Do ATI cards work better with AMD processors?

[jjfish64]

My 4850 died and although I just sent it in yesterday i've been thinking about getting a new card. A lot of the games I have say nvidia beforehand and i was thinking about trying out a GTX 280. because I have an AMD processor, is it better to get a 4870? or should i just wait a month till I get it back and keep the 4850?
I have an AMD Phenom x4 9850 processor.

 

[invisik]

^ The statement above is false. Ati cards dont work better on amd cpu's. An amd and intel equivalent processor would give you the same result. I bet you a amd phenom 2 x4 and a 4870 would get beat buy a i7 with a 4870. (only because there in a different performance level)

So if both companies cpu's are in the same class you would gain the same results. No special treatment with amd/ati.

 

[jjfish64]

ok. thanks for answering!

 

[turboflame]

Everyone I talk to says yes they are optimized for each other, work together better.

Everybody you talk to is wrong.

 

[Annisman]

AMD would like you to think so.... but not so much.

 

[obsidian86]

well since amd owns ati hey could very well optimise the gpu+cpu interface

 

[jlear3]

older drivers were "shady" when it came to crossfire scaling on the intel processors, but w/ 9.8 its good as gone

 

[invisik]

well since amd owns ati hey could very well optimise the gpu+cpu interface

I dont think they can just optimize it like that. They need to increase there work done per cycle on the cpu. They are falling behind intel.

 

[obsidian86]

google ati fusion gpcpu hybrid its using amd an ati tech

 

[jlear3]

http://www.modreactor.com/english/Reviews/Test-ATI-HD-4890-1GB-CrossFire-AMD-Phenom-II-955-BE-vs-Intel-Core-i7-920/Page-3-Performance-Stormrise.html

look at all those results in depth and look at the cat drivers and tell me thats bollocks psycho.

i looked into it cuz i switched from 955 to 920 and saw a few reviews with similar resulst, and somewhere on here people were talking about it too

 

[invisik]

google ati fusion gpcpu hybrid its using amd an ati tech

I believe all there doing is building a gpu and cpu built on one chip. There only able to fuse low end gpu onto the cpu. Not sure how much the performance would change then having a discrete standalone card.

 

[jlear3]

did you use both a amd and intel equivalent on same-ish-spex with same results on multiple drivers? even the older ones?

 

[jlear3]

yeah, but i read a few sites in agreement with what i said, otherwise i would have not said it, obviously you have a much better understanding than i and you are l33t

i got pooned no doubt

 

[jlear3]

thanks +1