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Everyone has their favourites, right?. Favourite food, favourite TV shows. You get the idea. But which compnay is your favourite? ATI or Nvidia?
As old as the Intel v AMD war, this new Graphics card 'skirmish' is great for us consumers because both companies are constantly releasing newer and faster card in an attempt to out do the others. But where do you stand? Who do you support? Do you stand with NVidia, or swear allegance to ATI?
Let me know what you think.
Oh an by the way, I'm for ATI all the way.
Radeon > GeForce
As old as the Intel v AMD war, this new Graphics card 'skirmish' is great for us consumers because both companies are constantly releasing newer and faster card in an attempt to out do the others. But where do you stand? Who do you support? Do you stand with NVidia, or swear allegance to ATI?
Let me know what you think.
Oh an by the way, I'm for ATI all the way.
Radeon > GeForce
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Everyone has their favourites, right?. Favourite food, favourite TV shows. You get the idea. But which compnay is your favourite? ATI or Nvidia?
As old as the Intel v AMD war, this new Graphics card 'skirmish' is great for us consumers because both companies are constantly releasing newer and faster card in an attempt to out do the others. But where do you stand? Who do you support? Do you stand with NVidia, or swear allegance to ATI?
Let me know what you think.
Oh an by the way, I'm for ATI all the way.
Radeon > GeForce
As old as the Intel v AMD war, this new Graphics card 'skirmish' is great for us consumers because both companies are constantly releasing newer and faster card in an attempt to out do the others. But where do you stand? Who do you support? Do you stand with NVidia, or swear allegance to ATI?
Let me know what you think.
Oh an by the way, I'm for ATI all the way.
Radeon > GeForce
I choose whoever has the fastest chipset.
Why would anyone want a 'favorite'?
You simply go for the manufacturer that has the card that offers the best bang for buck - simple as that.
Currently that is ATI without question.
But next time around - how knows. Follow technology, not brands.
You simply go for the manufacturer that has the card that offers the best bang for buck - simple as that.
Currently that is ATI without question.
But next time around - how knows. Follow technology, not brands.
Wise words Safedisc.
It's all too easy to develop a predilection for a certain brand or company, and that usually gives you a biased judgement.
It's all too easy to develop a predilection for a certain brand or company, and that usually gives you a biased judgement.
I got my Radeon 9600 pro because as 3D cards go, it was fairly cheap and stood a better chance at running Half-Life 2 than the Nvidia cards.
In my old system, I had a Geforce2 MX 32mb, which performed really well for the money - didn't run games at full whack, but still had enough grunt for me to enjoy my games.
In my current system, I originally opted for a Geforce FX 5600, having been so impressed with my old MX. Worst decision I ever made. Couple of months down the line, I whacked in a 9800 pro, and never looked back! :)
In my current system, I originally opted for a Geforce FX 5600, having been so impressed with my old MX. Worst decision I ever made. Couple of months down the line, I whacked in a 9800 pro, and never looked back! :)
I've always been a fan of ATI, even in the dark days. Don't know why.
Certainly ATI currently are the fastest and the best value for money, probably will be for the next year or two as well.
Certainly ATI currently are the fastest and the best value for money, probably will be for the next year or two as well.
i got ATI radeon 128mb for a reason so...
I VOTE ATI as my favorite. simple
I VOTE ATI as my favorite. simple
Currently I own a 9800 Pro so I would vote ATI. Nvidia have been the top card maker for quite a few years and nobody can say that the old cards were crap as they were the best. I think that Nvidia got too big and decided to move away from the standard, ie running DX9 as 32bit instead of 24bit. Its left them with cards that need games optimised for the FX cards.
ATI seem to have done what Nvidia did all those years ago, stick to the standards and make the hardware powerful. The fact that Nvidia have also been caught cheating in tests by using optimised drivers etc isnt good, as the new tests show a reduction in performance where as the ATIs kept the same performance.
I think that its a good thing that there are two companies that are fighting to have the best graphics cards. Its bringing new levels of performance and hopefully cheaper prices. With new generations of graphics cards coming out who knows who will be king of the hill. Radeon 9800 XT seems to push the limits of the design, so will have to move on to the lower chipset rate of the 9600 series to get any faster. Will Nvidia scrape the FX chipset and design something new?
ATI seem to have done what Nvidia did all those years ago, stick to the standards and make the hardware powerful. The fact that Nvidia have also been caught cheating in tests by using optimised drivers etc isnt good, as the new tests show a reduction in performance where as the ATIs kept the same performance.
I think that its a good thing that there are two companies that are fighting to have the best graphics cards. Its bringing new levels of performance and hopefully cheaper prices. With new generations of graphics cards coming out who knows who will be king of the hill. Radeon 9800 XT seems to push the limits of the design, so will have to move on to the lower chipset rate of the 9600 series to get any faster. Will Nvidia scrape the FX chipset and design something new?
adrian wrote:
> Radeon 9800 XT seems to push the limits of the design, so will have
> to move on to the lower chipset rate of the 9600 series to get any
> faster.
What I mean is that the 9800 uses the 0.15 micro process while the 9600 uses the 0.13 micro process. The 0.15 seems to have as much pushed out of it with the 9800 XT. So its likly ATI will start 0.13 micro process with its new top range models.
> Radeon 9800 XT seems to push the limits of the design, so will have
> to move on to the lower chipset rate of the 9600 series to get any
> faster.
What I mean is that the 9800 uses the 0.15 micro process while the 9600 uses the 0.13 micro process. The 0.15 seems to have as much pushed out of it with the 9800 XT. So its likly ATI will start 0.13 micro process with its new top range models.
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