FleX.overclock3d
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Well ive owned both, and I have to be honest most times Ati have offered the better card for the money, but nvidia go for raw power, ive just gone from a 8800 GTS OC 320mb to a ati HD 3870 XT x2 1Gb.
ATI vs. NVIDIA
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equk
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I've mostly had nvidia 
(prob forgot a few)
Cirrus Logic 256k
S3 512k
S3 Virge 1mb
Matrox Mystique 4mb
Orchid Righteous 3D (3DFX Voodoo1 - 6mb EDO?)
Hercules Riva TNT2 Ultra 32mb
Leadtek Geforce 256 SDR 32mb (clocked and bench'd faster than my m8s DDR)
Gainward Goldensample Geforce Ti4200 64mb (64mb seemed to clock better than the 128mb)
Leadtek 6800le 256mb (unlocked to GT)
Connect3D ATi X1900XT 256mb
I actually have most of these cards somewhere still
(prob forgot a few)Cirrus Logic 256k
S3 512k
S3 Virge 1mb
Matrox Mystique 4mb
Orchid Righteous 3D (3DFX Voodoo1 - 6mb EDO?)
Hercules Riva TNT2 Ultra 32mb
Leadtek Geforce 256 SDR 32mb (clocked and bench'd faster than my m8s DDR)
Gainward Goldensample Geforce Ti4200 64mb (64mb seemed to clock better than the 128mb)
Leadtek 6800le 256mb (unlocked to GT)
Connect3D ATi X1900XT 256mb
I actually have most of these cards somewhere still
FleX.overclock3d
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name='Toxcity' said:Interesting... inspired me to do my history now:
Geforce TI 4800
Geforce 5700Ultra
Geforce 5950Ultra
Single 6800XT
SLIed 6800XT
Geforce 8800GTS
Yayz!
my card is being shipped as we speak and I should get it tomorrow, ill keep you guys posted!!
I've only had a few cards, but so far I'm really likeing nVidia.
First card I ever bought was a BFG 7300 GT OC 256MB...and it sucked lol, but much better than integrated. Now I got an XFX 7950 GT Extreme 512MB which has been doing me good for a very long time, and next I'm gonna get me two XFX 8800 GT XXX 512MB's. Can't wait for that
First card I ever bought was a BFG 7300 GT OC 256MB...and it sucked lol, but much better than integrated. Now I got an XFX 7950 GT Extreme 512MB which has been doing me good for a very long time, and next I'm gonna get me two XFX 8800 GT XXX 512MB's. Can't wait for that
Rastalovich
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Geforce 256
Geforce 440mx?
Geforce 4000mx?
Geforce4 4200ti
Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 7600GT
Geforce 8600GTS & 8800GT
For myself, a heck of a bunch of repeats & 5/6/7/8 ranges for others down the road.
Geforce 440mx?
Geforce 4000mx?
Geforce4 4200ti
Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 7600GT
Geforce 8600GTS & 8800GT
For myself, a heck of a bunch of repeats & 5/6/7/8 ranges for others down the road.
Rastalovich
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name='llwyd' said:
Builds for other people.
Riva TNT2
ATi Radeon 8500LE
ATI X800 (XP I think, maybe?)
And now, SLI'ed 8800GTS 512
Both of my ATi-cards sucked bigtime, with bulky drivers and general problems with them. Actually the fans on both cards stopped working after a while, so I had to hardmod some chipsetfans on them.
And the ATi-cards put me off using XP for quite a while, cause the drivers wouldn't funtion normally, so I used Windows 2k for long before switching. Now, with my two nVidia-cards, I'm as satisfied as ever, and can finally play games with high graphic settings. Never thinking bout going back to ATi. Will buy a 8800GT 512 XXX-card for the missus on the new build.
ATi Radeon 8500LE
ATI X800 (XP I think, maybe?)
And now, SLI'ed 8800GTS 512
Both of my ATi-cards sucked bigtime, with bulky drivers and general problems with them. Actually the fans on both cards stopped working after a while, so I had to hardmod some chipsetfans on them.
