Problems with your 7900gt's ?
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FarFarAway
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name='mrapoc' said:
At the moment - as in right now: ATI have a much better IQ than nVidia but nVidia's high-end 7950 GX2 is faster.
ATI's drivers are a bit "bloaty" (imho) and nVidia's are lighter and better to use.
BUT having said that I kind of regret getting rid of my X1900XTX
I've been a real ATI fan - I had 9000, 9700, 9800 and X800 class cards. However, I felt that they really dropped the ball when SLI came along - it seemed like a botched, rushed riposte when they launched Crossfire. The whole CF solution seemed flakey, contrived and limited. Being an AMD fan, when I built a new system it made sense to go for an NF4 SLI board. The decision now is tricky...
Mr. Smith
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This may be going off topic, but is the general consensus that the 7900 GT is - poo!? I just bought two of them! The EVGA signature ones... I got two for the price of one so I quickly read a few reviews, thought they looked good and steamed in...
Please, tell me i haven't wasted my cash...
Please, tell me i haven't wasted my cash...
Mr. Smith
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http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N569-S2&family=22
Thats what I have, well, arriving in two days.
They are at 600MHz GPU and 1600MHz memory - that seems a lot higher than the usual 7900 speeds... Hopefully the will be stable...
Thats what I have, well, arriving in two days.
They are at 600MHz GPU and 1600MHz memory - that seems a lot higher than the usual 7900 speeds... Hopefully the will be stable...
ATi no doubt has better visual quality, and they dominate the single-card segment by a large margin but when multiple cards (7950 inlcluded) are compared, SLi takes the lead. It's no surpise, NVIDIA's multi-card solution is much more logical and appears to be more thought out and sensible.
That being said, I recently went from an X1900GT to a 7900GS, and I've noticed one interesting thing. The 7900GS at stock tends to get the same or only a few less FPS compared to my X1900GT, which was heavily overclocked. In benchmarks, the X1900GT took the lead, but I guess that makes the rumor true. ATi = bench numbers, nV = game FPS.
Nick
That being said, I recently went from an X1900GT to a 7900GS, and I've noticed one interesting thing. The 7900GS at stock tends to get the same or only a few less FPS compared to my X1900GT, which was heavily overclocked. In benchmarks, the X1900GT took the lead, but I guess that makes the rumor true. ATi = bench numbers, nV = game FPS.
Nick
FarFarAway
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Having played around with all the latest High-end card ATI's cards (right now) are far superior with IQ
nVidia's are good in game FPS, but then if you're spending that amount of money then you want it to look good. The only downside to ATI is that they're drivers feel a bit slow and "bloaty" - .NET is a bit rubbish imo
nVidia's are good in game FPS, but then if you're spending that amount of money then you want it to look good. The only downside to ATI is that they're drivers feel a bit slow and "bloaty" - .NET is a bit rubbish imo
FarFarAway
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But the ATI top-end features are excellent and erally improve the IQ
