Viper_86

Ok guys, i know theres a lot of ppl with different opinions about video cards...the 2 top companies out there is ATI and Nvidia...i personally prefer ATI over Nvidia anyday...best card on the market right now is the x800 pro which is a totally kick ass card...from wut i hear...Nvidia is still a very good company..but i would rather have an ATI Radeon...which i have the 9800 pro as of now.

Praetor

A "poll" indictaes little since many people tend to go for the fanboy approach without explainations Seriously though you cant compare the two companies that much ... not at that broad of a category at least. Overall, takign into the account the entire history of both companies and the Marketing, Financial and Technological achievements, they are on par perhaps with nVidia taking a slight lead here and ATI taking a lead there. Back in the day, it was ATI that was the premier card, they lost that spot to nVidia and now have worked themselves back to a viable position on roughly even footing.

If you consider the bungles of each company we have: GF4MX, ATI Drivers, GFX5200, 64bit-ATi cards in a 256-bit era, GFX5800, X600/X300 .... both companies have had their fair share of bungles.

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Viper_86

well actually my reason for liking ATI over nVidia is because they outperform nVidia at this point with their grafix...so its true that nVidia does have a little faster cards...well until the x800 came out...its not enuf to really tell a difference...therefor i choose on grafix and overall performance...wich ATI has the battle won. and i havent much reason from u...im guessin we have a nVida fanboy here...and polls indicate wut company they prefer and have had better experiences with...tho its true that some ppl do take the fanboy approach...there r a lot of ppl who base their decision and experience.

Praetor

Yes but nVidia tends to outperform ATI as far as chipsets and investments go as well as drivers (esp. Linux drivers). Speed only means so much if you can get the thing to work heehee

Yep ... and the community is better of with more of them ... cuz then the people who dont know the ins and outs can actually get a coherent explaination as to why people suggest "Go ATI" or "Go nVidia" rather than just abrupt comments cheering on one company and putting down the other. It seems that the word "because" is seriously lacking when people give suggestions heehee

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Hellfire

Well I find myself a ATI person all the way, specially since I got my G-cube

Nephilim

My loyalties lie with performance and how much of it I can get within a certain price range. Who makes it is secondary

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darkd3vil

my loyalties lie with who ever i can afford.

Praetor

LOL well said! I know that fact all too well (damn student lifestyle hehe)

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4W4K3

nvidia...never had a problem with my nvidia cards. first ATi card i bought overheated, would not overclock, and had crap performance. the lower end nvidia did better. but thats just my experience...the 9800PRO is a great card. but i'd take a 5900XT over it...i plan ot anyways.

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Blazer

id rather have ATI myself...im getting the X800 pro sooner or later , can't wait! I have been really pleased by the performance and power that ATI has to offer. Ive also had 1 or 2 nVidia cards, not too bad but i prefer ATI over nVidia.