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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by judge2020 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:40PM (#37729032)
> 2. Good documentation and testing is probably not as common as you think.

Not to mention that documentation != the actual behavior of the card. both nvidia and AMD release a ton of day-one driver fixes for new games being released that provide stability and sometimes double-digit performance gains over a pre-patched driver. The only way this works in a disintegrated ecosystem is if game devs become pros at creating driver bug workarounds.

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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by mschuster91 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:44PM (#37729079)
> The only way this works in a disintegrated ecosystem is if game devs become pros at creating driver bug workarounds.

They already are, they have to because that is the reality on mobile games. IIRC the devs of Real Racing (or another Android car race game) made a blog post on that.

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