ATI or NVIDIA?

[Bonfleck]

Curious which of you think your having a better SH4 experience.....Ye sailing with ATI cards or thoust with the NVIDIA spectrum? Ahoy....................B

[Ark]

I don't have any complaints regarding my 8800GTX. Everything runs great.

[CCIP]

I think that'd very much depend on which exact cards are in question. I don't think anyone would complain about playing it on an 8800GTX, nor would anyone be too impressed playing it on an FX5200.


Both have high-end cards, and both firms' high-end cards will get you places.

Personally, I've upgraded to a GeForce 7800 specifically for this game, and can't say anything bad about it. Been a pretty (if incidentally) loyal nVidia customer for many years now, and for the most part they've kept me happy.

I should note that I hear of people complaining of ATI driver-related issues with the game, though I don't know about these directly. I personally haven't had any problems at all on my two nVidia cards with SHIV (6800 and 7800), and the game is very very stable.

[Overkill]

I have an ATI in my Dell and so far it's worked great with the game. As long as it's a model that's supported by the software you should have around the same performace out of comparable cards from ATI and NVIDIA. At one time or another I've owned cards made by both and been very happy with all of them.

[Camaero]

Chevy or Ford?




Chevy of course. ATI also.

[Fat Bhoy Tim]

Prefer nvidia as it's (generally) faster, even if the graphic quality isn't so high. I always prefer frame rates over graphics.

[Fat Bhoy Tim]

Originally Posted by Camaero

Chevy or Ford?




Chevy of course. ATI also.

To be fair, nowadays when you buy a Chevy that isn't a truck you're fairly likely to be buying something Korean or European.

nVidia GeForce 7900GT on this machine, runs SH4 with no problem at all.

ATI Radeon X1600 on wifes computer, image quality is better, but obviously slower.

Just a rehash of the old Voodoo 2 vs. TNT2 debate, speed or image quality.

[lemon]

At the moment I have the luxury to have an ATI 1959pro 256MB AGP card and a NVIDIA 7600GT 512MB AGP card.
Tried them both on WINXP 32 and must say that at the moment I stick with the NVIDIA.
The ATI shows a better quality but seem to have trouble with some recent 'games' where it runs so smooth with Grand Prix Legends, a simulation from 1998.
The Nvidia seems not to be that 'crisp' but runs better for me on modern/recent games. Strange tho that I think the ATI card out performs the Nvidia card in Grand Prix Legends.

I have a second harddisk with Vista and must say that XP is a lot better in performance then Vista. I have only used Grand Prix Legends to measure performance but you can notice the difference with both cards. Still the drivers from Nvidia are beta drivers and my audigy drivers for Vista are more or less beta too.

I think if you find a local hardware dealer he may give you the chance to test both, ATI and Nvidia ? Would be the best as there's no ATI is better then NVIDIA as it somehow depends on the kind of simulations/games you play.

IMO :p

[Capt.LoneRanger]

The image quality on 8xxx-nVidia-cards is slightly higher than with previous nVidias. My OCed 7800GT runs SH4 nicely, but depending on drivers self-shadowing and lighting looks pretty ugly (81.20 are the latest drivers, that support self-shadowing over larger distances. Pretty nicely shown especially in LOMAC.)

Currently, the 8800s series have a distinct advantage in speed over other cards on the market. With the upcoming 2900s series from ATI, this will very likely change dramatically, though. As said above, the quality on ATI-cards is also better.

There are also rumours that the 2900s series will be 150-200 bucks cheaper than nVidias 8800s, but will be equipped with a physics processor onboard.

[gg5056]

I Been Using Nvidia Geforce For Ever.
Now Using Geforce 6200 Agp Ddr2. It Run Slow.
Now Upgrading To Geforce 7900gs, 256gb, Gddd3.
I Get Most Of Stuff At Chiefvalue.con In Calif.
They Have Best Price I Paid 210.0 Geforce 790gs.

[Antrodemus]

Lifelong nVidia fan until I saw the difference in image quality and super-smooth FSAA on an ATi, and been using ATi since. However, the borked Sun glare in SHIV is a bit of a swine, although the jury's still out on whether ATi or Ubi are to "blame".

/that said, ATi have their work cut out for them in producing the 2x series cards, having seen an 8800GTX 768Mb in action... almost twice the performance of a 7800GT PPU. Staggering performance.

[jdkbph]

My $0.02...

ATI makes wonderful video hardware, but lately they can't seem to code a proper driver to save their lives. I'm a big KotOR/KotOR2 fan and I had to toss a perfectly serviceable ATI card and replace with nVidia to avoid losing my sanity.

While some may argue that ATI graphics are a bit flashier in comparison to equivalent generation nVidia (depending on system configuration, preference, &ct.), nVidia cards have always been rock solid stable for me, and generally faster than ATI.

JD

[flintlock]

Either manufacturer is fine, though I prefer ATI. I especially appreciate ATI's video drivers; rock solid and stable without being too unnecessarily bloated. A regular release schedule is most welcomed too. Holding out for a new R600 based part myself.

/taps fingers patiently

[melb00m]

Originally Posted by flintlock

Either manufacturer is fine, though I prefer ATI. I especially appreciate ATI's video drivers; rock solid and stable without being too unnecessarily bloated. A regular release schedule is most welcomed too. Holding out for a new R600 based part myself.

I would say the exact opposite. There are reasons why so many people with ATI cards use Omega drivers.
I tried ATI twice, and both times I returned the card after a couple days. Had endless VPU recovers and errors.

Now I am back with NVidia, and will stay with them. They certainly have better driver support (especially if you´re also running Linux, which I do), and also pay more money to developers to make their games "NVidia recommended"