That all depends on your budget.
[OFFICIAL] ATI vs. Nvidia
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 01:02 AM
nividia i love mine makes win 95 gqames look good
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 01:08 AM
Completely useless, never use that site. The data is off, sometimes they show sli of a certain card being slower than a single card run. Anyways, you can't answer this question, as prices change, new cards come out, it always changes. Right now, it depends on your budget. For $100 the 7600GT is the best deal, but for a little more, you can get the $130 X1950Pro which is better, above that are the 7950GT and X1950XT, then the X2900 and 8800. They're all good cards, just check reviews and get one that fits what you need.that is an extremely hard question to answer. It really depends on what your preference is. The best thing to do is check out benchmarks on certain games with whatever card you want Check this link for good benchmark infoVGA Benchmarks
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Posted 25 May 2007 - 03:15 AM
NvidiaPrice, and quality > ATI
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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:57 AM
i use nvdia. why? because i use laptop, and i don't know how to change it...
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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:58 AM
Well if you use laptop you probably can't change it except for certain laptop models.Given a choice I would go ATI as it has more open-source drivers. I use Linux that's why I am looking for open-source drivers.
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Posted 26 May 2007 - 07:21 PM
Nvidia is my choice. good performance and cheaper. Bang for a buck.
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Posted 27 May 2007 - 03:33 PM
Well ATI ofcourse. Always been cheaper and better. 2900XT dominates the 8800gtx, and its cheaper too!.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 02:49 AM
the X2900XT Im afraid does not have better performance over the 8800GTX. Now Im not sticking up for Nvidia.. because Currently Im running an ATI Card Myself.. but Benchmarks are out and the X2900XT can not even pass up the 8800GTS. Take a look through the Guru3D Review... http://www.guru3d.co...Videocards/431/ .. Now this could be because we have not seen the true power of the X2900XT due to Poor Drivers, as the card has just came out.. now I believe it could beat the 8800GTS with better drivers but the 8800GTX Im afraid the X2900XT will never pass up performance-wise.. now as not to go offtopic Nvidia Currently has the best cards out performance wise but you can't really say Oh This Brand is Better.. I got a deal for my small X700 Pro for only 50 dollars.. I plan on upgrading to a X1900GT for only 120 its all about your price range..
Edited by RELeon123, 28 May 2007 - 02:51 AM.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 04:08 AM
@RELeaon123, you're basically right, and some new drivers just came out, the card is in between the GTS and GTX right now. It should sell the same way too.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 05:36 AM
Usually Nvidia's cards are much more user friendly than ATI. I remember back then when ATI used to make crappy drivers, so crappy that you have to use different types of drivers for different games. Imagine the hassle. That is why I use Nvidia until now.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 06:37 AM
If I recall, there are many instances when SLI was slower than a single card...needless to say, SLI is almost useless unless you're gaming at very high resolutions. I don't know what's wrong with Toms VGA chart...Completely useless, never use that site. The data is off, sometimes they show sli of a certain card being slower than a single card run. Anyways, you can't answer this question, as prices change, new cards come out, it always changes. Right now, it depends on your budget. For $100 the 7600GT is the best deal, but for a little more, you can get the $130 X1950Pro which is better, above that are the 7950GT and X1950XT, then the X2900 and 8800. They're all good cards, just check reviews and get one that fits what you need.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 11:12 AM
NVIDIA has MUCH better graphics but if your on a budget ATI.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 11:30 AM
At the moment I would say Nvidia is better but that is always changing. I have a old ATI in my computer. I need to upgrade 
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 05:33 PM
I have an ATI Radeon x1950, it works really good for me.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 05:37 PM
I have read from somewhere that laptop manufacturers are currently designing models that would allow users to change the video card of the lappy. Sounds cool.
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 11:02 AM
nvidia has higher memory and better graphics
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 11:48 AM
today the best is nVidia 8800.... the ATI 2900 are not so good, in my opinion........ and i was a ATI buyer for a long time....
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 02:38 PM
It's like that in computer hardware. No single manufacturer holds the top place for long. It always changes.
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 07:48 PM
All depends on how much you want to spend...personally I'm waiting 'till next September to get a graphics card...at which point I'll get a couple of 8800's and hook them up. The new cards should be out by then and the 8800s'll be down in price.
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 11:12 PM
I have a Nvidia 6600 GT 128 MB, it used to be decently fast (although it still has enough oomph to play most games), and while it's clearly starting to show its limitations, I don't want to upgrade my video card just yet. When I got my comp about 2 1/2 years ago, the 6600 GT was the obvious mid-range choice.
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 05:49 AM
An nVidia card. I plan on sticking with nVidia with my new PC too...nabbing a couple of 8800s and hooking them up (though not 'till the price drops next September/October).
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 12:24 PM
I went for a Nvidia Graphics card for my computer. I bought the BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 http://www.overclock.......&subcat=877 . It is awesome. Im thinking of going for SLI when i get the money
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 05:57 PM
ATI because i've an laptop and it was in my PC by standard 
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 11:28 PM
I tend to prefer nVidia's drivers/software.
The 8800s are beastly. I just got PNY's 8800 GTS 320MB. A coworker got the 640MB version. We've ran side by side tests and they tend to perform generally equally at lower resolutions (1280x1024ish). At higher resolutions the extra memory in the 640MB version starts making a huge difference.If you can afford a pair of 8800 GTXs in SLI mode, that would be badass.All depends on how much you want to spend...personally I'm waiting 'till next September to get a graphics card...at which point I'll get a couple of 8800's and hook them up. The new cards should be out by then and the 8800s'll be down in price.
