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Looking to you to help me with my video card choice. ATI versus Nvidia?
I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to
purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). The ATI card has 256M ram while the Nvidia only has 128M. This may be significant in appplications such as video capture and dvd creation. I would like to know other's opinions on this. If anyone has or is using one of these two cards, what their experience has been. I would greatly appreciate all input. Thank you |
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"SurLyN" wrote in message ... I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). The ATI card has 256M ram while the Nvidia only has 128M. This may be significant in appplications such as video capture and dvd creation. I would like to know other's opinions on this. If anyone has or is using one of these two cards, what their experience has been. I would greatly appreciate all input. Thank you For video capture and DVD creation, the RAM on the video card is not used. That is, unless you go with an AIW type card. I do video capture and DVD creation. I have no problem at all with those tasks, but the video card I use (FX5900XT) has little to do with that. For video capture and DVD creation, your most important system feature would be 1GB of low-latency RAM that is well matched to the FSB of whatever CPU you choose. If you are going to do lots of video capture/DVD creation, you should be leaning toward a Intel processor (3.0GHz or higher) with a high-end Intel chipset mainboard. The extra RAM on the video card would be helpful for playing the latest 3D accelerated games with lots of detail. But at the level you are looking to build, either a 128 or 256MB video card will do a good job of running anything you throw at it. -Dave |
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On Saturday 08 January 2005 10:28, SurLyN wrote:
I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). If you have any interest in gaming, I would urge you to spend the extra money on getting a Geforce 6800NU -- they'll perform better than a 6600 out of the box, and, if you're lucky, can be modified via a softmod to have the same sort of core specifications as a 6800GT. -- Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. - Benford's Law of Controversy |
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SurLyN wrote:
I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. I´ve been using nVidia cards for quite sometime, and I have found them to be great. I´ve used ATi cards too, but have found the bundled utilities to be buggy. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). The ATI card has 256M ram while the Nvidia only has 128M. This may be significant in appplications such as video capture and dvd creation. I would like to know other's opinions on this. If anyone has or is using one of these two cards, what their experience has been. I would greatly appreciate all input. I´m not aware that the size of the memory on the graphics card has any affect on anything other than 3D performance, and it does little for that, if anything. When the 256MB 9800XT cards came out, the performance was only slightly better than the 9800 Pro with a slower clock rate and half the memory. Honestly, for a little more money, I´d look into a regular nVidia 6800 card from a quality vendor. The performance difference from a 6600GT and a 6800 is significant. Personally, for the money, I think eVGA has a very good card. |
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:25:26 -0500, "Dave C." wrote:
"SurLyN" wrote in message .. . I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). The ATI card has 256M ram while the Nvidia only has 128M. This may be significant in appplications such as video capture and dvd creation. I would like to know other's opinions on this. If anyone has or is using one of these two cards, what their experience has been. I would greatly appreciate all input. Thank you For video capture and DVD creation, the RAM on the video card is not used. That is, unless you go with an AIW type card. I do video capture and DVD creation. I have no problem at all with those tasks, but the video card I use (FX5900XT) has little to do with that. For video capture and DVD creation, your most important system feature would be 1GB of low-latency RAM that is well matched to the FSB of whatever CPU you choose. If you are going to do lots of video capture/DVD creation, you should be leaning toward a Intel processor (3.0GHz or higher) with a high-end Intel chipset mainboard. The extra RAM on the video card would be helpful for playing the latest 3D accelerated games with lots of detail. But at the level you are looking to build, either a 128 or 256MB video card will do a good job of running anything you throw at it. -Dave Thanks Dave! I should have elaborated a little more. The video capture I am talking about is going to be amateur digital video of my upcoming child. Nothing to intensive. My current video card is an Abit 9600XT w/ 256M ram and I have no issues with that. As for the processor, I am strictly an AMD fan. I have already purchased an Athlon 64 3500+ (90nm) processor. I do some gaming, mostly Tiger Woods 2005 (and online) and Medal of Honor. I don't get into the too intensive games like Doom3 and HL2. I was on a pre-order list for the new ATI Radeon X800 XL, but as of yesterday ATI has decided to discontinued this product. I don't feel that my gaming activity requires me to upgrade to the X850 XT at this time. Thanks for the helpful reply |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 13:09:18 -0500, Ruel Smith
wrote: SurLyN wrote: I am in the process of finishing up my new computer. I have yet to purchase the motherboard and the video card. I am very set on PCI-E as the platform I want to utilize. Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. I have had bad experiences with Nvidia in the past (all ASUS products). I just can't get a good reliable card or motherboard. I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. I´ve been using nVidia cards for quite sometime, and I have found them to be great. I´ve used ATi cards too, but have found the bundled utilities to be buggy. But, between the two cards that I have decided to pursue, the Nvida comes out a champ on reviews every time. I am looking at the Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT (by MSI) and the ATI X700 XT (by Sapphire Tech). The ATI card has 256M ram while the Nvidia only has 128M. This may be significant in appplications such as video capture and dvd creation. I would like to know other's opinions on this. If anyone has or is using one of these two cards, what their experience has been. I would greatly appreciate all input. I´m not aware that the size of the memory on the graphics card has any affect on anything other than 3D performance, and it does little for that, if anything. When the 256MB 9800XT cards came out, the performance was only slightly better than the 9800 Pro with a slower clock rate and half the memory. Honestly, for a little more money, I´d look into a regular nVidia 6800 card from a quality vendor. The performance difference from a 6600GT and a 6800 is significant. Personally, for the money, I think eVGA has a very good card. Thanks, I will take a look at them |
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"SurLyN" wrote in message ... but as of yesterday ATI has decided to discontinued this product. Would you kindly offer some more info on this |
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SurLyN:
I have been using ATI of most recent and really feel it is more stable and reliable than Nvidia. Use whichever you have the most confidence with. I have been buying Nvidia cards because I know the territory and I feel confident with them, if there is a problem, I probably already know how to solve it or where to find the answer. I don't believe either has a big enough lead in gaming to make a difference to the casual user, only to those who want to post benchmarks for bragging rights. If you decide to go with Nvidia, check posts from the last 2 months in a.c.p.v.nvidia. -- Mac Cool |
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SurLyN wrote:
Now I have to decide between ATI and Nvidia. Nvidia is better in case you might want to give Linux a try. |
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Bottom Line Telecommunications (where I was planning on buying this
from) only informed me that the product was discontinued by ATI. On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:57:34 -0700, "jacoby" wrote: "SurLyN" wrote in message .. . but as of yesterday ATI has decided to discontinued this product. Would you kindly offer some more info on this |
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