Nvidia or ATI

elitehacker · 12-07-2007, 06:27 AM

That is exactly my point, I want ATi to pull their socks up and do some work and stop letting nvidia grabbing the market share.

ThatGuy16 · 12-07-2007, 06:37 AM

I have always liked ATI a little better.. and with the new video cards out, they are giving nvidia a run for their money. I think ATI has always had a better "picture" quality over nvidia. Its not always FPS you look at, you look at what kind of picture they pruduce also.

elitehacker · 12-08-2007, 11:14 AM

Ati does not have better picture quality, I have seen the comparison between a X1950 pro and 7900GT and that is certainly not true. I'm sure the next generation Ati cards are no different. Framerates are important too, its useless to have good "quality" graphics but it runs like a slideshow, Nvidia has the best balance of graphical grunt and quality.

Aloush · 12-26-2007, 10:39 AM

Nvidia not sure why i have just always used them

JLV2k5 · 01-10-2008, 10:33 PM

nVidia for gaming I think.

INTELCRAZY · 01-11-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by elitehacker

Ati does not have better picture quality, I have seen the comparison between a X1950 pro and 7900GT and that is certainly not true. I'm sure the next generation Ati cards are no different. Framerates are important too, its useless to have good "quality" graphics but it runs like a slideshow, Nvidia has the best balance of graphical grunt and quality.

Either way... ATI has proven to have a better value... And the reason that the 3870 has better image quality is when it is compared to the 8800GT, in ThatGuy16's case, the 8800GT sometimes have image compression troubles. I have seen it appear on other forums....

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=547&card2=544

ATI's Shader clock, Bandwith, and Pixel fill rate are slightly higher... Making it process shader operations quicker, video game graphics are pulling shaders like crazy now, you know that... And what do shaders do?

And another thing, ATI's 3DMark06 scores sometimes whip Nvidia's 3DMark06 scores. There's FPS and then there's quality... I don't think ThatGuy16 is all that regretful of his choice in cards, too bad he could've had 2 more FPS with an 8800GT...(For what $60 extra?)

kohlrabi_Croce · 01-11-2008, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INTELCRAZY

Either way... ATI has proven to have a better value... And the reason that the 3870 has better image quality is when it is compared to the 8800GT, in ThatGuy16's case, the 8800GT sometimes have image compression troubles. I have seen it appear on other forums....

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=547&card2=544

ATI's Shader clock, Bandwith, and Pixel fill rate are slightly higher... Making it process shader operations quicker, video game graphics are pulling shaders like crazy now, you know that... And what do shaders do?

And another thing, ATI's 3DMark06 scores sometimes whip Nvidia's 3DMark06 scores. There's FPS and then there's quality... I don't think ThatGuy16 is all that regretful of his choice in cards, too bad he could've had 2 more FPS with an 8800GT...(For what $60 extra?)

I just got that ATI HD2900pro for $170, so I'm happy to hear ATI's have
good image quality. I don't care that it is not the newest latest thing because I don't do games.

Anyway, I'm not sure anybody else is intersted, so I'm congratulating myself,
yay kohlrabi croce. I think I shaved $300 total off the cost of my new build,
by also going with a P35 mobo and not an x38, and by not buying an 8800 gts 512mb graphics card.

Motoxrdude · 01-11-2008, 06:58 AM

I've always used ati. Idk why, but at the time i buy computer stuff ati always has the best deals.

elitehacker · 01-16-2008, 12:38 AM

If you just look at the price and the monetary side of things then of course AMD/ATi will win. They are supposed to be the budget option. But when you factor in the other aspects such as performance to the price and other extra features, then Nvidia will win hands down. For example the HD3870 is cheap but for just a little more you can get your hands on an 8800GT and that leaves the HD3870 coughing in its dust.

oscaryu1 · 01-16-2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy16

I have always liked ATI a little better.. and with the new video cards out, they are giving nvidia a run for their money. I think ATI has always had a better "picture" quality over nvidia. Its not always FPS you look at, you look at what kind of picture they pruduce also.

But unfortunately, not as good drivers

View Poll Results: wat do u prefer Nvidia or ATI
Nvidia	822	69.19%
ATI	366	30.81%
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12-07-2007, 06:37 AM	#702 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,047	I have always liked ATI a little better.. and with the new video cards out, they are giving nvidia a run for their money. I think ATI has always had a better "picture" quality over nvidia. Its not always FPS you look at, you look at what kind of picture they pruduce also. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

12-26-2007, 10:39 AM	#704 (permalink)
Aloush Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 122	Nvidia not sure why i have just always used them __________________ http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7972/aloushxz7.jpg

01-10-2008, 10:33 PM	#705 (permalink)
JLV2k5 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University of Delaware Age: 21 Posts: 1,291	nVidia for gaming I think. __________________ Can't wait to finish college and build my system.

01-11-2008, 06:58 AM	#708 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 5,853	I've always used ati. Idk why, but at the time i buy computer stuff ati always has the best deals. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

12-07-2007, 06:27 AM	#701 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,399	That is exactly my point, I want ATi to pull their socks up and do some work and stop letting nvidia grabbing the market share.

12-08-2007, 11:14 AM	#703 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,399	Ati does not have better picture quality, I have seen the comparison between a X1950 pro and 7900GT and that is certainly not true. I'm sure the next generation Ati cards are no different. Framerates are important too, its useless to have good "quality" graphics but it runs like a slideshow, Nvidia has the best balance of graphical grunt and quality.

01-16-2008, 12:38 AM	#709 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,399	If you just look at the price and the monetary side of things then of course AMD/ATi will win. They are supposed to be the budget option. But when you factor in the other aspects such as performance to the price and other extra features, then Nvidia will win hands down. For example the HD3870 is cheap but for just a little more you can get your hands on an 8800GT and that leaves the HD3870 coughing in its dust.

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