Nvidia drivers superior to Ati

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Had to make a dramatic title so I could get some help. I do think it's true though.


I installed my 5850 last night. Went from a gtx 280 to the 5850. Well anyways I have it hooked up to a HDTV and at first it didn't fill the screen completely. After messing with the settings in ccc I got it to scale so it would fit the screen. Now the problem is it won't scale in games. The screen will go black and I have to alt tab to get the display to show up. It runs fine in windowed mode but that gets annoying. It seems so far the nvidia drivers are superior. Too bad they made such a fire breathing turd. So I'm determined to get my 5850 working. Other unrelated thoughts the 5850 seems like a powerful gpu in a small package. My gtx 280 dwarfs this thing. I love the compact size and low power consumption. Yes that's important to me. I even undervolt my i7 while overclocking it. My gtx 280 was just plug and play btw.

Thread has run it's course. Locked.
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[OILFIELDTRASH]

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=124481

I believe I found the solution. Happy days again.

 

[scooterlibby]

Please lock.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Please lock.

The videocard and graphics forum is too uptight. Can you not even speak your mind over here? Sorry the drivers from ati haven't been as plug and play as nvidia so far. I also said how much I enjoy the small size and power usage of the 5850. I did call fermi a fire breathing turd but hey that's my opinion. I live in Texas and have other things I need to spend my money on than a fermi heating up my house when it's 100 degrees outside. Sorry to get your panties in a wad.

 

[zebrax2]

@OILFIELDTRASH
He didn't intend to prevent you from giving your opinion but rather he asked for a lock since the problem is solved anyway and letting it live with a tittle like that will most likely result to it being just another flaming thread.

 

[Attic]

I have a setting, "Full Pixel", available through my HDTV's menu for how my image is displayed. Setting to Full Pixel along with setting Overscan to 0% in CCC gives me pixel perfect match and I haven't encountered any issues running my games at 1080P on my HDTV.

Edit: Thread Title is a low class attempt for attention IMO. Lame.

 

[nyker96]

I can see this thread will attract a ton of flames.

 

[JSt0rm]

lmao. bravo oilfieldtrash bravo

 

[WelshBloke]

The videocard and graphics forum is too uptight. Can you not even speak your mind over here? Sorry the drivers from ati haven't been as plug and play as nvidia so far.........snip.....

Which is ironic really as Nvidia (in my recent experience) have been really, really crap with the scaling options in their drivers recently.

Both vendors have their issues that crop up now and then, making sweeping statements like the OP is not doing these forums any favours.

 

[BD231]

now ladies

 

[solofly]

I can see this thread will attract a ton of flames.

Or you can do what I do and piss on it...

 

[NIGELG]

Lock lock lock.......

 

[nemesismk2]

I've always found Nvidia and ATI Drivers to be excellent. Please lock this thread!

 

[tviceman]

I've always found Nvidia and ATI Drivers to be excellent. Please lock this thread!

Nobody on this forum likes anyone who agrees with everyone.

 

[manimal]

I just took a picture of this thread and locked it in a safe. Hope everyone feels better.


OP:

Having used both a gtx280 and all the other cards in my sig with hdtvs I have to say ATIs implementation of hdtv support has been steller. Now Hiding the overscan options in a secret window was stupid on their part but the internets fixed that for me.

Follow Attic's instructions above and you will be golden! Nice post attic!!

 

[happy medium]

@OILFIELDTRASH

I think it was a great idea to use that title.

The fanboys will swarm to help you and lock the thread.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I have a setting, "Full Pixel", available through my HDTV's menu for how my image is displayed. Setting to Full Pixel along with setting Overscan to 0% in CCC gives me pixel perfect match and I haven't encountered any issues running my games at 1080P on my HDTV.

Edit: Thread Title is a low class attempt for attention IMO. Lame.

You fanboys are all the same. If what someone says doesn't agree with your line of thinking then it's trolling.

 

[ginfest]

Or you can do what I do and piss on it...

That's helpful

 

[Skurge]

I think it should be locked.

and btw, graphics cards are not "plug and play" by any means.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

It seems like instead of crying more it would be easier to just let the thread die instead of bumping it every hour by saying it should be locked.

I don't see why a gpu can't be plug and play. My nvidia cards have been. I am not saying anything bad about ati just takes a little more work.

 

[Madcatatlas]

@OILFIELDTRASH

I think it was a great idea to use that title.

The fanboys will swarm to help you and lock the thread.

you really dont belive what your saying yourself, are you?
what a bucketload of bullshit your post is. Any sensible, mature person knows the correct reaction to the OPs title.

we just had the "im a nvidia fan, and i went with ati and it didnt work, help me, oh ok its fixed, BUT i still think nvidia is better, and ati sucks" topic, and here you go again cheering for another.


Close this lame topic for the good of the forum health. Looking at topics like these, with solutions in place and obvious idiocy/flamebait (he admits to it, can he be banned or something? i swear i read it was against the rules to be an ass) hurts my hopes of better life for all humankind.

 

[Madcatatlas]

It seems like instead of crying more it would be easier to just let the thread die instead of bumping it every hour by saying it should be locked.

I don't see why a gpu can't be plug and play. My nvidia cards have been. I am not saying anything bad about ati just takes a little more work.

a gpu is plug and play, sometimes you need to know where to plug it in. work on it.

 

[CitanUzuki]

epically retarded reasoning at its finest.

I see no reason why you would not have received help from the many knowledgeable folks of this forum without creating such a dumb thread title.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

you really dont belive what your saying yourself, are you?
what a bucketload of bullshit your post is. Any sensible, mature person knows the correct reaction to the OPs title.

we just had the "im a nvidia fan, and i went with ati and it didnt work, help me, oh ok its fixed, BUT i still think nvidia is better, and ati sucks" topic, and here you go again cheering for another.

I'm not saying that at all. Give me a couple months with my 5850 and I'll let you know what I think. First initial reaction is drivers don't seem as versatile and I'm afraid I'm missing features in Crysis. With my gtx 280 I had an option for 16x &Q. I don't see it anymore. If I was a total nvidia fanboy I would of just bought myself a commercial sized air conditioner and been like see fermi's don't run that hot.

 

[happy medium]

I'm not saying that at all. Give me a couple months with my 5850 and I'll let you know what I think. First initial reaction is drivers don't seem as versatile and I'm afraid I'm missing features in Crysis. With my gtx 280 I had an option for 16x &Q. I don't see it anymore. If I was a total nvidia fanboy I would of just bought myself a commercial sized air conditioner and been like see fermi's don't run that hot.

I would agree with this statement. After a few months most of the driver issues with my 5750 were resolved. I made a similar thread a few months back and was given the same fanboy crying.

On a brighter note my card runs much better after all the driver issues were resolved.
I was comming from a Nvidia card and wasn't use to having to wait for driver updates to get my card to run properly. Mabe some game issues here and there with my gtx cards, but not the total fail I was experiencing when I first got my 5750..