ATI or Nvidia

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  • Reply 21 of 61
    nvidia sucks. how can you guys say ati sucks when you use an apple comp which most likely has an ati in it. further more you post on an apple site. since apple uses ati doesnt that contridict itself
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  • Reply 22 of 61
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    I think I lost neurons to this thread.



    Seriously: ATI and NVIDIA have been leapfrogging each other for years. They have different approaches, which simply means that Apple has a real choice of GPUs for any given use. They take full advantage of that choice.



    If people want to engage in GPU comparison fests, fine, but without empirical data and specifics about performance (and performance at which task), quality and reliability there's really nothing to talk about. "ATI R000LZ!!1" "No, NVIDIA R000LZ!1!" is not a discussion.
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  • Reply 23 of 61
    http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...ad=15&page=938

    http://www.thetechlounge.com/review....xt_pcie&page=1

    http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=517&cid=2

    http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/..._x850_xt_prev/



    here you go i have solved it. here are 4 different reviews on the x800 xt overall they blow the 6800 away

    even if they didnt read the last page ATI is releasing an x850. so even if the6800 ultra could match up to the x 800 it will surely never be anything as compared to the x850
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  • Reply 24 of 61
    slugheadslughead Posts: 1,169member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ATI-MAN

    http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...ad=15&page=938

    http://www.thetechlounge.com/review....xt_pcie&page=1

    http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=517&cid=2

    http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/..._x850_xt_prev/



    here you go i have solved it. here are 4 different reviews on the x800 xt overall they blow the 6800 away

    even if they didnt read the last page ATI is releasing an x850. so even if the6800 ultra could match up to the x 800 it will surely never be anything as compared to the x850




    See cuz the 850 has got another 50 so it must be that much better.



    And by the time the 850 comes out, NVidia will probably have something else as well.





    I also noticed that all the sites you mentioned DID NOT EVEN SPEAK OF SLI. Convenient, that.



    In addition, if you look at the trusted reviews link you posted, you'll notice that the 6800U beat the ATI in most tests.. Woops.



    Moreover, as far as I know, this is a mac-oriented forum. As OS X users, most of us are concerned with openGL performance. After all.. what are we going to use the card for? games? HAH!



    Seriously, ATi needs to be boycotted for it's idiotic naming scheme alone.



    COMING SOON

    THE ATI RADEON HYPERCYBERCARD X800 XT XXZ12^2
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  • Reply 25 of 61
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Amorph

    I think I lost neurons to this thread.



    Ah, but the key is to view it as entertainment. As long as these kiddies keep pushing their respective companies to make the newest-hottest-gotta-have-it, we, my friend, get to reap the benefits.



    Except now with CoreImage...now my card can actually do something worthwile (other than the 2% it spends pushing pretty Halo pixels)
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  • Reply 26 of 61
    Quote:

    See cuz the 850 has got another 50 so it must be that much better.



    And by the time the 850 comes out, NVidia will probably have something else as well.





    I also noticed that all the sites you mentioned DID NOT EVEN SPEAK OF SLI. Convenient, that.



    In addition, if you look at the trusted reviews link you posted, you'll notice that the 6800U beat the ATI in most tests.. Woops.



    Moreover, as far as I know, this is a mac-oriented forum. As OS X users, most of us are concerned with openGL performance. After all.. what are we going to use the card for? games? HAH!



    Seriously, ATi needs to be boycotted for it's idiotic naming scheme alone.



    COMING SOON

    THE ATI RADEON HYPERCYBERCARD X800 XT XXZ12^2



    You rule dude! Finally someone who can talk some sense into this ati loving heathen
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  • Reply 27 of 61
    Quote:

    Originally posted by benzene

    Ah, but the key is to view it as entertainment. As long as these kiddies keep pushing their respective companies to make the newest-hottest-gotta-have-it, we, my friend, get to reap the benefits.



    Anyone notice how ATI-MAN and Protostar are from the same place?



    And their sigs are quite similar?



