ATI/AMD Graphics or Nvidia

[henk506673]

i am wondering, what does the general population of x10 users choose when it comes to graphics cards, Nvidia or ATI/AMD graphics, what would you use if you had to choose? lets make this fourm post into one of the longest ones on x10 write your thoughts give your imput and help solve this question.

[farscapeone]

I recently got nVidia GeForce GTX460 HAWK and I'm pretty satisfied with it. Before that I had many graphics cards (starting as far as GeForce 2 MX ) but they were always nVidia so I don't have much experience with ATI/AMD.

[henk506673]

i have recently came into aquisition of a GTX 480, i being a ati guy am wondering if it is similar to your GTX 460 and if so what type of system are you using go run it.

[Smith6612]

It honestly depends on what you feel is the best. I'm an NVIDIA person and have a rig with 4 GTX480s installed. They all work nicely and are watercooled. Honestly when it comes down to it, ATi has really been the best bang for the buck and has really been bringing some competition to NVIDIA in terms of raw gaming performance.

[henk506673]

It honestly depends on what you feel is the best. I'm an NVIDIA person and have a rig with 4 GTX480s installed. They all work nicely and are watercooled. Honestly when it comes down to it, ATi has really been the best bang for the buck and has really been bringing some competition to NVIDIA in terms of raw gaming performance.

sense you have 4 GTX480s what is your rig like so i can build one that would work with mine. i am currently at a loss over what to do with it.

[Smith6612]

sense you have 4 GTX480s what is your rig like so i can build one that would work with mine. i am currently at a loss over what to do with it.

Man I am just full of Typos lately. I meant to say 3. Sorry about that

Anyhow, what you really need to run the video card the best is really just a decent motherboard and a strong power supply. You would also want a fast processor to go with the card so you aren't bogged down by games doing Physical calculations on one core, for example. These days if you have the choice, go with an i5/i7 system or an AMD Phenom II x4 machine with a high clocked CPU (with a fast Bus Speed/HyperTransport clock), PCI-Express 2.1 x16, and with a 650watt Power Supply that is rated for constant power. Also get a large amount of System RAM that also has a high clock speed. This should ensure that bottlenecks are at a minimum.

If you already have a decent system, one with a high clock Dual Core CPU From Intel or AMD, a large amount of RAM, and an available PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slot, you should be able to use it provided the power supply will power the card without choking.

[henk506673]

thanks i will get to work on trying to aquire those. any idea how much they will cost.

[Smith6612]

thanks i will get to work on trying to aquire those. any idea how much they will cost.

Decent hardware, provided you already have the card can be gotten for $350-500. That isn't including a copy of Windows.

[henk506673]

the copy of windows is no problem, the problem will just be aquiring the hardware.

[stardom]

I prefer Nvidia. I have dabbled with both of the brands over the years. Nvidia has the better of the two imho.

I'm rocking a 2GB EVGA - Nvidia GeForce GTS 250. Works wonders. Plays almost all games on highest settings with no lag and good FPS!