What are the differences between nVidia and ATI??

[Smitty025]

i bet my guinea pig (not sure of spellin) can do that

[Peeping Tom]

The penalty for spamming is death. Avoid it.

[mEkImIrMe]

Here is some helpful info. Even if nvidia did make a "soundcard/videoard" do not buy it. First of all i don't know much about ATI so forget my opinion on that. DO NOT BUY AN MX Nvidia card. Simply put, They suck. Definetly go with a Ti or a high level FX with a lot of memory to overclock. Second of all you need alot fans, like a load of fans. LIKE 999, then download cool bits and overclock. with your 999 fans you will be able to go on every forum and say, mekimirme gave me this amazing video card idea. and then your monitor will explode and cause it looks so good. I kinda drifted off there. There is some useful info somewhere in there, try to find it.

[Μαjïç MushrøøM]

Originally Posted by Peeping Tom

Shroom, I belive you're confused....a video card ironicaly displays VIDEO. Are you thinking about the nForce mobo chipset's integrated audio?

haha I know that 3d cards are only for graphics, I just want to clear that up so forget that I mentioned audio people! And yes I am thinking of the nForce integrated audio.

And speaking of ATi, I have a 9800 pro right now...will that make Doom 3 look real good at high res., or should I consider getting a 9800 XT? Just a thought.

[zizzy]

9800 pro will run it just as good as an XT will, for all pratical matters. Even though the XT is better, its not worth going out and spending $400 dollars when you already a really good graphic card

[XCON_Faxion]

Here are the differences between ATI and Nvidia cards
Quality: Nividia cards tend to display a better image quality then their ATI counterparts yet the difference is little

Speed: ATI and Nvidia cards are both realy meant for speed unless you get Nvidia Quadro FX or ATI Fire GL series cards

Main Differences: ATI cards you DX9 or Direct 3D video modes, Nvidia cards use OpenGL modes instead. ATI is an American company, Nvidia is a Japanese company.

Both cards types are usually good for gaming, digital movie edititing etc. Music has nothing to to with video cards. Music is for sound cards and Nvidia or ATI dont make sound cards.

[[+Glasius+]]

There is no use to discuss the performance differences in chipset. That sort of discussion is to technical for us.
What you discuss are the different results cards get from benchmarking software such as Aguamark and Pcmark. Keep in mind that these results can be polished if drivers are written to match software.
I think the card to get now would be Radeon 9800 XT. Its the nr1 card on benchmarking atm (I think). But more important, ati is working with development of Halflife2. If you buy the 9800xt you get a slip for hl2 with it. ati have access to game content before any other company, therefor the drivers which will be released around the same time the game hits the stores will give maximum performence for hl2

For those who dont know, Nvidia altered their drivers to boost results of benchmarkings. They were busted big time..

[Peeping Tom]

Scandal of the week on /. LOL

In my experience, ATI has always had shakier drivers than nVidia, but then again i've always been an nVidia zealot since I moved up from my S3Virge card in 1997. Ah, my first computer, how little I miss her.....

Oh, and just to tell ya: nVidia is better at OpenGL, but ATI isn't ethe only one to support DX9, nVidiahad it's DX9 compliant cards out a month later than Ati is all.....

[Μαjïç MushrøøM]

I know nVidia tends to be more stable than ATI. I started out with a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and it was SWEET...for awhile lol . Maybe the 9800 XT is the fastest of all, i dunno. But GeForce FX 5950 Ultra I suspect has silghtly better display quality. I'm also not THAT excited about Half-Life 2, even though I'll get it for sure . I think i'll want the FX 5950 Ultra cuz im focused on making my machine run Doom 3 like a charm with high settings. Any opposing opinions??

[SeigMancer]

Yes its true Nvidia is a bit more stable, I was Nvidia fan for 3-4 years now, UNTIL I GOT DEUS EX INVISIBLE WAR!!! the performance on my Ti4200 was horrible, then i upgraded to a 9600 XT and BOOM super smooth framerates.

If you are going to buy any video card heres my opinion, DO NOT BUY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES MX!!!! 2. If you go ATI dont get anything under 9500 PRO, 9600XT is REALLY cheap these days, I would go with that, its wonderful.
Ati has "some" issues but they are getting better with new drivers releases.
I would go with 9600 XT or 9800XT (if money is there) or no lower than FX 5700 ULTRA...

by the way anyone know if my system will be OKAY to run doom 3 or HL 2? specs below.