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Taxation
06-07-2006, 10:43 PM
nvidia have just announced their new graphics card, it has 32 pixel pipelines and 16 vertex shaders.

but ATI have gone with ?64? unified shaders, but which will be best
Nox
07-07-2006, 07:51 AM
The nvidia one - ATI has poor linux drivers.

Nox
David T
10-07-2006, 09:24 AM
A lot also depends on who makes the software, we have found most games software companies prefer Nvidia so even though (for example) you might have an ATI crossfire setup or such, it might run better on an Nvidia chipset GFX as they made it to work better with that hardware.

Think of the opening sequence to Unreal 2003-4 etc, with the "way its meant to be played" Nvidia intro built into the opening sequence.
You can tell who they prefer!
Nox
10-07-2006, 10:01 AM
And Everquest 2.

I did always wonder if that advertising was paid for by Nvidia though, I would assume so.

Nox
Alec
10-07-2006, 11:16 AM
ATI drivers flaky in Linux, and often flaky in Windows too.

Let's face it, if you want cheap you buy ATI, if you want good, you buy nVidia
Big Beere
10-07-2006, 12:27 PM
:shock: Alec, are you sure you have enough hard drives in your system :P lol

Yeeee, i am a BIG fan of NVIDIA + AMD . . . NVIDIA IS THE WAY TO GO..

BIG B 8)
Taxation
10-07-2006, 03:08 PM
call of duty 2 is surposed to be nvidias baby, but runs better on ATI
or do numbers on all review sites lie :?
Big Beere
10-07-2006, 03:27 PM
COD2 runs fine with me :lol:

BATTLEFIELD2 is an NVIDIA GAME :P

BIG B 8)
Taxation
10-07-2006, 03:52 PM
COD2 runs fine on mine, bhut when ever i see it being run with both nvidia and ATI cards, the ATI cards seem to run it better.
I have all my games Capped at 60fps so i dont work them too hard :D
djgandy
10-07-2006, 05:22 PM
cod2 is just poorly programmed in places. ATI does seem to perform better though. Although my 6600 gets 130fps avg with all full in dx7 mode.
Taxation
10-07-2006, 05:24 PM
i was playing COD2 maxed out, and i have to say "WOW", it looked great,
one part, i was sneaking round a corner, then i saw a germans shadow on the floor, so i threw a nade and the german came flying round the corner, i thought i was watching a movie the graphics were so good, and had smooth fps :D
Taxation
14-08-2006, 10:38 PM
ati's 1950 is coming out soon , before next year to be precise
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33677
check it out
Taxation
17-08-2006, 01:30 PM
new Nvidia cards to come out
http://it.com.cn/f/diy/068/14/310973_1.htm

7950GT, specs are the same as the 7900gtx, but a slightly lower clock speed, maybe some overclocking will change that.
but, gainward have already made a 512mb 7900GT, with the same specs, so is this just nvidia copying one of their makers???
teknokid
17-08-2006, 06:21 PM
the 7950gx2 are the fastest gpu's you can get at the moment. But there very sttep on prices.
Taxation
17-08-2006, 07:27 PM
depends on what resolution you are playing on, and what game you are playing.

ive seen a 7900gtx machine woop a quad sli machine by miles.

plus the 1950 will put up a fight
Taxation
20-09-2006, 09:15 AM
Nvidia G80 revealed
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34495
And very odd, read the article and you will find out why.