ATI or Nvidia?

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 25 Jul 2006, 04:29

Omgz! Random polls ftw!
Alot of people seem to prefer either, im just curious of the exact numbers.

Hunter0000 · Post by **Hunter0000** » 25 Jul 2006, 06:04

I have a radeon 9800 pro, and have prefer ATI over NVIDIA for a long time but I am considering going NVIDIA so spring doesnt not work half the time =P

Charlemagne · Post by **Charlemagne** » 25 Jul 2006, 06:48

I am an nvidia man, born an' raised.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 25 Jul 2006, 07:04

/me grabs the sandbucket.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 25 Jul 2006, 10:09

Now that AMD ATI are merging, I'm seriously reconsidering using AMD. That's how far I've been over to Nvidia recently.

AF · Post by AF » 25 Jul 2006, 11:13

AMD have stated that they're still doing business with nvidia so it's not an AMD/ATI vs nvidia/intel at all. That and intel seems mroe intent on havings its own graphics wing than simply acquiring another company such as nvidia. Afterall it is one of th main reasons that there are so many cheap laptops with inte GM900/950 integrated graphics.

One part of this merger is that AMD last year showcased experiments of programs running entirely off of the GPU rather than the CPU, and thus has a vested interest in acquiring graphics tech real estate

Ishach · Post by **Ishach** » 25 Jul 2006, 11:18

To be honest, although I use Nvidia the only reason is I find their numbering system simpler.

As well as for some reason I like Nvidias green and black instead of ATI's red and white.

Just out of interest what are other people's reasons for their preference?
Anyone who can give some techincal infomation? (Barring that spring runs better on Nvidia)

AF · Post by AF » 25 Jul 2006, 11:22

The nubmering system for ATI is somewhat confusing...

Foxomaniac · Post by **Foxomaniac** » 25 Jul 2006, 15:06

nVidia.

Reasons :

1. Simple Numbering System.
2. Some games need patches/fixes/special measures to work w/ ATI cards.
3. ATI cards a bit hard to find in my area.
4. Some Games Run better on nVidia GPUs.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 25 Jul 2006, 15:12

I have bought both and prefer neither. When I buy a graphics card I check out the benchmarks in my pricerange and buy what gets me the most bang for my buck with as many features as possible included right now. Recently that's more often Nvidea, but a year and a half ago it was most often ATI.

Exit69 · Post by **Exit69** » 25 Jul 2006, 15:45

I got ATI x550 - it`s enough to play spring, but then again - i`m not very demanding. Btw paid for it some 200$ i guess...

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 25 Jul 2006, 15:46

Ati is hell on OpenGL. That's why I'm only buying NVidia cards now. Not much of an issue with most games but once you try using opensource software on it you're running into trouble. The alt-tab thread suggests that Ati even has problems with Spring.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 25 Jul 2006, 16:00

My friend's theory is that nVidia are whores like Microsoft and ATI are prudes like Apple (at least MS and Apple in the 80s)...

Apparently nVidia gives away all of their newest and best cards to all the developement companies which makes it much more hospitiable to developers while ATI charges licencing and uses proprietary protocols that not everyone knows about.

Also nVidia listens to what developers want and design their technology to match it, while ATI does things the way they think they should be done, and it's up to developers to make it work the way they want it to.

Of course this is all hearsay from my friend who lives in his moms basement and drinks an awful lot so it might be paranoid rambling...

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 25 Jul 2006, 19:21

And NVidia writes better drivers, especially for "niche applications" like Linux and OpenGL. Because, really, who'd play an opensource game?

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 26 Jul 2006, 00:22

I prefer ATI ... over Nvidia for windows based systems..

On my Gentoo box I prefer nvidia cards. ATI still needs to work
on there linux support for its drivers.

Right now .. I just built myself a new gaming system and went
with 2 BFG 7600 pci-e for Sli mode ... It's working very nice....

As soon as Sli is support in linux I'll rebuilt it as a linux box ..

Cyberwal · Post by **Cyberwal** » 26 Jul 2006, 15:47

I own an nvidia geforce 6600Gt, but I don't prefer any company. I'll always but the best available product for the money I got, and in this case it was nvidia. Before that, I had an ATI 9600Pro and was very happy with it.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 27 Jul 2006, 01:18

Lunix doesn't support SLI? Isn't SLI hardware based? Furthermore why would you need SLI on lunix? What games does lunix play that windows doesn't?

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 27 Jul 2006, 02:51

I'd stick wiht nvidia in general, there are a few exceptions, like nvidias 5000 seris wich was apperently abysmal, but I'd sat nvidia is conventionaly the better choice.

On the other hand, with that new ATI-AMD merger things may be going different soon....

Lindir The Green · Post by **Lindir The Green** » 27 Jul 2006, 03:53

FireCrack wrote:like nvidias 5000 seris wich was apperently abysmal

w00t! GeForce FX 5200 FTW!

I agree though, the ATI AMD merger is probably going to have some very interesting innovative stuff.

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 27 Jul 2006, 04:07

(fuck yeah)
(to the FX 5200)

Spring RTS Engine

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