ATI or NVIDIA?

Redwine · 04-23-07, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Antrodemus

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Originally Posted by Redwine

Not BS...

You said "ATI are really bad quality cards", which is simply untrue. Maybe you got a bad one (or more), but that doesn't automatically mean that every card is.

Read above, dont listen to me, i only speak "BS", just ask game developers.... and you will be surprised.

NEON DEON · 04-23-07, 10:04 PM

I guess it all depends on what you need at the time you purchase.

My Saphire Radeon 9600 XT is in its fourth year.

I bought it because it was Direct x 9 compat and came with 256 mb ddr video ram. It also did not require a lot of juice to run.

My amd 2400+ was not going to set any speed records so I settled for a middle of the road graphics card.

Now here I am playing games some 4 years later with no problems at all.

I don't know about what developers say when it comes to graphics cards.

What I do know, however, is My ATI card has ran every game I have bought in the last 4 years without a problem.

Of course that might have something to do with a quality power supply and enough fan cooling to turn my rig into a hover craft.

TriskettheKid · 04-23-07, 11:23 PM

nVidia.

No question about it.

vasmann · 04-24-07, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by NEON DEON

I guess it all depends on what you need at the time you purchase.

My Saphire Radeon 9600 XT is in its fourth year.

I bought it because it was Direct x 9 compat and came with 256 mb ddr video ram. It also did not require a lot of juice to run.

My amd 2400+ was not going to set any speed records so I settled for a middle of the road graphics card.

Now here I am playing games some 4 years later with no problems at all.

I don't know about what developers say when it comes to graphics cards.

What I do know, however, is My ATI card has ran every game I have bought in the last 4 years without a problem.

Of course that might have something to do with a quality power supply and enough fan cooling to turn my rig into a hover craft.

I have same config, mmm processor is AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and has no complains at all. But I think to buy new one (computer).

Steeltrap · 04-24-07, 07:54 AM

My old rig was pentium with nVidia.

New is an FX-62 AMD dual core with a X 1950 XTX 512Mb DDR4 graphics card, and it cranks through anything.

You tend to get what you pay for.

NEON DEON · 04-24-07, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by vasmann

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Originally Posted by NEON DEON

I guess it all depends on what you need at the time you purchase.

My Saphire Radeon 9600 XT is in its fourth year.

I bought it because it was Direct x 9 compat and came with 256 mb ddr video ram. It also did not require a lot of juice to run.

My amd 2400+ was not going to set any speed records so I settled for a middle of the road graphics card.

Now here I am playing games some 4 years later with no problems at all.

I don't know about what developers say when it comes to graphics cards.

What I do know, however, is My ATI card has ran every game I have bought in the last 4 years without a problem.

Of course that might have something to do with a quality power supply and enough fan cooling to turn my rig into a hover craft.

I have same config, mmm processor is AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and has no complains at all. But I think to buy new one (computer).

Yes Vasmann,

Our systems are soon to go the way of the dinosaur.

Antrodemus · 04-24-07, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Redwine

Read above, dont listen to me, i only speak "BS", just ask game developers.... and you will be surprised.

Why don't you quote me some "game developers" who agree that "ATI are really bad quality cards", then I'll start to pay attention?

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Originally Posted by doggodoggo

Then I had to struggle with getting the game to run and changing some settings. It was more work than it should have been, so my next rig is gonna try Nvidia. When you charge a couple hundred bucks for a bloody video card, I expect it to work... at least within 30 minutes!

Err... you paid "a couple of hundred bucks" for a 9800?!? How much did you pay for this card exactly, and from where? ...and BTW, you should not be even remotely surprised at having to tweak the game to get good performance, the 9800 is two notches up form the bare minimum that the game needs to run.

04-23-07, 10:04 PM	#2
NEON DEON Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 5	I guess it all depends on what you need at the time you purchase. My Saphire Radeon 9600 XT is in its fourth year. I bought it because it was Direct x 9 compat and came with 256 mb ddr video ram. It also did not require a lot of juice to run. My amd 2400+ was not going to set any speed records so I settled for a middle of the road graphics card. Now here I am playing games some 4 years later with no problems at all. I don't know about what developers say when it comes to graphics cards. What I do know, however, is My ATI card has ran every game I have bought in the last 4 years without a problem. Of course that might have something to do with a quality power supply and enough fan cooling to turn my rig into a hover craft. __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!

04-23-07, 11:23 PM	#3
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	nVidia. No question about it.

04-24-07, 07:54 AM	#5
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	My old rig was pentium with nVidia. New is an FX-62 AMD dual core with a X 1950 XTX 512Mb DDR4 graphics card, and it cranks through anything. You tend to get what you pay for.