Nvidia or ATI??

[voelser]

Here is the case: I'm not so much of a gamer, but more of a 3D modeller and video artist. At the moment I'm building myself a new system. So far the only part I have is the MB, an Asus A7N8X DLX. I want to put a AMD 2800 on it with 1024MB Corsair RAM. Obviously I want to put a graphics card on it that packs some punch as well. So, until yesterday I was looking at Geforce 4 cards (because Asus uses the Nvidia chip as well), but I've started to doubt and now have an eye on a Gigabyte Radeon 9700 pro Maya II. My only concern about this is that I read reports about the ATI cards not being that stable on AMD sysytems. Is this true, and should I then rather stay with the Nvidia's? Which one do you guys think I should put in?

 

[cleeve]

Ati's work just fine with the AMD systems I've used.

But if 3d modelling and not gaming is your focus, the Gaforce4 Ti's are your best bet. Nvidia's opengl drivers have a reputation of being alot faster and stabler in professional applications like 3dsMAX.

On the other hand, for video editing, Ati will give you a crisper display as their 2d image quality is usually superior to Nvidias.

But if 3dmodelling is your focus, I'd go with a Ti4600 or Ti4800. Best modelling performance for the buck.

good luck,

- Cleeve

 

[Sarke]

You should check out matrox products, as they have really good quilty for graphics design.