Radeon vs nvidia

this is an agelong debate up there with mac pc. but since im the first to respond, i'm going to say.. ati

better stability, faster processor. but really, if you already bought the ati.. theres nothing to compare

and, really.. youd have to be more spacific about what nvidia to compare it against

I can tell you that the Radeon 9800 Pro works extremely well with WindowFX, while the nVidia drivers don't handle it so well. I suppose it depends on what you intend to use it for though. Both have their pros and cons. I recently switched from a GeForce 4 5800 Ultra to a Radeon 9800 Pro and I have no regrets.

Seems like you would want to ask that before buying the card

Put it this way...You made the right choice.

ATI cards are good but their customer service will leave a bad taste in your mouth. I am currently running a older nvidia card. Gforce2 MX 200.

Didn't mean to be such a smart-ass earlier. I think Kona said it, I love my ATI card, but support leaves a lot to be desired.

Nvidia has no customer support at all.
If you try to get customer support for your Gforce2 MX 200, you will find that the only support available is from the manufacturer that sold you the computer with the card.

I know this!! Be that as it may I didn't get the card from a PC manufactuer but I got it off of ebay for dirt cheap. Beats the crap out of my 8 meg card.

I had a 32MB Nvidia card that crashed just after 2 years. Just after my warranty expired. I found a website where everyone complained about how their Nvidia cards suffered this exact same problem. I think if you saw that website, you wouldn't champion Nvidia. These people seemed very happy with their newly purchased ATI cards. So far, so have I. But, I'll wait two more years, and I'll never buy Nvidia again. I'll just wait for ATI to catch up, and then I'll buy their card which will probably be faster anyway.

New cards coming out, too early to compare.
Now Diamond is back?

Drats, I just ordered a new comp with a GeForce FX 5700 256MB

PCI express come out, then agp cards wont be as hot anymore

Drats, I just ordered a new comp with a GeForce FX 5700 256MB

Well maybe the new Nvidia cards will last longer. Many computer makers are turning from Nvidia because of the past problems. All you can do is cross your fingers, I guess.

guess ill have to

now, terry, having gone through the ATI tebacle we both just went through, and having found all of the information i needed and thus finding out the card is functional, i would say ATI has done extreemly well with its support.

ive had less problems on my radeon machines then on my geforce.

DC I was only relaying what I have heard in the past from others here.

Glad you got it to work. What was the problem with it?

Any1 have any idea when will the pciExpress moboZ and Vid cards will come out for the public?

Funny thing is that Apple seems to have switched from ATI to NVidia.

I personnaly dont know any game playing apple users.
Wouldnt matter what vid card you use in a mac.

What's a Mac?

#18 by paxx - 6/25/2004 7:35:17 AM Funny thing is that Apple seems to have switched from ATI to NVidia.

the higher end apples typically use ATI, the lower priced machines use the geforce.. though they have toggled back and forth between the two for many years now. last year's lead models (in the dual proc g4s and in at least the top two of thre three g5's) were ati 9600's (or 9200?). i havn't see nthe new g5's yet but i had thought they were radeon.