G-Cards

phals · April 23rd, 2003, 10:31 PM

With all this graphics card mumbo jumbo going around i have no clue which card to buy.

ATI or N-Videa

Which do you think is the best?
And which card would you buy and why?

Help me decid 'cause i havnt a clue!!!

sixf00t4 · April 23rd, 2003, 10:42 PM

ATI vs NVIDIA

the answers you get will vary. it all depends on what you want. what you will use it for. you will get mixed responses. WELCOME TO TECHIMO!

shady06 · April 23rd, 2003, 11:08 PM

ATI ATI ATI - nvidias card suck when u turn on AA and FSAA

**RobRich** · April 23rd, 2003, 11:21 PM

Conversely: nVidia nVidia Vidia - ATI cards suck when you try an advanced OpenGL call

As sixf00t4 said, it really depends on what you use it for. I personally will not be installing any ATI cards in a professional 3D workstation, not even a Radeon FireGL. nVidia offers vastly superior OpenGL support.

Robert Richmond

goldenbuddha · April 23rd, 2003, 11:47 PM

Totally agree with Robrich, if you use your system for working at home, using 3D apps, AA and FSAA means nothing to you at all. OpenGL is king for 3D applications.

Take also into account ATI's bad driver rep (which has improved vastly since the earlier Radeons) and Nvidia's comparatively better stability, toss in ATI's current position as gaming king of the framerate. Its a tough toss up. For me I would go for the Nvidia Ti4600, since its price has gone down a lot since the release of the Radeon 9700 Pro.

But bottom line is, what do you see yourself using it for? D3D gaming? OpenGL gaming? Text? Video? The choice between both will be easier if you can decide that part yourself.

Good Luck!

**RobRich** · April 24th, 2003, 02:53 AM

I agree, both companies produce great cards, but for slightly differently crowds IMO. nVidia seems to be slowly moving its R&D more towards the professional crowd, while ATI is quickly filling the void left by nVidia in the enthusiast and gaming markets, especially since we are currently awaiting the NV35.

Text? Video?

Ah, two very important tasks as well, so to add further confusion, I would not install either an ATI or nVidia card for video work. I use Matrox Millennium series cards for A/V purposes. Can't beat the 2D quality and performance.