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This is a link post The Evolution Of...
...Real Time PC Graphics.
Real nerdy stuff if you want to waste a few hours......
(jingle_man, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 23:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Remember Zoltar?

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 23:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nothing prior to 2000?!
It was pretty much all over bar the shouting by then, the rest was hardware evolution and refinements.
 (Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 23:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think you're on to something there.
Isn't 2000 roughly the time when programmable shaders became the norm?
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 23:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yup.

(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not only that,
but only Nvidia GPU demos are included.

It's one thing to concentrate on the evolution of 'real time' PC graphics (rather than including non-'real time' or non-PC platforms), but limiting it to a single manufacturer's hardware and a selected period of time is hardly representative.
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 0:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post 3DMark, idtech and Source to name a few are also included.

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 0:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post I haven't watched it,
but according to the intro, it's all running on Nvidia hardware, which, to my mind, means that it ignores the driving force behind the evolution during the selected time period, which was the competition between the different GPU manufacturers.
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 0:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post What no Elite, Doom, Wolfenstein or Quake?
Did complex shaders just magically pop out of someones backside?

Were Henri Gouraud and Bui Tuong Phong not about in the 70's doing ground breaking work? Why yes they were!
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(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Wed 13 Feb 2013, 10:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Where's Jet Set Willy??

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 9:58, , Reply)
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Killed himself in the attic.
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This is a normal post TWO AND A QUARTER HOURS!?
Does it do it in real time?
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