Nvidia or ATI with Phenom II?

[verticalnfinity]

Which would you recommend?
I'm kinda neutral with these 2. I liked Nvidia at first but ATI blew me off my feet as well.

And with me getting Phenom II, would it be better to go the AMD/ATI combo? Or would Nvidia do the same?

All I'm concern is the performance and stability.

Hope to get some feedback cause I'm gonna start building my computer tomorrow!

Thanks!

 

[theAnimal]

Choose whichever card best suits your resolution and budget.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Depends on your motherboard. AMD and ATI are a part of the same company, so they probably go together better. But you can pair an AMD cpu with either ATI or Nvidia GPUs.

 

[verticalnfinity]

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing about the compatibility of AMD/ATI since they're from the same company.

I've been using Nvidia for some time. You think a little change would be good?

 

[Nik_I]

Depends on your motherboard. AMD and ATI are a part of the same company, so they probably go together better

that's what i always say, but really i don't think it makes much of a difference. either manufacturer's cards will work fine, just choose the one that has the better value/performance for you.

 

[verticalnfinity]

Hmmm... I probably need help here.

I'm looking at Geforce 9800GT and Radeon HD 4850.

Which is better in performance? Because the 4850 is much cheaper than the 9800GT.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

gawddamn forum glitch

 

[Bluescreendeath]

4850 > 9800GT
4850 ~ 9800GTX/GTX+/GTS250

 

[jawallace-45]

I like ATI with AMD chipset and if you are are going AM2+ or AM3 type of motherboarsd, they have AM3 motherboard on the market place now, and ATI 4870 are pretty reasonable price now.

 

[verticalnfinity]

Yeah, looks like I'm getting an ATI.
I'm getting an AM2+ motherboard.

4870 is still a little out of my budget. I can upgrade it in the future from 4850 right? Or prolly a CrossFire?

 

[Bluescreendeath]

4870s 512mb will be down to $150 soon.

4850s will be $120ish.

1 4850 = 1
2x 4850 Xfire = 1.8
1 4870 512mb = 1.25
1 4870 1GB = 1.3

So 2x4850 will be better if the game supports Xfire.

 

[verticalnfinity]

Sounds sweet!

Thanks for the information!

But one last question, Crossfire can only be used if the game can support it?
That'll be a bummer if most games can't support.
I always thought it could be used for almost anything. lol.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

^ Well, most games nowadays support Crossfire and SLi.

Even if you're playing an older game that doesn't support 2 or more cards in Xfire/SLi, it doesn't really matter since a single 4850 is still a powerful card that is more than enough to max out most games.
(the 2nd card in non-SLi/Xfire games is sometimes used as a physics engine)

 

[mactronix]

Personally if i was looking at it that way i would stick with AMD/ATI all the way
Take a look at this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-940,2114.html
Just thought you might find it interesting

Mactronix

 

[verticalnfinity]

Argh, the motherboard I wanted to get has HYBRID Crossfire X.
It can't do crossfire right?

And would it be just as good with the 4850?

 

[doped]

doesn't matter, as you wouldn't pick a nvidia chipset for a phenom II cpu anyway, so no software complications there, if that's what was worrying you..

 

[mactronix]

Actually i dont even think the hybrid Xfire works with cards above the 34 and 24 series, not 100% but thats what i have read.

Mactronix

 

[verticalnfinity]

Ah thanks. I guess I'm gonna hunt down that M3A79-T motherboard then.

Thanks guys!