And the ATi-cards put me off using XP for quite a while, cause the drivers wouldn't funtion normally, so I used Windows 2k for long before switching. Now, with my two nVidia-cards, I'm as satisfied as ever, and can finally play games with high graphic settings. Never thinking bout going back to ATi. Will buy a 8800GT 512 XXX-card for the missus on the new build.gotmaxpower
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In the past ive used both an nVidia 6200LE 128MB and an ATI X800 Pro... Apart from the fact that both of them aren't exactly top range cards, i can surely say that i would rather pick nVidia over ATI for three simple reasons:
- ATI are kinda' mischevious... they manipulate things to attract customers... Example - shaders.
- Also the card covers for ATI are tacky and dont compliment your build at all.
- According to what benchmarks say, nVidia seem to be performing lots better than ATI.
- ATI are kinda' mischevious... they manipulate things to attract customers... Example - shaders.
- Also the card covers for ATI are tacky and dont compliment your build at all.
- According to what benchmarks say, nVidia seem to be performing lots better than ATI.
FarFarAway
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Absolute BS - anyone remember Nvidia offering the 5200 with 'full DX9 support'? Except that it had little to no DX9 support and was a POS
Both parties are as bad/good as the other, just Nvidia are dominating the top end market right now. However, the 3850's are a great little card so Nvidia don't have it all their own way
Both parties are as bad/good as the other, just Nvidia are dominating the top end market right now. However, the 3850's are a great little card so Nvidia don't have it all their own way
Rastalovich
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nVidia have botched a driverset or so too along the way, and they`re adhering to pressure to not allow oc`ing and tv outputs etc..
Neither of the parties are without faults along the way.
ATI have brought out some really good cards, not for me, but u have to recognize the 1950x? 3850 and 3870s. The 2600/2800? work well in Macs too. Certainly vS cash they do well.
(I aint good on ATI card names)
Neither of the parties are without faults along the way.
ATI have brought out some really good cards, not for me, but u have to recognize the 1950x? 3850 and 3870s. The 2600/2800? work well in Macs too. Certainly vS cash they do well.
(I aint good on ATI card names)
X1950Pro was THE card to get a year ago, it's performance/price was the best at that time. Now there is the 9600GT/8800GT.
The "mid-range" cards from Nvidia and ATI that came out a year ago were, in fact, more upper-low-end. Now things have changed with 9600GT/3850/3870 and 8800GT and will continue to change in teh long run.
I don't think one company is better and the other is worse. They are just different in the way they think games will be implemented (like the passing from DX9 to something-that-is-suppose-to-be-DX10). The current cards I believe that they are pretty competitively priced.
Saying that one is better than the other is pretty bad because if tomorrow the "bad" company releases a very good card that is cheaper than the competition you will miss out on an oppurtunity. That is why I believe in benchmarks, they are a lot less biased.
I have owned both ATI and Nvidia cards. Yes, I have had problems with ATI drivers (X850XT), but also with Nvidia's (5700LE). But I don't care right now, I'll just buy whatever's best for my budget.
I just hope true DX10 will be implemented that takes full advantage of the different design of the new cards... but I'll probably go trough a couple more GPUs 'tll then.
The "mid-range" cards from Nvidia and ATI that came out a year ago were, in fact, more upper-low-end. Now things have changed with 9600GT/3850/3870 and 8800GT and will continue to change in teh long run.
I don't think one company is better and the other is worse. They are just different in the way they think games will be implemented (like the passing from DX9 to something-that-is-suppose-to-be-DX10). The current cards I believe that they are pretty competitively priced.
Saying that one is better than the other is pretty bad because if tomorrow the "bad" company releases a very good card that is cheaper than the competition you will miss out on an oppurtunity. That is why I believe in benchmarks, they are a lot less biased.
I have owned both ATI and Nvidia cards. Yes, I have had problems with ATI drivers (X850XT), but also with Nvidia's (5700LE). But I don't care right now, I'll just buy whatever's best for my budget.
I just hope true DX10 will be implemented that takes full advantage of the different design of the new cards... but I'll probably go trough a couple more GPUs 'tll then.
gotmaxpower
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Lol... I guess now would be the best time for me to say 'Its my opinion'... 
FarFarAway
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Aye everyone's entitled to their own opinion, it's just I tend to prefer opinions based on solid facts
