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nvidia or ATI?
« on: December 12, 2004, 09:14:28 pm »
i personally stear clear from ATI's cards.  The cards themselves are good, but with the driver issues they have been having through the years will probably keep me from buying one until i can feel confident about my purchase.

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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2004, 09:16:34 pm »
I felt the same way you do actually. Untill I bought an 800x Pro. It's been the best card I have ever owned. Don't get me wrong, It's the Only ATI card I Give all thumbs up for, having not tried many others, and also Respecting the heck out of the Nvidia cards I use on other systems.

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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2004, 09:32:11 pm »
I've been an ATi user from way back.  Currently I have 2 Radeon 9000 and an nVidea (I don't remember the model).  I am toying with the idea of getting an ATi All in Wonder for myself over the holidays.

I've never had trouble with the drivers but then again I don't tend to push the edges of gaming software.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2004, 10:24:06 pm »
The question rated "most sure to cause a flamewar among geeks". My answer: it depends. Going with the latest greatest, one acronym "SLI", and ATI isn't anywhere to be found, so as far as enthusiasts are concerned there are a lot of people looking Nvidia's way.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2004, 07:17:03 am »
I must say back when I bought my ATI 7500 the drivers for ATI sucked.  But ATI has come a very long way since then.  The ATI drivers are super easy to install and work great.  I really like the ATI 9800 Pro I am using now.  I think nVidia has the top card now with the 6800, but these ATI cards are just as stable as anything I have seen.  The ATI cards sure play any game I want to play.  BTW I don't really support either card, competition is good, especially with video cards.  Can you imagine how much more bloated the prices would be if just one company dominated the market??!?  Let these two companies beat each other over the head, we end up with speedy video cards and it is a little easier on our pocket book.   :D
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2004, 09:14:51 am »
I couldn't vote. I've always used Nvidia and their drivers are very good, (I don't know if ATI do this but Nvidia leaks experimental drivers to overclocking sites which I'm sure helps test them), but the power and cooling requirements of the latest Nvidia cards are really putting me of buying their latest range.  :-\
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2004, 02:05:02 pm »
so you don't want a computer that can double as a toaster oven when you're playing Doom 3?


Where did the customer surveys go wrong?   ::)
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2004, 07:26:48 pm »
My first 3D graphics card I used about 6 years was a nVidia Riva 128 chip in a Diamond Viper 330 card. The drivers and updates were excellent, and a few years later nVidia were the leading brand in graphics chips, having squashed Voodoo chips (which I think got bought out by someone).
Since then ATI has come onto the market and have been playing catchup. In reviews I have read though, ATI has more than caught up, and has at times surpassed nVidia in its latest offerings (I saw a lot of reviews rating the Radeon 9800 as a better chip for performance).
Personally though, I still prefer nVidia, but consider ATI as a very very close second. nVidia driver support tips the balance in my opinion.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2004, 06:36:59 am »
I believe 3DFX who made voodoo cards were bought out by Nvidia. And I would agree that the 9800 XT was a very good card that outperformed Nvidia's cousin the 5950 Ultra, (my chosen card). I think this card truly stamped ATI's authority on the video card market.

I'm pretty concerned with Nvidia's power requirements going by some problems I've read about on other gaming forums, I can accept one power connected being needed for the next generation cards but two connectors, (separate, not from the same branched cable), seems a bit extravegant, although SATA hard drives use different power connectors so that might help. The latest Nvidia cards are still very powerful though!  :)
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2004, 03:57:26 pm »
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2004, 04:03:20 pm »
Got a Radeon 8500 in the kids computer and I have a 9800 XT in mine. Only
problem I've had is some heat issues with mine while playing Doom 3.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2004, 11:26:51 pm »
Hey Bonk!

I always thought that in recent years, Matrox cards were really meant for professional art markets, not for home gamers.  That is, I thought they were designed more for heavy image processing rather than fast processing.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2004, 09:02:18 am »
2D is their forte - truest color I've seen any video card produce.

Plenty of good home products though. My G450 has served me well for gaming and work over the last few years and I intend to upgrade to the Parhelia eventually.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/home.cfm
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2005, 04:04:03 pm »
i like ati because they are canadian but nvidia is got better deals right now...
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2005, 11:09:44 am »
I guess I am an NVidia man.  ATI still have driver problems.  My X600 crashes about once every 2-3 hours when I am playing Warcraft 3 (Not exactly a "Cutting edge 3d game")  Gotten the newest drivers... even some of the "hacked" ones that claim better stability.  End of story... still crashes the VPU.  (BTW the VPU recover hasn't worked yet LOL)

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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2005, 05:08:17 pm »
I have no troubles with the new 5.1 Cat drivers on my 9600XT. Very stable, I find.
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2005, 10:17:54 pm »
Quote from: Bonk on December 15, 2004, 03:57:26 pm

Matrox.


Bonk, I've always enjoyed the dual video output of the Matrox..it migrated to my wife's machine since she likes to have to full sized screens open (while she plays Neopets and does her home office work)...My machine is currently using a Radeon 9200..once the taxes are done, maybe an upgrade...

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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2005, 04:11:43 pm »
Ugh.  Neopets.  Gee thanks, Mike.

If my kids hear you, I'll really get upset.  They haven't thought of it yet today, I think, but I slept in, so who knows!
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2005, 05:51:19 pm »
Nvidia shows all my pornos without a problem...
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Re: nvidia or ATI?
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2005, 01:40:47 am »
Quote from: TheJudge on January 22, 2005, 05:51:19 pm
Nvidia shows all my pornos without a problem...


*smacks forehead* I didn't need to hear that right before I went to sleep.  Thanks.
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