ATI vs Nvidia

[mikeeey]

Here's a ripoff of the AMD vs Intel thread.
Which do you have/prefer? Nvidia or ATI (Radeon)?

I have a Radeon 5850 Toxic Edition. This thing is more than just fast, it's set for many years to come. I'm soon to try Crysis, but so far I've tried Bad Company 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Dirt 2, Need for Speed Shift, and they all run at perfect framerate at maxed out detail.
I spent nearly $400 on it so it better play good lol.

Here's a video I like showing the Radeon 5850 vs the Nvidia GTX 280:
YouTube - ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs Nvidia GTX 280


This is basically the Radeon card I have, except mine is the TOXIC edition which is 500mhz faster.

 

[photonaholic]

I have ATI all the way.

 

[pseudolobster]

ATI has been leading the pack for at least 2 years now. Nvidia has been working on its Fermi architecture for the past 4 years now, and as of right now, the last original card they put out was the 8800, and everything since then has just been a modification of the same core. I've read reviews of the GTX480 that's coming out next week, and apparently it sucks. It's $200 more than the 5870, it draws double the power, creates double the noise, and only gives you 5% more power. Considering it's competing against an 8mo old card, that's not real impressive.

 

[photonaholic]

age is of no concern, I bought my ATI cards some years ago, they still work, and the TV capture function rules!

I can feed in NTSC, PAL or SECAM and author DVD from any of them, that's all I ever cared about.

 

[f22warzone]

I use to run 2x gtx 285 evga in sli and let me tell you the nvida drivers kind of suck and plus that latest driver they released that actually burnt out peoples card is just bad

I am now ruing 2x 5970 in quad fire : ) but the problem is ati drivers also kind of suck because you can’t use quad fire with eyefinity you have to have one or the other so I just have 1 5970 just sitting their idling in my case while the other is pumping out some power to power 3 displays gaming bc2 at 60+ fps : ) that’s 5760x1080 resolution

 

[mikeeey]

I use to run 2x gtx 285 evga in sli and let me tell you the nvida drivers kind of suck and plus that latest driver they released that actually burnt out peoples card is just bad

I am now ruing 2x 5970 in quad fire : ) but the problem is ati drivers also kind of suck because you can’t use quad fire with eyefinity you have to have one or the other so I just have 1 5970 just sitting their idling in my case while the other is pumping out some power to power 3 displays gaming bc2 at 60+ fps : ) that’s 5760x1080 resolution

O MAN, O GOD.

the 5970 is so expensive, but so powerful! and you have TWO?? I couldn't bring myself to pay over $400 for a video card. Just one 5970 is about $700 isn't it?
That sucks about the drivers tho. the 5970 is very new so hopefully they release some new drivers soon?

 

[nikokapo]

ATI has been leading the pack for at least 2 years now. Nvidia has been working on its Fermi architecture for the past 4 years now, and as of right now, the last original card they put out was the 8800, and everything since then has just been a modification of the same core. I've read reviews of the GTX480 that's coming out next week, and apparently it sucks. It's $200 more than the 5870, it draws double the power, creates double the noise, and only gives you 5% more power. Considering it's competing against an 8mo old card, that's not real impressive.

If I were nvidia's CEO I would have dropped that GT4XX project long ago and would have started with the equivalent of what the ATI HD6XXX would be, thus trying to at least beat the current ones.

The GTX480 was a disappointment... Yes, you can play current gen games, but that's not my point; they released these cards like half a year after ATI did and still they can't 'beat' them.

One thing, though, I'm really disappointed with ATI's prices right now, I don't know why they dropped their idea of selling good cards for relatively cheap. High end cards are overly expensive again (And you can figure how expensive they turn out to be in Argentina...)

 

[f22warzone]

ya their expensive but man do they OC like pros : ) ya oc a gfx card I have one card that will do 940 clock and 1250 memory and the other does 910 clock and 1250 memory : )

Their sapphire oc versions and were only 635$ when you could find them but ya now they’re up to 700$ new

well it’s the fact that eyefinity is new and their having problems with the crossfire bridge only having enough bandwidth for 2560x1200 displays not 5760x1080 or even bigger supposedly their going to start using the 16x lane for the crossfire to so I would see up to 75% increase or at minimum 25% increase but most likely a 50% increase with 2 cards kind of sucks but hey should be sweet none the less drawing down a litter under 800W alone just for the gfx cards but right now under gaming I suck down about 750W of power : ) good thing utilities are paid for : ) as we do not have a very efficient apartment

 

[charliebruce]

At first (8 series) I was happy with nVidia, but nowadays (perhaps before, I don't know), the ATi cards are overall cheaper and faster too. Drivers have been fine with me so far, I've not had compatibility issues as the nVidia fans claim Catalyst has, and I haven't needed to OC my 4890 to run any games at 2560 by 1600, with max quality in CoD, and decent quality in Crysis/Warhead/Wars. If I need more power for Crysis in the future then the price isn't nearly as big an issue as it is upgrading, and I don't have to have an SLI-certified board, either.

 

[HumanSymphony]

I have never had an ATI I currently have an EVGA 8800GTS 640mb (upgraded from piece of crap 8500gt) I bought for $60 a couple months ago Pretty good deal. OC'd from 512/794 to 650/1000. Plays most everything at high detail at a playable framerate For the price, I am completely satisfied

 

[pullbangdead]

I want to like Nvidia, I have a friend who works there, so maybe they'll come around.

 

[Byrnz93]

I have a Radeon HD4770 at the moment.

 

[Grix]

ATI ftw. I have HD 4870

 

[Pontiacg5]

I have the last good nvidia card(s) 2x 8800gtxs

I really need to upgrade my whole system, either that or stop playing GTA4 lol

 

[hugo999999]

i have a HD 4870 too

 

[MarioMaster]

I'm behind the times, I currently have an 8600GTS that in itself was only supposed to hold me over until I could get something better when my original GPU - a 7900GT died from bad vram and voltage problems on my motherboard.

I'm starting to feel its age but with my A64 X2 6000+ I think I should start saving for a whole new PC instead of upgrading my current rig