some of us just DO NOT like ATI video cards. Everyone I ever messed with gave me grief, nVidia never has. FWIW Well every plug in, just built a system with built in ATI and it gave me no problem. chipset was AMD/ATI. fp
At 06:35 AM 7/11/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: >Absolutely agree - why bother with Nvidia? Sure, they have the single >fastest card overall but that same card is on average only a bit faster than >something $250 cheaper (and in some cases slower). > >To quote Anand: > >"A pair of Radeon HD 4850s can come close to the performance of a GeForce >GTX 280, and a pair of Radeon HD 4870s are faster across the board - not to >mention that they should be $50 less than the GTX 280 and will work on >motherboards with Intel-chipsets. Quite possibly more important than the >fact that AMD's multi-GPU strategy has potential is the fact that it may not >even be necessary for the majority of gamers - a single Radeon HD 4850 or >Radeon HD 4870 is easily enough to run anything out today." > >His review: > >http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341 > >And another roundup that reaches the same conclusions: > >http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/07/11/summer-2008-graphics-performance-roundup/1 > >---- >Brian > >On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> >> And add to mix the 8800 Ultra, which still has higher theoretical specs in >> certain areas (it is still the fastest card period for Flight Simulator X >> and few other older games). >> >> All in all, the GTX280's have the most upside. >> >> Frankly for the price, the Radeon 4870 mops the floor with everybody. Is >> 5fps worth $300 more in Crysis? >> >> > Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:54:38 -0400 >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? >> > >> > Been searching the web on this, but it's beginning to get rather >> > confusing...which Nvidia chipset/card is the fastest...for gaming? >> > You've got the 9800GX2 versions and the GTX 280 which run about the >> > same price. The hardware on the GTX series seems to have more of >> > everything, yet, the GX2 seems to be faster in certain cases. Then >> > this is made more complex as the drivers have evolved, so benchmarks >> > seem to vary from month to month. Anything definitive out there? >> > >> > Thanks....Steve >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Making the world a better place one message at a time. >> http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_BetterPlace -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
