Terry Makedon speaks to Warp2search

Zardon · Apr 1, 2003, 07:36 PM

My mate Rancho has held an interview with Terry Makedon which you can read in full over here

Quote:

W2S: With all the attention turning to the WHQL process â€“ especially in the recent 3DMark03 / Nvidia discussion how important is it really? Is there more to it than just a digital signature? Many companies totally back away from Microsoft's certification process because they do not want to pay the fees MS chargesâ€¦

Terry Makedon: It is not a recent phenomenon from ATI's standpoint. Since CATALYST launch we committed to posting only WHQL certified drivers, so in fact we have been supporting WHQL since the beginning. OEMâ€™s such as Dell, Compaq, Gateway will only ship systems that have all the components WHQL certified. This ensures that a third party (in this case Microsoft) has tested and validated the drivers that go with the hardware. WHQL is much more than a digital signature; there are tests that actually look for system stability, driver quality, and compliance to APIâ€™s (read DirectX). As a side note the companies that shy away from WHQL will never be able to ship their products in an OEM system. (The MS fees are very small and are just a nominal charge)

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 1, 2003, 09:04 PM

that good becouse most OEM systems are and will allways be mostly based on NVIDA products they just come loaded/released with WHQL drivers so i dont think thats a problem...... And so i find that very funny nice april fools

everyone tring to bas nvidia for not WHQL ing there drivers... who cares ? i dont tell me this I you had to pay tons of $$$ to microsoft each time you realese a driver? you wont release drivers that often I mean come on most people dont even wanna pay for thier windows... litlone pay them more money it's just a ploy ati to grab market share becouse they hold so little of the mainstream markets

Apr 1, 2003, 09:04 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	that good becouse most OEM systems are and will allways be mostly based on NVIDA products they just come loaded/released with WHQL drivers so i dont think thats a problem...... And so i find that very funny nice april fools everyone tring to bas nvidia for not WHQL ing there drivers... who cares ? i dont tell me this I you had to pay tons of $$$ to microsoft each time you realese a driver? you wont release drivers that often I mean come on most people dont even wanna pay for thier windows... litlone pay them more money it's just a ploy ati to grab market share becouse they hold so little of the mainstream markets __________________