Gamer and other mags
> with the two screen shots of ICR2.
> I can make my Indycar game look as shitty as the left picture too if I turn off
> all the details they turned off. And if I turn them all on I can make it looked
> like the one on the right and I don't need any $200 card to do it.
> I was actually considering this card until I see that they have to resort to
> cheap misrepresentation to sell their products.
How do you justify this remark about *blatantly false advertising*?
For your information, when I run unaccelerated ICR2 and wish to keep
the frame rate high, the auto frame rate function will often turn off
quite a bit of detail. When I run Rendition ICR2, I get full 3d detail
with antialiasing at 30fps dropping to 25+ fps in heavy traffic and we
are talking about racing with the full field of cars. Rendition ICR2
will run full detail at greater than 50fps if you turn off the real time
limiter, but then the game plays like it is in fast forward. Even if
you could run unaccelerated ICR2 with full details on at 30fps, the
quality of the detail on the Reactor is far better. The scenery in the
background is photorealistic, the lettering on the sides of the cars and
trackside billboards are very clearly readable due to filtering - no
jaggie, pixelated textures. The control of the car is very smooth, I
doubt that my CPU (P133) is breaking a sweat.
But actually, you are correct in a way, the print ads are a form of
false advertising in that it does NOT show the true power of the
Reactor! I think that a screen shot at Laguna Seca would be more
impressive. I also had reservations about buying the Reactor from the
screenshots until I read an article about the Reactor and ICR2 by
Eric Cid. Eric said it first and I'll repeat, you have to see it
running to truly appreciate it. Based upon Eric's recommendation (he
has a Reactor and an Orchid Righteous3D so he is not displaying any
overt biases) I bought a Reactor 3 weeks ago.
Regarding the *cheap misrepresentation to sell their product* statement,
let me tell you about Intergraph. The salesperson was very polite, took
my order and it was delivered less than 18hours later. I had a question
about the max resolutions supported and asked on the video NG. I
received an unsolicited email from Intergraph detailing the answer. The
price was reduced recently to 149 (I paid 199). I am past the 14 day
return window but Integraph cheerfully credited my charge card with $50.
They were under no obligation to do so whatsoever. Does the phrase
unsurpassed customer service mean anything to you? If you follow this
NG or the video NG, you'll see that I am not an isolated case.
In case you didn't know, Integraph is a highly respected company in the
professional 3D CAD workstation market where customers pay big bucks and
expect world class customer service. The fact that their newly formed
consumer division carries on this tradition makes the Reactor such a
remarkable bargain, especially at a price lower than the competition.
And NO, I don't own Integraph stock -- YET.
Regards.. Ed
