Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Another reason I'm apposed to Crossfire or SLI is the energy usage goes way up and I want my machines to be efficient in that regard. One of the big attractions to me was the difference between the old 55nm 4850 and the new 40nm 5770. The 5770 is faster and my Kill-A-Watt meter shows a nice drop between the 2. And since I only have a 24" monitor I don't really need a 5850. The price difference is ~ $140 and that's a lot of cheddar to me. On 2/19/2010 2:00 AM, maccrawj wrote: LOL Stan! While larger screen means you need higher resolution to drive it, fact is every hotrod video card is going to crawl way sooner than later! Calling xfire or SLI overkill unless you have a huge screen is just fundamentally wrong. You need to turn the eye-candy settings back up on your games! On 2/18/2010 4:42 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote.
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
The reviews I've read say a single 5770 is almost as fast as a 4890 so no it wouldn't be able to keep up with 2 4870's in Crossfire. A single 5850 will drive 3 monitors by its self but you have the display port connection to worry about. The latest driver release by AMD (10.2) makes Eyefinity even better and next months 10.3 release will add bezel correction. Go to HardOCP and read their take on it. On 2/18/2010 7:01 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor setup has proved to be very annoying. I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them 4970s originally.) If I popped for the 5850 would it be a benefit in a multi monitor setup where the monitors differ in size? By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote. Sorry, it was unintentional. I was just trying to clean things up so it was easier to follow, I should of just left the first sentence. Thanks for the help, I don't really know video cards.. I have no idea what is what. w On 2/18/2010 1:02 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video HD5770 in my experience. Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one of my 4970s went bad. So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch. Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series and forget about Crossfire? Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors. Any and all advice appreciated. w
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
LOL Stan! While larger screen means you need higher resolution to drive it, fact is every hotrod video card is going to crawl way sooner than later! Calling xfire or SLI overkill unless you have a huge screen is just fundamentally wrong. You need to turn the eye-candy settings back up on your games! On 2/18/2010 4:42 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote.
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Well, I am not a big gamer a couple of games a year, maybe, and usually games that are a few years old. However, I do drive three large monitors, so what do you think... keep my good 4870 to drive my two 24 inch dells and get the 5850 for the thirty inch and forget about Crossfire? It is too bad I can't use all three monitors when playing a game. thanks, W At 09:19 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: There's also the upcoming 5830. As its numerical designation should indicate, it fits between the 5770 and 5850 in price and performance. Current rumor (as of today) is that launch is targeted for one week from today. Greg > -Original Message- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of James Boswell > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:23 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics > Cards Equal? > > > On 19 Feb 2010, at 01:01, Winterlight wrote: > > > At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: > >> If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an > HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill > unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. > > > > well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor > setup has proved to be very annoying. > > I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster > then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them > 4970s originally.) > > the 5770 is slightly faster computationally than a single 4870 (800 > shaders at.. 850Mhz I believe? rather than 750 or so for the 4870) but > it's WY down on memory bandwidth, 76GB/s vs 115GB/s or therebouts. > > a 5870 however, will be about as fast as a pair of 4870's :)
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
There's also the upcoming 5830. As its numerical designation should indicate, it fits between the 5770 and 5850 in price and performance. Current rumor (as of today) is that launch is targeted for one week from today. Greg > -Original Message- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of James Boswell > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:23 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics > Cards Equal? > > > On 19 Feb 2010, at 01:01, Winterlight wrote: > > > At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: > >> If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an > HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill > unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. > > > > well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor > setup has proved to be very annoying. > > I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster > then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them > 4970s originally.) > > the 5770 is slightly faster computationally than a single 4870 (800 > shaders at.. 850Mhz I believe? rather than 750 or so for the 4870) but > it's WY down on memory bandwidth, 76GB/s vs 115GB/s or therebouts. > > a 5870 however, will be about as fast as a pair of 4870's :)
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
