Graphic Cards Ati VS nVidia

Sole reason.. performance

FanATIcs may argue that IQ on the ATi's is better, well, it is, but id rather get 10% more performance at the game than 1 - 5% better IQ.
 
Performance is not an issue anymore in most of the games. Both parties has way too powerful cards than 95% of the games needs out there.

Only game that chokes the cards was FEAR and now X1900XT handles that with ease too, and honestly i dont like that game too much either :p

So given the phenominal performances of these cards the IQ becomes relative.

Those who enjoy games like NFSMW see it in action on ATI hardware, you will be surprised how much quality difference there is.

The shimmering and AA quality even on hardware like 7800GT is noticibly inferior. And that shadow bug still exsists in this game too.

The shadow bug is there in way too many games. Its there in Fable too, and it makes its absolute gfx even more crappy in Fable.

And guys when you notice shimmer in motion in the game its way worse than that you can notice in screenshot.

Even blade will agree with me on this. He was at my home and saw 7800GT in action and the first thing he noticed was shimmering and AA problem :p

The bad part here in india is availability of ATI hardware.

IF you dont have hardware to buy locally then no matter how good the card is it makes very little difference.

I hope those people and pink and white get their @$$ moving to bring the damn cards in quantity in india.

Better would be big distros like Rashi start importing ATI hardware.
 
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@Rahul: Lol i don't even wanna argue ! Come back when you have used some hi-end ATi hardware and then tell me which is better..... AFAIK you have used x300 only. Lets not even talk about undertaker :p he won't touch anything with a ati moniker with a 10 foot pole :p

Check out both the sides yourself as a consumer and not from what you read on forums and all then decide :D

Just my 2cents and no offence to anyone.
 
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Well no doubt ATI has better image quality.
I have used both Nvidia and ATI cards.
I am not a fanboy of any of the brands,whatever brand offers me a better deal and a better product,i prefer using that.

The reason i hate ATI is that the availability is always an issue.and whatever that consulting firm is,pink and white or whatever are sheer a#$es IMHO.Someone should make them blue and black.

Availability and warranty support is what i love about Nvidia in India.

Well its not only me complaining about paper launches and unavailability of actual hardware from ATI,there millions of users worldwide cribbing bout the same problem.

Even i want a decent GPU and preferably ATI,but what do i do when i have the money to spend but cant get that product,nothing is more irritating than that,believe me.

Just my opinion though.
 
ATI purely for IQ reasons. Can't stand the shimmering in NV. It happens even in high quality mode :\.
Edit: My first tryst with ATI was when Farcry demo had released. I was playing it in ultra quality at a woeful framerate on a 5600 ultra. Well one fine day a friend of mine got a 9800 pro for me. (March 2004 i think) I was astounded at whether it was the same game or not. I just couldn't believe my eyes. The 5600 had huge issues of objects popping into the viewing frustum. A game dev friend of mine saw it initially on the 5600 and said that the engine sucks. He was shocked when I showed him the same again on the 9800 :p. Though NV has improved IQ since then, it still has the shimmering issue to solve before it can be said to be on par with ATI. Also the colors look washed out on NV cards. Don't know if its just me or everyone else sees the same.
 
well ATi cards has by default more vibrant colours. No doubt about it. but it has the digital vibrance tool to compensate for that.

I use it at medium all the time.

The main issue is shimmering and that alpha texture issue which is there since the GF6 series. And still continues to exsist.
 
you wont be able to notice much in screenshot.

Its the way NV hardware does AF.

It feels like sparkling grainy textures flashing. I will try to get screenshot for you but i doubt you will notice much.

Its when you move that time its more aparent.
 
looks like Ati is gonna win this :)) ..... anyways i started this thread just for fun ...... being a staff member i don't want flame wars :p ..... so keep on posting ur feeling without hurting others :)

cheers
 
Blade_Runner said:
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@Rahul: Lol i don't even wanna argue ! Come back when you have used some hi-end ATi hardware and then tell me which is better..... AFAIK you have used x300 only. Lets not even talk about undertaker :p he won't touch anything with a ati moniker with a 10 foot pole :p
Check out both the sides yourself as a consumer and not from what you read on forums and all then decide :D
Just my 2cents and no offence to anyone.
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exactly.....I'm using a higher end ATI card and it shows and goes very well...

I think from day 1 i've complimented the image qual. though some may have tried to chastise me n my comments... but thats the reason I went red on this poll.
With fps becoming a moot point with 24 and 48 pixel units today image qual is what matters...
 
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^^ hehe ...... now it seems all are looking for price to performance ratio ..... thats nice i think this is the best way to chose anything untill and unless u are not a fanboy

:p
 
I hate ATI. For one simple reason, not having good enough GPUs to put on the PCB, when many around the world are waiting to try it out. Crossfire was to be out, it was, almost 6 months late. Also, by preparing one or few "Super" internal testing boards does not mean you have got market in your pocket. We all know what kind of bashing they got from "Review sites" thru 2005. Now let's talk about rival. NVIDIA's SLI is a fuss free dual card setup. It was out before Dec' 04, for people to buy/try. You dont need the Master card (Very few) and external cable mess as with ATI. All this even after ATI was supplying multi-GPU setups to US Army for some time.
Still... I would have got X1800XL/XT(launched 5, OCT'05) if it was out when I was in Singapore (22 Oct'05). The only reason being trying different new products. Anyways good to see them learn from mistake.
 
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