What gpu do you prefer

What Graphics card do you prefer. Not neccesarily what you use, but IF i gave you the choice of a free gpu, which one would you take...

Right now ATI has the fastest cards you can buy, both single and dual GPU and they are DX11 and 40nm. So it's an easy choice but that could change when Nvidia releases their new cards.

ati rocks!

Can not vote have no option for what ever has the best price/performance ratio at upgrade time. Basically no prefrence.

Another one I cant vote on I have both nvidia and ATI

Why 2 polls? Your first one made more sense, this one makes less, since it's not about a GPU, it's about companies.

Give me a free one? I want an nVidia Quadro F 5600... so I can sell it and buy and entire rig.

Delete one of your polls, I would suggest this one since it's fanboi foder whereas the other one is about what people currently USE not their dreams or biases.

I rock a 4870 and hate it. But until NV come out with aftermarket PCBs are shrinks their damn cards, i will be using ATi until i buy a new case.

lol
Who voted Intel?

What do you mean you can't vote?
You can pick 3!  

I did, for shits and giggles  

295gtx SC

Im just a NVidia fanboi. Lol

matrox is awesome XD
are they still there?  

ATI, especially since nVidia doesn't have their DX11 cards out yet.

ATI desktop and laptop, NV server

Who cares about what brand it is. I want the fastest card at the time no matter who makes it.

Two Radeon 3850s. I was thinking when I upgrade my system though that I would use a single Radeon 5850 and then put in an old 9500GT to use for PhysX, though the only game I'm interested in using that for is Batman  .

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Graphics Cards: what do you use!

please, if you choose other, write a reply of what other your talking about!
thanks
i just like getting opinions of what people prefer

i use nvidia 98gx2, but a free 5970 would be nice

You don't have a choice for "Ambivalent". I'm a hardware whore .... in other words...whomever has the biggest numbers, wins my dollars. Over the years I have installed quite a bit more nVidia cards than ATI as nVidia more often seemed to be top dog when a build was underway. The general feeling I get when building for other people is that the mindset is that nVidia was the "performance" leader and ATI the "performance per dollar" leader....much like MAD and Intel.

That could all change now as ATI's biggest competition is itself. In THG's November "Best Cards for the Money" roundup if I remember right, ATI 4xxx series took 10 categories to NVidia's 4 and ATI's 5xxx's 2 categories. Seems pretty much a given that ATI will close out the XMas season as the top dog with the 5970 and that will certainly win the hearts and minds of all those building between October and at least February even if they aren't buying the top tier card. In the grand scheme of things, nVidia has only two viable cards above the $150 price point (260 and 295) (even though they are making inroads in the entry level area where ATI has customarily ruled the roost) and ATI is left with it's 5xxx series having to compete with its own 4xxx line. With 5xxx yields low and prices rising 15% or more.....their 4xxx series is the 5xxx's biggest competition.

Of course, we have a real differentiator here now in DX11 or PhysX. I am not really a big gamer, but 2 of my 3 kids (18 and 14) are big on PhysX. The oldest (19) isn't excited about either. Looking at the tesselation effects over on the extremetech site, ( http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2356196,00.a... ) you can see what tesselation does, tho in many of the pictures, I had to read the text to know where to look. Fans from both sided will of course argue that their thing rocks and the other is meaningless but to my eyes, what I see in batman seems more impressive than what I see in the heaven benchmark. Of course the "mine's bigger" argument will rage on with many on an evangelical crusade to covert the unwashed masses, but in the end we really don't want the war to be won by either side.

Two or more viable GFX card companies means competition and if competition disappears, prices go up ....so long live ATI .... great to see you on top .... long live nVidia ..... get something out there and drive prices down.

^Dude... you are awesome.

Right now, probably the 5970. But since that beast won't fit in my case, I'd have to go with the 5870 or the GTX295.

the best one for my current needs and budget im not a brand fanboi ima pc fanboi

Well if they are for free without cost and I had to pick one of them then I would say that I would like an ATI Radeon HD 5970.