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Well i am planning to buy Me a new graphics card... :bounce: But i am a bit confused between the two that is ATI or Nvidia??? Which one to buy?? Which one is the best??? :pt1cable: But also which one will come in the cheap?? :whistle:

jennyh wrote :

1) You're stupid, thats why the games crashed.

2) This is a month old thread.



That's why this thread needs to be closed.

It's almost guaranteed when these A vs B threads start they will devolve into sy00pidity. :pfff:

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What do you want to play with the new card? What is the resolution you play at? What is your system configuration? Do you want to play with Physx enabled? How cheap?(an aproximation) It may seem as if I'm making fun of you but it would help a lot to know what should we look for.

Reply to Andraxxus

First of all there is no "best" make.

There are models of ATI that beat some NVIDIA cards, and some NVIDIA cards which beat ATI cards. It all depends on what money you want to spend.

For £100, you can get a GTX260 and the 260 will beat pretty much any other card at that price.

Personally I've always stayed with NVIDIA.
I've had nothing but problems with ATI with crappy build quality cooling, naff software and poor support when it all breaks down. NVIDIA have always worked.. never had to ring support for anything. Kinda' makes me a fanboy I guess.

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Reply to acer0169

I just want to play the games like Prince of Persia latest release.....like Assassins Creed.....and all of this type of games.. :D :D I play at 1024X768. resolution normally.

My system Configuration is

Mother board:Intel DG 31PR with integrated GMA 3100

Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHZ

RAM: 2GB DDR 2 (667 MHZ/H ,Zion)


And the cost would be say about 30$-35$. :(

Reply to megatubai

For 1024x768 even the Radeon 3850 would be very good for your system. Especially if you do not use anti aliasing.

Reply to stridervm

Yeah but the HD3850 is not at the 30-35$ cost he asked for.

Reply to Andraxxus

Try this with the rebate card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121338

Will be a large improvement over the 4350.

Reply to cobot

Your absolute best option for $35 would be This 9600GSO.
It is much more powerful than any other card in it's price range (performing between a 4670 and 9600GT).
Unfortunately, you must spend a little more up front and wait for the rebate.
Regardless, it is well worth the cash and I would recommend saving the extra needed to get it.

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Reply to outlw6669

9600gso.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121320

"update" haha outlw6669 you got it before me. =P


Message edited by invisik on 09-04-2009 at 12:53:43 PM
Reply to invisik

ATI and NVIDIA deliver the same quality, it's not like one of them is a better brand and when you have to choose between similar graphics cards from the two brands just go for the cheapest. Unless you use linux, in that case NVIDIA is better, but that has to do with driver support, not the quality of the hardware.

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Reply to Gulli

get the 4730. its a dastardly ingenious card.

Reply to wh3resmycar

megatubai wrote :

Well i am planning to buy Me a new graphics card... :bounce: But i am a bit confused between the two that is ATI or Nvidia??? Which one to buy?? Which one is the best??? :pt1cable: But also which one will come in the cheap?? :whistle:



According to my experience, Nvidia is always better than the ATI. Nvidia GPU's produce less heat than the ATI. Most ATI card causes system overheat even in normal room temperature which causes system to freeze. Other nasty problems like driver issues, cooling system, customer support is very poor in ATI.

You can choose Nvidia without worries (whether it's a gaming system or office application system)

Reply to nahid08

ati is much better since amd took them over

Reply to obsidian86

nVidia rules, because there are many games that "like" nVidia more, especially Mirror's Edge, since PhysX makes it work perfect. all those effects, looks nice. when you load GTA:SA, one of the first things you see is the sign "the way nVidia is meant to be played". i like nvidia more, but some people may tell you ATI performs better. well, it might, but i think there will soon be more and more games that support physx. for example, splinter cell:conviction that is coming pretty soon. i think there will be physx enalbed. but well, i'm out of idea. nVidia works way much better than ATI, i think it eats up less energy, it has less but more powerful processors, and with release of Windows 7 and nVidia's GTX 3xx series cards, the games will run very well. DirectX 11 is promised to show characters like in the movies. If you can't wait and have about as i guess $700-800, get GTX 3xx video card and it'll be worth it. and good if you bought your computer recently, since that way you'll be able to upgrade to Windows 7. if not, i'd recommend you spend some more bucks and get Windows 7. (or at least vista with upgrade to windows 7)

