ATI cards bad?

[itsjsw]

Is it just me or is ATI not upto par with Nvidia? Do you think they will get better with the release of their new cards, or will Nvidia remain on top?

 

[JPB]

ATI has always had better IQ. But once the 8800 series were released, the tides turned imo. I think once R600 is released, things will balance out and be more or less equal. But thats just my 2 cents.

 

[Matthias99]

FYI: posting flamebait threads within days of opening an account is not normally a good way to start off.

NVIDIA has the performance crown at the high end right now. It's gone back and forth before, and it probably will again. One company gets ahead, then they get complacent and the other makes a big breakthrough and catches up... same thing with Intel and AMD.

If you're specifically asking about R600 versus G80/G80 refreshes -- there isn't really any hard information available yet.

 

[shabby]

Right now they have nothing to compete with the 8800, but in the x1900/gf7900 days ati had a better card.

 

[tuteja1986]

Please for the love of god we don't want a GPU war 500...

Anyways no ATI and Nvidia both have their pros and cons. ATI is slow at releasing its offering and Nvidia is fast releasing its offering. ATI has better Vista driver support and Nvidia has medicore Vista driver support. Nvidia has the fastest GPU (8800GTX) on the Block and the fastest PCIE Mid range GPU (8800GTS 320MB $280). ATI has the fastest AGP X1950pro(200)/X1950XT (260) and they also best PCIE mainstream offering (X1900GT $160 , X1950XT $210).

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
FYI: posting flamebait threads within days of opening an account is not normally a good way to start off.

NVIDIA has the performance crown at the high end right now. It's gone back and forth before, and it probably will again. One company gets ahead, then they get complacent and the other makes a big breakthrough and catches up... same thing with Intel and AMD.

If you're specifically asking about R600 versus G80/G80 refreshes -- there isn't really any hard information available yet.

QFT

 

[LOUISSSSS]

ban OP

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Please for the love of god we don't want a GPU war 500...

Anyways no ATI and Nvidia both have their pros and cons. ATI is slow at releasing its offering and Nvidia is fast releasing its offering. ATI has better Vista driver support and Nvidia has medicore Vista driver support. Nvidia has the fastest GPU (8800GTX) on the Block and the fastest PCIE Mid range GPU (8800GTS 320MB $280). ATI has the fastest AGP X1950pro(200)/X1950XT (260) and they also best PCIE mainstream offering (X1900GT $160 , X1950XT $210).

This guy right here is a wise man 🙂

 

[Compton]

troll, troll, troll your boat...

 

[Conky]

I prefer ATI cards but unfortunately right now ATI hasn't released a new product in way too long. I sure hope they don't pull a "3DFX" on us. 🙁

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: itsjsw
Is it just me or is ATI not upto par with Nvidia? Do you think they will get better with the release of their new cards, or will Nvidia remain on top?

Its just you.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I used to be an exclusive Nvidia / Matrox user (was 3dfx before nvidia), purchased an AMD x1950 pro AGP, not a bad card. I will just go for whatever offers me the best performance at my price point regardless of the manufacturer (as long as it is AMD, Nvidia, or Matrox..... drivers from the other video card companies scare me).

 

[BFG10K]

All things considered the X1950 XTX is not a bad piece of hardware.

 

[betasub]

ATI cards bad?

Fo'sho' - bad-ass ma man.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

how is the OP still not banned lol

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: itsjsw
Is it just me or is ATI not upto par with Nvidia? Do you think they will get better with the release of their new cards, or will Nvidia remain on top?

Its just you.

Lol, I was going to use that one. All the good jokes are getting used up quick.

Anyone thinks this guy works for Obvious Co. marketing agency?

 

[PingSpike]

ATI has had decent to great offerings for hardware for some time now. Their x1900 series card seem to be a step above nvidias 7900 series. Their drivers have improved a lot, although I still don't care for the CCC.

However, as a total offering ATI falls short of nvidia is a few areas. They're only now getting less terrible coolers, whoever decided to keep that dustbuster cooler over 3 product generations should be fired. Not all of nvidia's coolers have been great either, but at least they didn't keep a terrible design for such a long time. And their partners aren't as good as nvidias. XFX, eVGA, BFG all offer good warrentee programs and customer service...without a signifigant premium. Its easy to overlook these things, but they do matter. They especially matter since when you're trying to get marketshare from nvidia...these users are used to these things.

ATI has had better IQ for awhile, I remember being surprised how much cleaner things looked moving from a 6800 to an x850xt. But nvidia has finally caught up it seems with the 8800 series.

 

[Munky]

No, nvidia will go down as soon as the r600 is released.

 

[dennilfloss]

Just buy what fits best your needs and means when ready.

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: JPB
ATI has always had better IQ.

Um, no. For the past few years, they've always been been basically identical ASIDE from AA/AF (I'm not too sure about older cards). You have to keep in mind that some people don't use AA and AF, so to them the IQ would be the same. You may want to rephrase what you said. But even now the tides are changing, and gaps are closing in differences.

But ATI being bad? Um, no. ATI usually dominates Nvidia in the high-end area, but Nvidia is usually first (or lately has been) at getting the latest hardware out.

From recent news, though, ATI needs to catch up with problems they've had with this new card.

 

[eplebnista]

I haven't bought an ati card since they went to their ccc. I prefer the way nvidia installs their drivers. I don't game so basic video cards is mostly what I buy.