ATI or NVIDIA?

[Cail]

Hi guys and gals!

I´m thinking of buying a new gfx-card, but I don´t what card to get. I´ve heard some what about ati beeing better than nvidia. Scince I don´t know anything about computor stuff like this I´m writing this thread to get some input on the subject.
My economy is kinda tight so I do think it will have to be a 128mb card. Any suggestions of what card to get and what the difference might be between ati and nvidia cards will be greatly appreciated.

Rgds

/Cail

[TheTrout]

If you give us a rough idea of your budget, then I'm sure one of our resident web ferrets will come up with some links for you, regarding whats best for your price range.

I've had high end cards from both Nvidia and ATI, and I have never really decided which is best.

[scab]

I'd take ATI...

fed up with this geforce2...

[humancoin]

yeh, as trouty says, what is your price range? Also, what are the rest of the specs of your computer...


As for ATI vs. Nvidia, it depends on many different things, there is no clear winner.

[humancoin]

and this should be in hardware lounge.... not f00kin debates, lol

[JanthraX]

meh all this mass produced crap GFX CARDS, make yur own, i made 1 using 5 paper clips, gold leaf foil and 2 AA batteries!!

[[13th-D]0rgAsm]

Nvidia 6600gt

[Zeph]

and this should be in hardware lounge.... not f00kin debates, lol
Well he's a wanker so likes Mass Debating :eek:

[twinpistols]

ZEPH!!!!!! u sed the 'w' word, u naughty boy. and janthrax, are u sure u weren't making a vibrator to go in ur anal hole instead of a gfx card?

[Zen]

NVIDIA 6800 GT!

the best ever gfx i ever owned ;)

[JanthraX]

easy just pull the vibration generator out yur phone to make a anal vibrat0r!!!!!
there u go twin, now u can feed your habit =p

[Jo3_Pinneapples[CYM]]

if you can, get the new SLI motherboards and get a Nvida 6600 SLI
cause that means you can get another gfx card and run both together, effectivly doubling your gfx output

[Scooter]

i have a radeon 9800 pro and everyone told me that was great when i asked what to get so if they have changes their minds i will carry out some knee cappings.

[Cail]

My budget is maximum 200 euros

[M@rv!n]

And is it AGP 8X or PCI-Express... that will make a big difference..

[Cail]

agp

[Rizz0]

NVIDIA 6800 GT!

the best ever gfx i ever owned ;)
bought one today :D

[Rizz0]

actually mine is 6600, vcheaper :D still better than a 9800pro

[DarkEntity]

i went for a pci-express 6600gt too :) good card, shame my hdd and ram aren't up to the rest of my pc!

i have athlon 64 3000+, 6600gt, but the ram is pc2100 lol and hdd is i think ata33 rofl, and this motherboard supports sataII which is 300mbps!

[M@rv!n]

SATAII now that is fast...

[BulletMagnet]

I got a GeForce 6600GT AGP 126MB, no probs so far, and don't expect any in the near future.
Bought mine for £130, that might just be within your 200 Euro budget.

Hope this helps

[DarkEntity]

i desperately need a new hdd, my windows drive runs at s/t like 1.5mb/s random transfer speed, whereas a modern ata133 drive runs at something like 25mb/s!

i keep putting off until the sata2 drives come out though, btw i do reccommend getting an sli motherboard, i wish i had now! it's not bad, its an nforce4 ultra, but i wish id gone sli, then i could just buy another 6600gt down the line

[SentineL_]

Ive got a 9800 pr0 128MB, does all the games that are out at the moment fine, including Hl2 and cs:s....

it cost me £120 and im well happy with it :)