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General => General Discussion => Computer Talk => Topic started by: Ph33r on October 11, 2007, 08:40:56 PM

Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Ph33r on October 11, 2007, 08:40:56 PM: As godson said in the 'Post your graphics topic', why does everyone choose Nvidia? Sure, it's a given that Nvidia cards are SLIGHTLY cheaper compared to ATi cards on the market.. But I have heard from a friend of mine, the Nvidia cards are a lil unstable.. His card burned out are like a year or so.. Then he got an ATi card an it lasted him like a 4 years..

Besides, ATi has stuff like AVIVO.. I'm unsure if Nvidia has a same sort of program.. Anyway, whats so great about Nvidia? The HD2900XT can rival the 8800GTX in benchmarking.. So ATi can't be that bad..
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: brandon6199 on October 11, 2007, 09:00:43 PM: nvidia has purevideo, kinda the same thing as avivo.

one company isnt better than the other, just the cards that make the difference
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Daffy on October 12, 2007, 05:20:55 AM: There's a lot more support for nVIDIA cards in most games.
I Colin McRae Dirt the detail level in the settings goes down as you increase the resolution, stuff like that doesn't happen with nVIDIA cards.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Matbugss on October 12, 2007, 05:54:09 AM: Nvidia4ever!
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Post by: GT-7 on October 12, 2007, 06:04:27 AM: In my computer there aint ATi or nVIDIA <_<. But theres nVIDIA card at the gas station's slot machine which is next to our school
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: ImPaKt on October 12, 2007, 06:42:45 AM: every ATI card i have used produces on-screen flickering or burns out, my 7800GS nVidia has lastwed me over 2 years perfectly, i'm getting an 8800 GTS soon. ATI imho suck a lot.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: BoBsaget on October 12, 2007, 06:48:51 AM: My last card was an ATI x800, and now I have a 8800GTS, which you really can't compare to eachother on the level of gfx quality etc. But I did notice that when I put the settings of my ATI card on highest quality possible, it didn't reach the quality of the Nvidia, which was weird cause it should have run just as much quality but less fps.. (at least thats what I think should happen) There is a plsu to ATI cards though, and thats the software. You can clock the card with eas with provided software from ATI and ATI Tray Tools is good. But ATM I would go for an 8800 card by Nvidia cause ATI doesn't have a card which competes with the prize or quality that the Nvidia will give.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: ImPaKt on October 12, 2007, 06:57:56 AM: BoB, ATI has tray tool, nVidia cards come with nTune which does the same thing, manual or auto overclocking from windows, not in BIOS
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Paxton on October 12, 2007, 07:23:43 AM: I've never tried ATI actually, even if i heard good things about. I have nvidia and i'm fine with it. It works well with all tasks so why change it.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Spoofy on October 12, 2007, 08:12:57 AM: I was a die hard ATI Radeon user but nVIDIA is just so much better. Don't even hesitate, get nVIDIA
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Aries on October 12, 2007, 09:48:13 AM: Whichever one brings out the better products. Same with Intel and AMD.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: rekees on October 12, 2007, 10:24:08 AM: i got dual gfx cards, 8800GTS and i think a 7300 GTX or something like that cant remember
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: ImPaKt on October 12, 2007, 07:18:45 PM: rekees, you cant use 2 different cards in dual card mode, they have to be the same processing unit, like 2x 8800 GTS or 2x 7900 GT, an 8800 GTS and a 7300 GTX shouldn't work, if it does, it probably gets held back somewhat and cant work efficiently.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Torque on October 12, 2007, 09:12:56 PM: I have a Radeon x300.

What the hell is overclocking.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: plumpegg on October 12, 2007, 11:24:24 PM: i have radeon 9600 and i play new games with no porblem... so i think ATI is good...

never had an Nvidia :/ only geforce 2 mx
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Shifty on October 13, 2007, 02:32:30 AM: ATI and NVIDIA are without doubt the best gfx card brands in the world. I now have a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, and I can play games with awesome gfx quality, and haven't got any problems yet.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: ImPaKt on October 13, 2007, 02:49:57 AM: plumpegg, i used to have a radeon 9600 too, burned out in a few months, couldnt play jack shit of todays games.