Reply to miha2

Nvidia is the powerhouse it has like the top 4 out of 5 spots it also costs more for the preformance ATI is best if you dont have the money to waste but most of the time for like $20-$50 more you can get a better Nvidia card

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

this sites numbers are not 100% they forexample dont use SLI in there tests so things like the GTX 295 which is currently the best card there is comes in lower then it should but you can get an idea of what most of the cards are power wise from this

Reply to brandonvi

miha2 wrote :

nVidia rules, because there are many games that "like" nVidia more, especially Mirror's Edge, since PhysX makes it work perfect. all those effects, looks nice. when you load GTA:SA, one of the first things you see is the sign "the way nVidia is meant to be played"



That's just a cheap marketing trick, doesn't mean anything in the real world, in the end it's all about drivers. No one would be stupid enough to make a game that needs PhysX to run well, that would leave out some 30%-40% of all gamers, if not more.

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Reply to Gulli

Gulli wrote :

That's just a cheap marketing trick, doesn't mean anything in the real world, in the end it's all about drivers. No one would be stupid enough to make a game that needs PhysX to run well, that would leave out some 30%-40% of all gamers, if not more.



There are some coding differences, but in the main, you are correct. TGGA would be a better resource for expanding on that subject, perhaps he'll look in.

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Reply to croc

megatubai: And the cost would be say about 30$-35$. :(
miha2: If you can't wait and have about as i guess $700-800, get GTX 3xx video card and it'll be worth it.
This comment is just crazy funny.Good one miha2.
I understand you were trying to help him but it was just funny.

Reply to Andraxxus

megatubai,

35 bucks isn't gonna get you anything worth buying, unless you buy something secondhand, that way you might get something like a HD 3850, HD 4650 or HD 4670 from ATI or a 7800GT, 8600GT, 8800GT, or 9600GT from NVIDIA, those are the cards that can play most games well at your resolution.

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Reply to Gulli

miha2 wrote :

nVidia rules, because there are many games that "like" nVidia more, especially Mirror's Edge, since PhysX makes it work perfect. all those effects, looks nice. when you load GTA:SA, one of the first things you see is the sign "the way nVidia is meant to be played". i like nvidia more, but some people may tell you ATI performs better. well, it might, but i think there will soon be more and more games that support physx. for example, splinter cell:conviction that is coming pretty soon. i think there will be physx enalbed. but well, i'm out of idea. nVidia works way much better than ATI, i think it eats up less energy, it has less but more powerful processors, and with release of Windows 7 and nVidia's GTX 3xx series cards, the games will run very well. DirectX 11 is promised to show characters like in the movies. If you can't wait and have about as i guess $700-800, get GTX 3xx video card and it'll be worth it. and good if you bought your computer recently, since that way you'll be able to upgrade to Windows 7. if not, i'd recommend you spend some more bucks and get Windows 7. (or at least vista with upgrade to windows 7)



You are absolutely right. I tested some games in both ATI and nVidia Cards. The games (nVidia supported) which crashed under ATI, ran very well under nVidia. Also the temp of nVidia is less then ATI in both idle and load.

Reply to nahid08

nahid08 wrote :

You are absolutely right. I tested some games in both ATI and nVidia Cards. The games (nVidia supported) which crashed under ATI, ran very well under nVidia. Also the temp of nVidia is less then ATI in both idle and load.

 

1) You're stupid, thats why the games crashed.

 

2) This is a month old thread.

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jennyh wrote :

1) You're stupid, thats why the games crashed.

2) This is a month old thread.



...Uhh, personal insults could also fall into the 'stupid' category, fan-person.

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Reply to croc

It's not a personal insult when it's true.

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Reply to jennyh

Andraxxus wrote :

megatubai: And the cost would be say about 30$-35$. :(
miha2: If you can't wait and have about as i guess $700-800, get GTX 3xx video card and it'll be worth it.
This comment is just crazy funny.Good one miha2.
I understand you were trying to help him but it was just funny.




I know all about graphics cards. I have a 2 x 8800GTS 512MB in SLI with a 3GHz Intel quad Core and 4GHZ Ram. But why cant the manufactures release a very good card that will last at least 5 years.

