Why would anyone want an nVidia right now?

[dmw16]

I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

To keep them in business?

:beer:

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

To keep them in business?

:beer:

To have 649.9 fps ?

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

To keep them in business?

:beer:

To have 649.9 fps ?

lolizzle

 

[newbiepcuser]

Well, some people are still weary of ATI 's drivers. From what I've read they have gotten a lot better over the years according what I've read in the forums.

 

[Nebor]

Because they've always wanted an Nvidia? They want the most expensive, fastest card available for today's games?

 

[0roo0roo]

ati's driver problems went away long ago.

nvidia has a dud on their hands until their next chip. only way i'd buy a nvidia now knowing what i know is if it were so drastically discounted that it made sense.

 

[Spyro]

Because they work better with linux and BSDs?

 

[wetcat007]

I'll take one if it's free or dead cheap... lol

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Because they've always wanted an Nvidia? They want the most expensive, fastest card available for today's games?

most people consider how future proff a piece of hardware is before they buy?

why do u want nvidia? cuz they make the best AMD mobos

 

[Looney]

I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia.

I've only seen one person wanting to do that... maybe he's been living in a cave the last few weeks? I don't know, why don't you ask him.

 

[jfall]

Because they work better with linux and BSDs?

Yeah, the card does. Too bad no games do

 

[Electrode]

Originally posted by: Spyro
Because they work better with linux and BSDs?

We have a winner.

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Yeah, the driver thing is the only reason I can think of. ATi until the 9700 had craptastic drivers, and I still don't completly trust that they're okay (though if I was buying a video card right now I'd get the Radeon 9800 Pro in a second, considering for $300 you get a card that's a gazillion times more powerful than a $500 Nvidia card).

And what's this about Nvidia being faster "on today's games"? ATi is faster on today's games, and with the games of the very, very near future the performance and image quality difference is just astronomical (what with a $150 ATi card outperforming a $500 Nvidia card on games coming in the near future).

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia.

I've only seen one person wanting to do that... maybe he's been living in a cave the last few weeks? I don't know, why don't you ask him.

good 5900 (like abit OTES) are going for $260-280 in the FS/Ft right now

 

[Viper96720]

Because some have money to waste. I checked out the 5900Ultra prices at Newegg and was like damn. Even if they did as well as ATI in HL2 I still wouldn't get one. Intel 3.0C
costs less than them.

 

[JSSheridan]

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

Well, for if you want to spend less than 100 USD on a card right now, the GF4 TI4200 would be the way to go. Peace.

 

[dmw16]

no question the ti4200 is the best bargin right now, but i was speaking more to the high end (read DX9 capable) cards...

 

[boyRacer]

People who say nVidia sucks this and that in one thread and how they will never buy another nVidia product again... yet recommend the nForce2 as the best K7 solution in another thread.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

There was a time (when I owned ATI from the Rage through the Radeon 8500) that the same question was asked: "Why would anyone want an ATI right now?". (I guess i could always have mentioned that ATI was cheaper and had great image quality . . . right now, if blazingly fast frame rates are your "thing" and you have lots of cash - nVidia's for you.)

Personal preference and choice although it's hard to be a nVidia fanboy nowadays.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

There was a time (when I owned ATI from the Rage through the Radeon 8500) that the same question was asked: "Why would anyone want an ATI right now?". (I guess i could always have mentioned that ATI was cheaper and had great image quality . . . right now, if blazingly fast frame rates are your "thing" and you have lots of cash - nVidia's for you.)

Personal preference and choice although it's hard to be a nVidia fanboy nowadays.

That still doesn't make much sense though... you can get 'blazingly' fast framerates with an ATI solution, and it'll be cheaper and more futureproof.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Spyro
Because they work better with linux and BSDs?

its why i have a gf3 right now

of course, if hl2 benchies look similar to what they do now when i get a new card, ill put the gf3 in my other box that has only linux on it, and get a radeon 9600 pro for my main rig and just use windows

 

[Regs]

I don't think ATi is that well known yet. To us PC geeks and message board members who stay in the loop, ATi stands out perfectly. However to a person walking into best buy with a salesmen who knows nothing but how to sell, then of course Nvidia will be well known.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: dmw16
I am not looking to cause trouble...this is an honest question. I was looking around the FS/T forum and there are people looking to trade high end radeons (9700pros, 9800, 9800pros) for high end nVidia. Why would you want to be aquirring an nVidia right now?
-doug

There was a time (when I owned ATI from the Rage through the Radeon 8500) that the same question was asked: "Why would anyone want an ATI right now?". (I guess i could always have mentioned that ATI was cheaper and had great image quality . . . right now, if blazingly fast frame rates are your "thing" and you have lots of cash - nVidia's for you.)

Personal preference and choice although it's hard to be a nVidia fanboy nowadays.

That still doesn't make much sense though... you can get 'blazingly' fast framerates with an ATI solution, and it'll be cheaper and more futureproof.

It's like religion . . . it doesN'T make sense to non-believers.

Is that a better explanation?

 

[thorin]

Because people (rightly or wrongly):

1) Have brand loyalty
2) Purchase hardware with a specific app or two in mind
3) Like nVidia's drivers better (even if ATi is "starting to" or "trying to" catch up)
4) Do what their friends tell them
5) Do what "their buddy who knows alot about computers" tell them

Thorin