On 19 Feb 2010, at 01:01, Winterlight wrote: > At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: >> If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll >> never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a >> 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. > > well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor setup has > proved to be very annoying. > I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster then my > two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them 4970s originally.) the 5770 is slightly faster computationally than a single 4870 (800 shaders at.. 850Mhz I believe? rather than 750 or so for the 4870) but it's WY down on memory bandwidth, 76GB/s vs 115GB/s or therebouts. a 5870 however, will be about as fast as a pair of 4870's :)
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Winterlight, Please do not feel like a "lone ranger" here. Personally, I am moving back to nVidia. One machine at a time. I use 9600GT devices w/basic drivers. ATI? Been there, done that, not happy! Bah! But, I do not have the 3-screen business you now have. Really wish I could share a solution. Sadly, I can not. Best, Duncan On 02/18/2010 20:01, Winterlight wrote: At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: snip Thanks for the help, I don't really know video cards.. I have no idea what is what. w
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From my research the 5850 hits the sweet spot for performance vs price. Granted that is a budget-driven decision.. and I'm a gamer and I want to take advantage of the eye candy. - Original Message - From: "Winterlight" To: Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 17:01 Subject: Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal? At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor setup has proved to be very annoying. I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them 4970s originally.) If I popped for the 5850 would it be a benefit in a multi monitor setup where the monitors differ in size? By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote. Sorry, it was unintentional. I was just trying to clean things up so it was easier to follow, I should of just left the first sentence. Thanks for the help, I don't really know video cards.. I have no idea what is what. w On 2/18/2010 1:02 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video HD5770 in my experience. Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one of my 4970s went bad. So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch. Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series and forget about Crossfire? Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors. Any and all advice appreciated. w
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. well I do have a 30 inch monitor, but crossfire in a multi monitor setup has proved to be very annoying. I was thinking of a HD 5770. Wouldn't this, on it's own, be faster then my two 4870s in Crossfire?... (correction from my calling them 4970s originally.) If I popped for the 5850 would it be a benefit in a multi monitor setup where the monitors differ in size? By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote. Sorry, it was unintentional. I was just trying to clean things up so it was easier to follow, I should of just left the first sentence. Thanks for the help, I don't really know video cards.. I have no idea what is what. w On 2/18/2010 1:02 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video HD5770 in my experience. Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one of my 4970s went bad. So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch. Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series and forget about Crossfire? Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors. Any and all advice appreciated. w
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. By the way, by chopping my previous post you changed the meaning of what I originally wrote. On 2/18/2010 1:02 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video HD5770 in my experience. Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one of my 4970s went bad. So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch. Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series and forget about Crossfire? Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors. Any and all advice appreciated. w
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
At 07:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video HD5770 in my experience. Well, you may be right. I have disconnected my other monitors and running just one 30 inch monitor off the second of the 4970s and it is working OK. I might just have a bad video card. I have never seen a video go out where they don't just die, but this one works and just keeps crapping out the display requiring a reboot. I will be running further tests to make sure... but right now I think one of my 4970s went bad. So what should I get to replace it? I run three monitors. I currently have the two 4970s. one handles two 24 inch Dells and one handles a 30 inch Gateway. I need to replace the one that handles the 30 inch. Would it be best to get another 4970? Or should I get a 5000 series and forget about Crossfire? Is there something I could get that would be crossfire in just one card for the 30 inch. Even better is there a card that would work with my existing 4970 to play games across all three monitors. Any and all advice appreciated. w
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
At 11:20 AM 2/18/2010, Stan Zaske wrote: I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video card, the video card fan resets itself to run low RPM, buggy games will also cause problems at times, or a card going bad (only Nvidia on that so far) but never the Ati driver my friend. I've had an X1900XT 256M, HD3850, HD4850 and now an HD5770 in my experience. I have to agree. I've run a lot of stability testing on systems (4-7 per day) and many of those are ATI, and I'm not seeing more failures on ATI video than on any other. Just finished 24 hours of testing on an ATI based system with no problems. T