    A bit of a personality issue creeping in here...?
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  • Reply 28 of 61
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DaveLee

    Anyone notice how ATI-MAN and Protostar are from the same place?



    And their sigs are quite similar?



    A bit of a personality issue creeping in here...?




    So where you?re from has a great impact on your personality? Then since your ?From:? is blank, one could only expect ????
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  • Reply 29 of 61
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Relic

    So where you?re from has a great impact on your personality? Then since your ?From:? is blank, one could only expect ????



    I was pointing out that they may be friends, or even the same person.



    And expect what...?
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  • Reply 30 of 61
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DaveLee

    I was pointing out that they may be friends, or even the same person.



    And expect what...?




    NOTHING. Yeah I know I was just chiming in, no offense. Don't cyber-kill me.
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  • Reply 31 of 61
    and who says hard core GAMERs don't use Apple
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  • Reply 32 of 61
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Amorph

    "ATI R000LZ!!1" "No, NVIDIA R000LZ!1!" is not a discussion.



    ah, come on Amorph, indulge yourself a little...



    NVIDIA RULEZ! bwah ha ha ... because i nearly scored with a *ahem* chick that used to work at Nvidia. *sigh* i was not as experienced back then



    I personally have never met anyone that worked for ATI



    ....

    edit-1 the *ahem* was because if i recall correctly she was somewhat on the heavier side of average

    edit-2 oh boy here come those repressed memories... i'm not listening... la la la la la la la la la
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  • Reply 33 of 61
    slugheadslughead Posts: 1,169member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DaveLee

    I was pointing out that they may be friends, or even the same person.



    I agree
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  • Reply 34 of 61
    if i scored with a chick who worked for nvidia i would think that they ruled too. of course if we ever broke up i would probably bomb the place. lol
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  • Reply 35 of 61
    Quote:

    Anyone notice how ATI-MAN and Protostar are from the same place?



    And their sigs are quite similar?



    A bit of a personality issue creeping in here...?



    What a stupid comment. What the hell kind of sense would it make for the same person to argue two oppsing points of view? Ever think of that?
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  • Reply 36 of 61
    i think me and protostar finally agree on something
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  • Reply 37 of 61
    slugheadslughead Posts: 1,169member
    Well I'm convinced. You need to get a life dude.
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  • Reply 38 of 61
    well going against all popular belief i do have a life. i have a g/f and i play guitar for/front a band. and it doesnt stop there i have been in about 4 other bands as well. i run a website and at the same time i still manage to hole down a job. hows that for a life?
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  • Reply 39 of 61
    mattyjmattyj Posts: 898member
    The Advantage of SLI does not seem to be worth the money, in most games it only gets a few fps over a X850 XT PE. All in all there isn't much difference, a few fps here and there. Have a look at tests over at Tom's Hardware.com



    SLI is for 3d apps such as Maya, and one contact at Softimage has shunned SLI as it is not worth the price that you have to pay. A Pair of nVidia Quadro FX 4400s are very expensive.
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  • Reply 40 of 61
    slugheadslughead Posts: 1,169member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mattyj

    The Advantage of SLI does not seem to be worth the money, in most games it only gets a few fps over a X850 XT PE. All in all there isn't much difference, a few fps here and there. Have a look at tests over at Tom's Hardware.com



    SLI is for 3d apps such as Maya, and one contact at Softimage has shunned SLI as it is not worth the price that you have to pay. A Pair of nVidia Quadro FX 4400s are very expensive.




    Well as with multiple CPUs, things must be coded differently to deal with multiple GPUs.



    SLI came out (again) fairly recently, so it's no wonder only Doom3 really utilizes it.



    As GPUs succomb to moore's law and start to lag behind, cards will end up having multiple GPUs by themselves--it's just inevitable. At that point, everyone will be using multiple GPU's, not just NVidia, and therefore games will respond to SLI better.



    Also, I bet DirectX will decline in popularity, as DX10 will be longhorn only (which will probably flop). OpenGL, which ATi has always neglected, will be the victor in the GL wars.
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