Thoughts on Nvidia products?

AJN334 · 04-10-2008, 05:15 PM

Looking for input, TIA

.:bHd:. · 04-10-2008, 05:35 PM

Get one and you wont regret it. I had one of those ATI Radeon all in wonder series and that shit just fried. So i got another, better one and the fan on that melted off. Now i got an Nvidia 8800 in my Macpro and one on my bros PC. No probelms yet

CRZ410S · 04-10-2008, 05:55 PM

Well built video card. You can't go wrong.

tek818 · 04-10-2008, 06:02 PM

great video cards, but horrible drivers. check this out:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/27/n...crashes-in-20/

FirstClass · 04-10-2008, 06:05 PM

Nvidia is the only choice for top performance. ATI is horrible and doesn't even try to compete on high-end cards.

its ray den · 04-10-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tek818

great video cards, but horrible drivers. check this out:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/27/n...crashes-in-20/

there's a solution to this already: don't get vista..

Hawkeye · 04-10-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by its ray den

there's a solution to this already: don't get vista..

That is a solution to more problems than you can imagine...

TurboFan · 04-10-2008, 06:32 PM

Nvidia is the only way to go.

GME92 · 04-10-2008, 06:44 PM

I'm running 8800gt SLI right now and it's handling every game I throw at it pretty well. Definitely no complaints.

AJerman · 04-10-2008, 06:56 PM

It's just like everything in computers, one company goes up, the other goes down, then they flip flop back and forth. Right now NVIDIA is on it's way out it looks like from being at the top, ATI is mounting a strong push against them, but right now, the best card for the value in my opinion is the NVIDIA 8800GT. It's a very good card an will handle most of what you use it for, unless you're an extreme gamer playing all the latest games and wan't full quality. If so you will either way to SLI 2 togther like GME said, or just step up to a higher model.

ironjw · 04-10-2008, 07:03 PM

yup can't go wrong with Nvidia!

Kiemyster · 04-11-2008, 12:26 AM

Nvidia has a shitload of problems with their drivers... im a die hard ATI fan, but im not biased. i have used equally as much of both, and ill tell u that Nvidia has caused my comp to crash continually with the BSOD. the issues with the BSOD are 90% related to to Nvidia computers... their graphics cards a great... but ATI does it just as well, minus the errors.

ATI ftmfw!

ska///235i · 04-11-2008, 05:14 PM

Good product...but ATI is better IMO
but then, I'm using Nvidia on my PC right now (without problems)

FirstClass · 04-11-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by AJerman

Right now NVIDIA is on it's way out it looks like from being at the top, ATI is mounting a strong push against them

This man is utterly and completely wrong. ATI can't even hope to approach Nvidia's current performance numbers. I've never had a problem with crashing either, blame Vista for that, XP and Nvidia drivers are solid as a rock.

Last E92 M3 · 04-11-2008, 11:07 PM

running 8800gts on my comp and my bro's comp.
i always buy EVGA line. WAY better than radeon.

AJerman · 04-11-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FirstClass

This man is utterly and completely wrong. ATI can't even hope to approach Nvidia's current performance numbers. I've never had a problem with crashing either, blame Vista for that, XP and Nvidia drivers are solid as a rock.

Ehh... no, I'd have to respectfully disagree here. Go look up the high end ATI HD 3xxx cards, they run right up there with NVIDIA. It's the first time ATI has been even close for a while. It remains to be seen if they can continue the push and take over again, but to say they aren't approaching would be silly.

And you're only kidding yourself if you think nvidia's drivers are rock solid. Their Vista drivers have been horrible (trust me, I have an nvidia card), and it's been proven that they create more crashes in Vista than the OS or any other driver.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I'm still suggesting an nvidia card for most people right now, but I can see that ATI is working to get back up there.

darkphantom · 04-17-2008, 11:44 PM

Nvidia FTW - grab the 9800 GTXs at $300 in SLi - if not, wait this summer for the next gen cards - probably the 9900s if I'm not mistaken - it's that "leap" in GPU architecture - from speculation.

Either way, Nvidia is the right way to go.

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AJerman Major 29 Rep 1,381 Posts Drives: '08 335i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC iTrader: (0)	It's just like everything in computers, one company goes up, the other goes down, then they flip flop back and forth. Right now NVIDIA is on it's way out it looks like from being at the top, ATI is mounting a strong push against them, but right now, the best card for the value in my opinion is the NVIDIA 8800GT. It's a very good card an will handle most of what you use it for, unless you're an extreme gamer playing all the latest games and wan't full quality. If so you will either way to SLI 2 togther like GME said, or just step up to a higher model.
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