Issues smishues Soul (can't believe I just said that LOL), we know there are issues on both sides, but from what I've seen they are far more significant, prevalent and long lasting on ATI's side of the fence. ATI GPUs are also far more likely to launch with driver issues, often taking up to 3 months to sort out.
When I've had problems with ATI drivers, which many times I did, it was either a long wait, no solution came, or I had to suffice with Omega 3rd party drivers, which were merely ATI drivers given a makeover.
Angel Trinidad's Omega drivers all along have been primarily for ATI cards. He only briefly wrote Nvidia ones during the time period they first took on SLI. The last thing I read from Angel on even the latest gens of ATI drivers is that he feels their installer is moronic in so many words, and of course, as always, their drivers STILL need a serious makeover.I can't really offer any sound suggestions without knowing your budget, what games and settings you want to play/use, and what PSU, CPU and resolution you're using. Even the case you have can factor in as some GPUs run warmer than others. There's a lot of good choices now, but I'd lean toward one of the 500 series if you can afford it. Possibly a 570 with a good OC once the prices come down. Unfortunately it's harder to get good pricing on such things in the UK, and I don't know the vendors over there very well.Originally Posted by LindaLoo
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