Reply to kudu

I know all about graphics cards. I have a 2 x 8800GTS 512MB in SLI with a 3GHz Intel quad Core and 4GHZ Ram. But why cant the manufactures release a very good card that will last at least 5 years.

Reply to kudu

jennyh wrote :

It's not a personal insult when it's true.



Must be nice, to be you... All seeing, all knowing. Me, I can't even tell the time without a watch, let alone diagnose a video card's problems over a web-site. You, you just look at a post and determine that the poster has done something wrong, therefore is 'stupid'.

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Reply to croc

croc wrote :

Must be nice, to be you... All seeing, all knowing. Me, I can't even tell the time without a watch, let alone diagnose a video card's problems over a web-site. You, you just look at a post and determine that the poster has done something wrong, therefore is 'stupid'.




you dont need to be all seeing you just have to look at ur posts

Reply to rangers

Quote :

Must be nice, to be you... All seeing, all knowing. Me, I can't even tell the time without a watch, let alone diagnose a video card's problems over a web-site. You, you just look at a post and determine that the poster has done something wrong, therefore is 'stupid'.




No I determine whether somebody is stupid or not based on their words and/or actions.


I'm intrigued croc...how do you determine it?

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rangers wrote :

you dont need to be all seeing you just have to look at ur posts



So what do my posts tell you, oh great one...

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Reply to croc

jennyh wrote :

Quote :

Must be nice, to be you... All seeing, all knowing. Me, I can't even tell the time without a watch, let alone diagnose a video card's problems over a web-site. You, you just look at a post and determine that the poster has done something wrong, therefore is 'stupid'.




No I determine whether somebody is stupid or not based on their words and/or actions.


I'm intrigued croc...how do you determine it?



If the issue intrigues me, I'll try to ask a few relevant questions. If it only slightly interests me, I may just lurk. If the OP is an obvious fan of one company over another, I may leave a snarky post, or just ignore it, depending on my mood that day.

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Reply to croc

kudu wrote :

I know all about graphics cards.



kudu wrote :

But why cant the manufactures release a very good card that will last at least 5 years.


I sense contradiction (depending on your interpretation of "last at least 5 years" ).

Reply to randomizer

kudu wrote :

I know all about graphics cards. I have a 2 x 8800GTS 512MB in SLI with a 3GHz Intel quad Core and 4GHZ Ram. But why cant the manufactures release a very good card that will last at least 5 years.



And evidently nothing about RAM.

Reply to djcoolmasterx

croc wrote :

So what do my posts tell you, oh great one...



they tell me ur a big rage'in nvidia fanboy

Reply to rangers

rangers wrote :

they tell me ur a big rage'in nvidia fanboy



...Your crystal ball fails. Maybe you need some remedial reading comprehension classes???

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Reply to croc

the uber-dumb ati fanboy strikes again.

Reply to wh3resmycar

Quote :

...Uhh, personal insults could also fall into the 'stupid' category, fan-person.



I think we all could do better by listening to croc's advice. ALL of us. While a lively discussion/argument is fun, when is disintegrates into personal attacks it gets pretty boring.

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EXT64 wrote :

Quote :

...Uhh, personal insults could also fall into the 'stupid' category, fan-person.



I think we all could do better by listening to croc's advice. ALL of us. While a lively discussion/argument is fun, when is disintegrates into personal attacks it gets pretty boring.



PLEASE do not try to set me up as an example... Jake Barnes and I went around a few times back in his day, and I am sure that Randomizer is somewhat balder because of some of my rants. Jennyh just caught me on a non-snarky day. One does try to be polite, however. Then along comes someone like...

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Reply to croc

Ah yes, you and (the late?) habitat87 had a bit of fun in the Win 7 forum.

Reply to randomizer

randomizer wrote :

Ah yes, you and (the late?) habitat87 had a bit of fun in the Win 7 forum.



I wasn't mentioning names.... and I have seen that poster around, but just not so much, and a bit calmer.

Looks bad for the Eels, BTW...

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jennyh wrote :

1) You're stupid, thats why the games crashed.

2) This is a month old thread.



That's why this thread needs to be closed.

It's almost guaranteed when these A vs B threads start they will devolve into sy00pidity. :pfff:

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