Quote Originally Posted by NaMcO View Post
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But of course. It's not all about the speed, it's all about the reliability of a product even if you have to pay more for it. And nVidia has always been there, that's what lacks in ATI.
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Just curious if you did not buy the 7000 series nvidia cards because of hte high failure rate, the 8000 series cards because despite a 5 year beta perioid they could not produce a vista driver that worked... or for that matter a 6000 series card because of over heating issues?

Funny when I hear people say "nVidia makes a quality driver or product" they have the same fail rate or worse ATI does.

The big problem with ATI drivers? Finding one that fits an old ass part. Always has been and thats the chief complaint.

Has ATI had HW/SW problems? Of course.. to say otherwise would be ridiculous and make you sound like a moron (oops sorry for quoting you).

I like ATi because the have supported features that I tend to use first... IE .. multi mon, multi 3d mon etc.


Now does that mean I wont run nVidia? Absolutely not. I will abuse that HW just like I do ATi. Will I use it for my main dispaly? No.. but I admit thats a preferential thing. Not a fan boy thing. I like ATIs IQ better than nVidias.. many prefer it the other way around.

I have actually gone to the point of explaining it.. nVidia is "realistic" and ati is "cartoony" for lack of the correct way of explaining it. nVidia has a high gamma rate as default so everything to me like white washed. At the same time ATI does cartoony stuff like delineated lines on objects (no blur) and vibrant colors.. unlike relife.

CSAA works for nViida because LCDs dont have the color range real monitors do... so its like free AA I was running 24" CRTs up until last year.. so maybe I should try nVidia again. problem is their cards are STILL so over priced for the power you get..

295 costs $500? 285s are selling used for 3-400 WTF? Well admittedly those are forum prices not ebay.. I bought a 280 for under 200 last year.. and have seen 295s sell under 300.

I have seen nvidia fanboys trash forums with their grabage... and remember when they were paid to do it.

so yeah I guess I am a bit of an ATI fan boy... not cuz im getting paid.. not bwecause I have an allegiance ot the company. It just worked better for me since forever. Since I returned my FX5200 to go back to my radeon 7000, since I dumped my 7900GT for a x1950.. to my roll thorugh 3 8800 series cards all giving me BSODs... t ojust pick up a 3850 instead... to my 4850-4890 run...

I will go 5800 before I go "fermi." If youwant to call me a fanboy, I do not care. I know this for 2 reasons.

Firstly ... 5800 will be cheaper.. Secondly.. I can make my lights flicker with a 4890... whats a fermi gonna do?