Nvidia or Radeon

Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy.
This forum is not for asking programming related questions.

Moderator: General Moderators

Nvidea or Radeon

Nvidea
8
73%
Radeon
3
27%
 
Total votes: 11

User avatar
Obadiah
Forum Regular
Posts: 580
Joined: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:13 am
Location: Ashland, KY
Contact:

Nvidia or Radeon

Post by Obadiah »

im looking into buying a new video card for my standard PC and im at a loss as for what i want to get...i aint got alot of cash to spend on one, maybe 200 bucks max...so i figure id pop a post to my bros here to see what you thought
Ree
Forum Regular
Posts: 592
Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:43 am
Location: LT

Post by Ree »

I'm using a Radeon (X1900XT) right now and am really happy with it except one thing: gamma correction doesn't work for 3D games. So for that I use Powerstrip. Other than that I have no problems with ATI: drivers are updated pretty regularly, the performance is fine and image quality is great.
User avatar
daedalus__
DevNet Resident
Posts: 1925
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:52 pm

Post by daedalus__ »

I've always preferred Nvidia over ATI. Every time I own or work with an ATI card I have problems. I almost got the ATI video card for my laptop and I am sure glad I didn't because it isn't supported in the Linux that I use on it.
User avatar
TheMoose
Forum Contributor
Posts: 351
Joined: Tue May 23, 2006 10:42 am

Post by TheMoose »

I've dabbled with both, and have had no problems with either cards. I currently use the GF7600 GTX and it's an amazing card, only reason I went with it is I plan on moving to SLI (just because I can :)) later this year, and I wanted a heavy card so that when I do switch, I'll have some insane power behind it.
User avatar
jayshields
DevNet Resident
Posts: 1912
Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:11 pm
Location: Leeds/Manchester, England

Post by jayshields »

For no particular reason, I've always had nvidia cards. Never had any trouble, so I just stick with them. I plan to go SLI sometime this year too, I have the motherboard for it and a 6600GT at present. Hopefully people will still be flogging their old 6600GT's on eBay in a few months time :)

By the way, you do know that your poll is a brand vs a graphics card range. It would've been more suitable to use Nvidia/ATI or Geforce/Radeon.
User avatar
seodevhead
Forum Regular
Posts: 705
Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:18 pm
Location: Windermere, FL

Post by seodevhead »

The 7600 GT is at the perfect price to performance spot for you. I have one in one of my machines and it is LOVELY. Best thing about... passive heatsink... NO NOISY FAN!
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Post by RobertGonzalez »

Dude, am I the only person that uses my computer for work? I can honestly say that I have never looked at graphics cards, sound cards, video cards or any other type of cards except wireless network cards, and that was before I got a laptop with built in wireless.
User avatar
feyd
Neighborhood Spidermoddy
Posts: 31559
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:24 pm
Location: Bothell, Washington, USA

Post by feyd »

Due to my days as a game programmer, I stay far away from the ATI brand. They always gave us the most problems with everything.

That being said, I will likely run an X1900 (or whatever's top level and supported) when I get a Mac. While I'd love to have a QuadroFX, they're just a little expensive for my tastes.
User avatar
Obadiah
Forum Regular
Posts: 580
Joined: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:13 am
Location: Ashland, KY
Contact:

Post by Obadiah »

currently im unsing a Gforce 5600(it seriously blows) but ive been eyeing 2...im kinda partial to nvidia myself but heres the options(im trying to keep to the 200 dollar budget)....if any of you guys know where i can find a better one than those please post it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... u=P56-7828
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=318

im going AGP because i dont have PCI express...which (by the way) whats up with that....it seems like thats the only thing you can find nowadays
User avatar
superdezign
DevNet Master
Posts: 4135
Joined: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:06 pm

Post by superdezign »

Radeon is great for anything current, but most of the cards I got had backwards-compatability problems with certain games.
User avatar
Kieran Huggins
DevNet Master
Posts: 3635
Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:14 pm
Location: Toronto, Canada
Contact:

Post by Kieran Huggins »

I've always had ATI personally, despite many driver problems.. but the cards are nice once the drivers are ironed out.

I've had issues with Nvidia at work, but nothing terrible.

I installed a geForce 5500 or something the other day (a $100 card) and it just couldn't drive a 1680x1050 display! I was taken aback - even a 4 year old Radeon can beat that... my current Radeon x1300 can drive a 30" display with 3 times that number of pixels!

It's a real conundrum... whichever brand you choose, do a LOT of reading on the model before you purchase!
User avatar
jyhm
Forum Contributor
Posts: 228
Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:08 pm
Location: Connecticut, USA
Contact:

Post by jyhm »

I have like only 16 MB on an ATI, it's pretty pathetic. But I'm not upgrading this dinosaur because I'm waiting for Leopard to come out and come installed on mac books. :lol:
alvinphp
Forum Contributor
Posts: 380
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:47 am

Post by alvinphp »

I don't understand why some graphic cards are so insanely expensive (only to be obsolete in a couple years). I can build a whole computer for the price of one graphics card.
User avatar
AKA Panama Jack
Forum Regular
Posts: 878
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:21 pm

Post by AKA Panama Jack »

seodevhead wrote:The 7600 GT is at the perfect price to performance spot for you. I have one in one of my machines and it is LOVELY. Best thing about... passive heatsink... NO NOISY FAN!
Yeah, I just bought one from NewEgg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130073

You can't beat the price. Only $100 after the $20 rebate. From all of the reviews the 7600GT is a fantastic and very powerful video card. I have been buying Nvidia cards since I bought my first Riva 128 many, many years ago. I have never had a problem with how well the cards work.
User avatar
AKA Panama Jack
Forum Regular
Posts: 878
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:21 pm

Post by AKA Panama Jack »

Obadiah wrote:currently im unsing a Gforce 5600(it seriously blows) but ive been eyeing 2...im kinda partial to nvidia myself but heres the options(im trying to keep to the 200 dollar budget)....if any of you guys know where i can find a better one than those please post it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... u=P56-7828
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=318

im going AGP because i dont have PCI express...which (by the way) whats up with that....it seems like thats the only thing you can find nowadays
I would avoid the 7600GS even though it has 512 meg of ram. The 7600GT has more pipelines, shaders, etc and faster DDR3 memory. The card I bought comes out much faster. In head to head tests the 7600GT with 256 meg of ram always came out faster than the 7600GS with 512 meg. BTW, if you can upgrade to a PCIE-16 motherboard do it. The graphic cards are cheaper and faster. :)
Post Reply