I don't agree Sam, not a 1% I have ATI 7970 for half year now, replaced gtx580 that I had before that. Speed wise AT is 3 times faster. At least. Talking about pure viewport performance in high poly scenes. Not a single glitch or a problem EVER since I bought it. And finally with some tests done with couple other guys over SI mailing list and forums, ATI 7970 was leaving in dust even some pro cards. Only way I would put nvidia card in my comp now is for GPU rendering with redshift but even that I will rather wait till they develop openCL version. I've seen numerous problems and driver crashes with nvidia on another comp (gtx570) and not a single one in my home 7970. So ATI for me all the way I will hardly look back at nvidia any time soon.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Sam <sbowl...@cox.net> wrote: > My motto for video cards is “if it says ATI AMD on the outside it’s crap > on the inside”. I don’t care how fast a card is, if the drivers suck, the > card is going to suck. ATI drivers have always sucked (first one I bought > was about 20 years ago (it was also the last one I bought)) and it hasn’t > changed since AMD took over. I’ve had friends buy the cards because of the > benchmarks and they have always had problems, and just recently I had to > fix my niece’s laptop because the latest AMD update made her 3d games > unplayable (built her a computer with an NVIDIA card for Christmas so I > would never have to deal with it again). I honestly have never known > anyone who had an ATI card that was happy with it.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Sven Constable > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:20 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* RE: AMD & MAXON Cinema 4D.**** > > ** ** > > "…AMD FirePro™ W-Series is fully tested, certified & optimised for MAXON > Cinema 4D…"**** > > ** ** > > I don't buy that anymore. I bought a FirePro couple years ago (actually it > was its predecessor named FireGL), just because AMD claimed the same for > Softimage (fully certified, yeah right). They should have stated > "…viewport glitches and selection hangs have been reduced somewhat..." :)* > *** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Leoung O'Young > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 16:21 > *To:* xsi > *Subject:* AMD & MAXON Cinema 4D.**** > > ** ** > > Interesting development between Maxon and AMD > Maxon is busy setting up partnerships, Adobe, and now AMD > Now if only Autodesk will start doing some of this with Softimage, I will > be a happy man > > http://www.animationxpress.com/images/AMD_FirePropacks_more_speed.html > *AMD FirePro™ W-Series packs more speed, power and performance to fuel > stunning, cutting-edge 3D animations in MAXON Cinema 4D.***** >
