Dell XPS Gen 5 - 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or 256MB RADEO..

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Looking at the Dell XPS Gen 5 system with 1GB RAM,250GB drive, Digital
panel etc. Not sure which video card to get.
The choices are: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or the optional 256MB ATI
RADEON X850 XT PE at $300 dollars more. I'm leaning toward the Radeon.
Any suggestions?
Thx!

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"Andy" <andy.cippico@gmail.com> wrote in
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> I can't speak authoritatively on each card, but the fact that the
> ATI costs an extra $300 might possibly tell you something... ;-)
>
>
> "Festus" <Festus@home.net> wrote in message
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>> Looking at the Dell XPS Gen 5 system with 1GB RAM,250GB drive,
>> Digital panel etc. Not sure which video card to get.
>> The choices are: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or the optional 256MB
>> ATI RADEON X850 XT PE at $300 dollars more. I'm leaning toward the
>> Radeon. Any suggestions?
>> Thx!
>
>
>

Yeah, that's true. The Geforce seems to have more problems. Weather or
not that's because there are more of them out, I'm not sure.
Thanks for your input.

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"Andy" <andy.cippico@gmail.com> wrote in
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> Sorry I wasn't too helpful there, Festus. I do work in computers and
> I'd pick NVIDIA over ATI most days because I consider NVIDIA's
> drivers to be more stable. Of course, you'll find another PC expert
> who'll say exactly the opposite! Who's to say either of us are
> right? The problem is that new cards and drivers are released so
> rapidly a consistent overview of the market is not always easy.
>
> In short - do your research. Read reviews and user experiences and
> then go for it. Unfortunately you won't be able to count on Dell for
> any major tech support. I love their products but their support is
> dire. Oh yeah - I just bought the 6800 Ultra and it cooks!
>
> Andy
>
> I read a lot of online material (www.tomshardware.com being one of
> them)
>
> "Festus" <Festus@home.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns968DA39B567D7FaanghotmailcomOutca@63.223.5.248...
>> "Andy" <andy.cippico@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:42ce381b$0$13695$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com:
>>
>>> I can't speak authoritatively on each card, but the fact that the
>>> ATI costs an extra $300 might possibly tell you something... ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> "Festus" <Festus@home.net> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns968D19282184FaanghotmailcomOutca@63.223.5.248...
>>>> Looking at the Dell XPS Gen 5 system with 1GB RAM,250GB drive,
>>>> Digital panel etc. Not sure which video card to get.
>>>> The choices are: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or the optional 256MB
>>>> ATI RADEON X850 XT PE at $300 dollars more. I'm leaning toward
>>>> the Radeon. Any suggestions?
>>>> Thx!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, that's true. The Geforce seems to have more problems. Weather
>> or not that's because there are more of them out, I'm not sure.
>> Thanks for your input.
>
>
>

I've been reading so much about both cards that I'm bout to go bonkers!
lol
I'll get set on one of them, then run across something else.
Thx!