Most computers have a proprietary BIOS they have to talk to, though they do follow open standards.

I can’t find the link to show you, but I had thought I read before where some of the Nvidia ‘Secret Sauce’ code that would normally be in the driver software was in the firmware, and that the firmware was not open sourced.

So it would mean extra effort for the open source driver coders to try to get the same kind of performance. Basically Nvidia not open sourcing their proprietary code that gives them the/partial advantage in speed.

I think I remember reading about it in a web article, but like as I mentioned, I can’t remember which, or else I’d link it for you.

More than willing to admit I’m wrong about that interpretation too, but I remember it’s sticking out in my mind at the time of reading, as a “Sneaky Nvidia!” type of thought.

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