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At 04:42 PM 2/17/2010, Stan Zaske wrote: Are you sure that's what it is? I've been downloading and installing Ati drivers since my X1900XT and don't ever recall being forced to reboot because of them. I'm in the same boat, never had stability problems with ATI drivers in the last four years. T
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I don't think it's the stability of the driver causing the need for frequent reboots. The only time I've ever had difficulties like that are from fold...@home GPU client misbehaving after my box has been running for several days, overclocking the video card, the video card fan resets itself to run low RPM, buggy games will also cause problems at times, or a card going bad (only Nvidia on that so far) but never the Ati driver my friend. I've had an X1900XT 256M, HD3850, HD4850 and now an HD5770 in my experience. On 2/17/2010 3:29 PM, Winterlight wrote: Yes I am sure, I guess you missed Greg's post At 12:42 PM 2/17/2010, you wrote: Are you sure that's what it is? I've been downloading and installing Ati drivers since my X1900XT and don't ever recall being forced to reboot because of them. On 2/17/2010 1:03 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 10:54 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote: It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? I don't care if they perform better or not, I would just like to see some stable drivers from ATI so I don't have to reboot twice a day! On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
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Yes I am sure, I guess you missed Greg's post At 12:42 PM 2/17/2010, you wrote: Are you sure that's what it is? I've been downloading and installing Ati drivers since my X1900XT and don't ever recall being forced to reboot because of them. On 2/17/2010 1:03 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 10:54 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote: It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? I don't care if they perform better or not, I would just like to see some stable drivers from ATI so I don't have to reboot twice a day! On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Are you sure that's what it is? I've been downloading and installing Ati drivers since my X1900XT and don't ever recall being forced to reboot because of them. On 2/17/2010 1:03 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 10:54 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote: It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? I don't care if they perform better or not, I would just like to see some stable drivers from ATI so I don't have to reboot twice a day! On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Its still an issue for artists and engineers since the change in GDI to Direct2D with the release of Vista and DX10. I was just posting because of the general weirdness of my new HD5770 on Win 7. However, at the time I didn't know that 10.2 was to be released today. I've already downloaded and installed it myself. Cool? On 2/17/2010 12:54 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
At 10:54 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote: It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? I don't care if they perform better or not, I would just like to see some stable drivers from ATI so I don't have to reboot twice a day! On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
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It's been a long time since 2D acceleration was even an issue, no? On 2/17/2010 10:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 02:35:00
Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
Part 2 update: As you can see, the performance in Catalyst 10.1 (our hotfixed version, not the publicly-available driver <#>) is substantially better than Catalyst 9.12 with Aero enabled, in the case of polygons, even surpassing the performance of 9.12 in Windows XP. This is the fix we've been looking for. You'll also notice that, with the latest version of the benchmark <#> (linked on the previous page), we're also showing a performance drop with the Desktop Window Manager disabled. We've tested, retested, tested on multiple machines, and found the same results. ATI has done the same in its lab and not been able to reproduce our results. However, this is of less consequence to us, as there's little reason to disable Aero if the experience with it on is superior. Our numbers (and the ones ATI has run) agree in this regard. At the end of the day, the issue we originally reported has been addressed and tentatively fixed, with significant performance speed-ups in Windows 7 on the Radeon HD 5000-series cards with Aero enabled. Now, as mentioned, this driver isn't available yet. ATI says it will be integrating its fixes into a future release, but we wouldn't expect them until Catalyst 10.3 or 10.4; we'll post a news update when ATI confirms that the Catalyst driver has officially been updated with the fixes. Special thanks to ATI's software engineering team for quickly addressing the Windows 7-based issues we presented, implementing a quick (albeit not yet public) fix, and working with us to ensure that the folks buying these cards get the user experience they expect, regardless of whether they're gamers, artists, or engineers! http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2547-15.html On 2/17/2010 9:53 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: 2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html
[H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?
2D acceleration is another area that has problems with the latest video cards/drivers. Ati is mostly affected but Nvidia also has it's share of problems. There is a part 2 to this article that I'm reading next. Still going to be a few months before AMD gets mature drivers out to us but at this point in my gaming experience I still recommend the 5000 series. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539-11.html
