ATI vs NVIDIA

Haha, Nvidia is dying? Man, that's funny.
 
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Yup +1 for the ATi, Nvidia has lost plenty of respect in my books, mainly for their crappy drivers / bundled software, and their re-branding of Gfx cards *thumbs down*
 
You will almost always get more out of your money if you go with ATI. However, NVidia cards always seem to be better. For one thing, they usually seem to have more mature drivers and come out with their updates quicker, but I could be wrong about that. However, NVidia cards also seem like they are able to run a bit hotter and have more potential for overclock (if you are into that ;)).
I personally would prefer NVidia, but I would recommend ATI since you will most definitely get more bang for your buck with whatever card you end up getting.
 
ATI is worth the money... But Nvidia got that cool GFX design on there card :p

But i read some reviews on the net on ATI vs. Nvidia i think ATI have a bit more horsepower in there graphics..also before you buy the card be sure to READ THE REVIEWS! (for example: newegg.com products review be sure to read that!)
 
its spelled dying mike :)

but lets face the facts, nvidia has been coming out with a whole bunch of..... you know. why do i want to spend like 500 to 600 dollars on a nvidia card when i can get one of ati's for like 200 dollars, and it runs the same, or a bit better then, then the nvidia card? nvidia just start mass produce garbage just because of the simple fact is that they could. well not anymore, ati just caught up, and blasted their way ahead of nvidia. i do not care what the statistics say about nvidia cards going up against ati's cards, the fact is, the average consumer will go for ati's cards, why? because they are cheap and runs well agaisnt nvidia's garbage.

o, did i forget, i AM a supporter of nvidia, but so far, what they came out with, thats a no no.

also, i would say you should go with a 9800gt, cheap and affordable, hell even a 8800 is still good, i have one, but they are about the same, so go with the 9800. but i would say go with a evga product, only if you are planning on keeping it for another 3 years or more, because they offer a life warranty for parts and such. but it does have less memory then the pny that you have on the wish list.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130384

there is the link if you want to check it out. also cost a little tiny bit less then pny. but if you want to try out an ati card, you can, but should ask someone with experience with it first, i only one from an old computer i got from my cousin, so i cant tell you about it much :/ i think i might switch over soon :p
 
The EVGA is a nice card, im not sure about there tech support but PNY have a fast reply :p
 
ATI hands down :p Nvidia is dying IMO xD srry you Nvidia user :(

The new card that is coming out soon would like to have a word with you. The GTX 280 with 2 GPUs on one card (Sound familiar?)

The GTX 280 is faster than the 4870.
Now, the GTX 280 with two GPUs is likely going to be faster than the 4870X2


Really, the GPU wars is always pretty balanced. Whoever gets the latest advanced out first gets the interwebs slobbering all over themselves to get it. The 4870X2, for example, turned everyone into an ATI fan, where people are say things like "I always was an ATI fan!" or "ATI rocks, Nvidia is a dying company!"
Yet, when the latest card comes out for the other company, everyone switches back.
 
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I had a nvidia card a long time ago but have used ATI for the last 2 cards I purchased. I'm leaning towards ATI because I haven't had any problems with them.
 
The less expensive ATI cards are generally better than nvidia cards for the same price, however the more expensive ($600 range :)) nvidiacards will own any ATI cards.

Oh, also, I've owned an ATI card, switched to nvidia, and last week just bough an ATI Radeon HD 4670. If you only want to spend 100 bucks, definitely go with ATI.
 
i have nvidia and i have to say...its horrible for dod:s and half the other source games too. The only one that works good with it is css....ive had computers with ATI and ATI the best graphics card for gaming
 
LOL this is a never ending battle
just decide the amount of money you want to spend
pick out a ati card and a nvidia card in your price range
and google the cards and read reviews for both cards and see which meets ure needs
ATI people will say BUY ATI and nvida people will say buy NVIDIA
just pick the card that fits your budget and needs!!!
 
I probably could have worded the OP better. I really only wanted to see which card out of the cards in the wishlist that I linked to would provide the most bang for the buck.

I am going with the ASUS Radeon 4850. It's overclocked and with the mail-in rebate it's cheaper than the others on the list.
 
So far, my old NVidia 8600GT can run ALL Source games at around 40-50 fps with all settings maxed out (AA, bloom, etc etc). It even plays Crysis fine with some settings on high and some on medium. In CoD WaW I can set texture resolutions to extra and put spec map at med-high and run the game fine.
 
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