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John Smith wrote:

Again, you prove yourself a fool, the high level drivers make the video
calls to the devices ... the hardware manufactures simply have to
translate those into assembly ... the same calls are made, but the
firmware of the manufacturer translates those to fit its' hardware ...
ATI will be much different the NVIDIA ... but windows makes the same
calls from its high level driver(s) ... and, windows must provide what
the game developers need, the instructions and calls, or it doesn't even
get off the ground. Just because a video card slot exists on a
motherboard DOES NOT mean windows has to support it ...

It is the windows kernal which runs the games ... but hey, glad to be
able to help you dispel your ignorance! :-)

I'm sorry, but when you really don't know what you're talking about, you
should just shut up.

Create a video card, write drivers for it according to Windows published
requirements and it will work...

...Microsoft doesn't have anything to do with it other than certifying
the drivers after they've been written.


What a dumb asshole ... you'd better make yourself familiar with the
windows device driver tools and their specs, moron ...

I am familiar with the process as you obviously are not, since you said
that Microsoft writes the drivers for other companies' hardware when
they most certainly do not.


They most certainly do, or more accurately have ... now the hardware
simply needs to have those translated ... new hardware can be
constructed which can do a whole LOT of things that WHQL drivers, are
not aware of and can't use ... not until the windows drivers and
constructed, by microsoft, will those ever be used ...

WHQL is the specification, is the test, is the standard for windows
drivers ... it is the sole creation and property of microsoft.

Like I say, you attempt to use semantics to prove black is really white ...

No, John. Black is black and white is white.

Microsoft writes the specs to which the driver's must be written...

....but the hardware manufacturers/vendors write them.

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Alan Baker
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