Bought a GeForce 7800 GS which has lasted me until now where i upgraded my PC, Joe (admin guy) is buying the 7800 off me, i'm currently borrowing a radeon x550 for 2 months, which is on the edge of burning out already.

Getting my 8800 soon as possible.
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Post by: Nikon on October 13, 2007, 07:09:44 AM: I complain about fanboys but im pretty much a sucker for all things ATI. I think they brainwashed me or something.
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Post by: przemax on October 20, 2007, 02:47:34 PM: I have radeon x1950 pro 512 mb and i'm happy
San Andreas: 1600x1200 antyaliasing 3x, full detail, 2x draw distance ~50 fps
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Post by: Cody on October 20, 2007, 02:49:31 PM: nvidia > all
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Post by: Olin on October 20, 2007, 09:52:35 PM: I've owned 3 nvidia cards so far, including my current onboard. I'm planning to get an ATI card soon. Might as well get some experience with one.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Ferσή on October 20, 2007, 10:04:05 PM: they both have their advantages so you cant say "nvidia pwns ati" or vice versa. depends on what your going with
high end = nvidia
mid to low end = ati
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: HeX on October 21, 2007, 12:16:05 AM: ill be gettin a ati 1900 xtx clocked to a 1950 xtx soon so that will be sweet, i cant wait.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: brandon6199 on October 21, 2007, 12:32:59 AM: rofl if thats boxxx's one then too bad it doesnt exist

take a pic when u get it
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: Torque on October 21, 2007, 12:36:06 AM: I'm getting a aTi pr194214kma00X overcocked to a pr194214kma01X
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: arKy on October 21, 2007, 02:34:04 AM: I was owner of both cards and i prefer Nvidia
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: JayFoxRox on October 21, 2007, 06:27:20 AM: When it comes to support ATI is ways better. Same goes for the image color quality, processing time, control panel etc..
But NVIDIA has the better developer portal and more resources about there cpu/gpu/ppu techniques (http://developer.nvidia.com/page/home.html)
Thats the reason why I (And 90% of the game-developers) like NVIDIA more. If ATI would supply the developers with more information and give the full set of features for opengl and directx they would have much better cards. I think ATI lost back in 1999 when they stopped providing samples of code for new pu's. Microsoft and most of Torvalds OS switched to NVIDIA optimization then.

*Elsa Victory 3D was killed by 8800GT
*Fox remembers the good'ol Voodo days!
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: DeathCobra on October 21, 2007, 06:31:14 AM: 6600GT, lasted nearly 2 years, and can still run new games quite well.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: boxXx on October 21, 2007, 07:10:46 AM: Quote from: ImPaKt
rekees, you cant use 2 different cards in dual card mode, they have to be the same processing unit, like 2x 8800 GTS or 2x 7900 GT, an 8800 GTS and a 7300 GTX shouldn't work, if it does, it probably gets held back somewhat and cant work efficiently.
He probably can, he could have 2x 8800GTS and 1x 7300GTX running as physx card
And brandon fucking shut up
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: JayFoxRox on October 22, 2007, 01:18:55 AM: using a gpu as ppu would suck so hard I doubt you'll have any fun with that in anything beside aegia games (which mainly suck)
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: HeX on October 22, 2007, 01:24:50 AM: Quote from: brandon6199
rofl if thats boxxx's one then too bad it doesnt exist

take a pic when u get it
he didn't give it to you because he didn't like you.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: brandon6199 on October 22, 2007, 01:25:56 AM: take a pic of it when you get it and i'll never talk shit about you or boxXx ever again

that's how sure i am that boxxx is 100% grade A bullshit

the dude doesnt even have the pc he says he has
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: HeX on October 22, 2007, 01:37:29 AM: brandon first i need to get a job to pay for the parts, and as i said before he didn't send you the parts because he doesn't like you.
Title: ATi or Nvidia
Post by: brandon6199 on October 22, 2007, 01:41:05 AM: i never said he liked me, i'm just stating that he's bullshit.

just make sure you get it before you pay any money lol, even though it doesnt exist