Nvidia or ATI

**Archangel** · 09-29-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by pdc76

"cooking it's drivers to reduce detail and even prevent parts of the benchmark from being rendered". nvidia called the tweaks "optimizations", but when they were removed, the card did horribly. they were referring to the geforce fx 5800.

since reading that, in's hard for me to trust them.

I don't see why not trust them... i mean, if you cant see the difference in-game, why would i care about it?

pdc76 · 09-30-2006, 07:17 AM

it's not about the lies, it's the principal of the matter. i have a business myself, and if i ever came across a supplier like that, i'd just stop using them. you must have nvidia.

**ceewi1** · 09-30-2006, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Archangel

I don't see why not trust them... i mean, if you cant see the difference in-game, why would i care about it?

The program in question was 3DMark, and these 'optimizations' caused the card to receive inflated scores. It's hardly new news, though, and both ATI and nVidia have been caught doing this in the past.

**Archangel** · 10-03-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ceewi1

The program in question was 3DMark, and these 'optimizations' caused the card to receive inflated scores. It's hardly new news, though, and both ATI and nVidia have been caught doing this in the past.

True... but i really wonder.. who would ever buy a grafic's card only on 3dMark scores? I look on game fps's etc more than on 3dMark.
i mean... sure,.. a good score there does look nice ofc... but its no reason to buy a card,.. because you buy a card to run games, not tu run 3dMark. ( and well... if you do... you really need a hobby.. or a girlfriend

)

blood2rayne · 10-18-2006, 04:25 PM

Nvidia the best

calumn · 10-18-2006, 04:53 PM

I would choose nVidia over ATI any day. They have better cards. thats all I can say.

Blue · 10-18-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pdc76

it's not about the lies, it's the principal of the matter. i have a business myself, and if i ever came across a supplier like that, i'd just stop using them. you must have nvidia.

Thinking back I'm pretty sure Nvidia at one point fixed their drivers to score better with a certain benchmark program. At this point in the game just about everyone has lied about something

. Nvidia and ATi are both great. The only smart option is to buy "the best bang for the buck". Fanboyism leads to expensive and stupid purchases at times.

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I would choose nVidia over ATI any day. They have better cards. thats all I can say.

This is the sort of fanboyism I was talking about. It simply is not true... Both company's have spent time in the lead, meaning that they both compete very well with each other. One year I'll buy ATi and next time maybe Nvidia.. I like to buy smart

anything else would be dumb... right?

chiliad · 10-25-2006, 02:06 AM

NVidia! They have great products out there.

HaGa11aZ · 10-25-2006, 02:12 AM

ya, i remember when I bought a brand new Radeon 9600XT on eBay for $160... an exceptionally good price at the time... and now I'm about to buy a GeForce 7900GT for $200. I've weighed out all the comparisons between cards in my price range, and the 7900GT has the best performance/value ratio right now. I'm not a fanatic either.

damientbayless · 10-26-2006, 03:58 AM

Since AMD bought out ATI i'm waiting for them to create the beast as of right now I'm using Nvidia

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Nvidia	777	68.22%
ATI	362	31.78%
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HaGa11aZ Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 54	ya, i remember when I bought a brand new Radeon 9600XT on eBay for $160... an exceptionally good price at the time... and now I'm about to buy a GeForce 7900GT for $200. I've weighed out all the comparisons between cards in my price range, and the 7900GT has the best performance/value ratio right now. I'm not a fanatic either. __________________ ECS KN1 Lite nForce 4 Ultra s 939 Athlon 64 3400+ @ 2.2 gHz XFX GeForce 7900 GT 1 GB Corsair XMS RAM 120 GB SATA 1.5 Gb/s Barracuda M-Audio Audiophile 192 DAC

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09-30-2006, 07:17 AM	#502 (permalink)
pdc76 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 746	it's not about the lies, it's the principal of the matter. i have a business myself, and if i ever came across a supplier like that, i'd just stop using them. you must have nvidia.

10-25-2006, 02:06 AM	#508 (permalink)
chiliad New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	NVidia! They have great products out there.

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