by the_autopilot » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:05 am
Nvidia current generation cards are much more expensive than ati current gen cards. They also have massive power requirements so you may need to upgrade your PSU. 6800 are able to be OC'd a lot though. Nvidia's current generation of 6xxx series cards also have pixel shader 3 support, ati cards do not. Very few games support ps3 (fs9 does not) and there is no real benefit to ps9. No ATI cards support ps3 at the moment. Some argue there is a performence gain, but most will agree that the difference between ps2 and ps3 is marginal, especially if the ATI card supports ps2h.
As for performence, ATI cards always prevail unless its opengl based game (fs9 is not) like doom 3 or SLI. the X800 XT outperforms the nvidia in almost all the games. IF your building a new comp, go with a pci-e mobo and get an x850 XT PE. No nvidia card can outperform it unless its doom3 or its SLI. I'll post some benchmarks if you would like.
Personally, unless you opt for massive OC'd or SLI, go with ATI cards as they have better stock performence and have less problems with games. As for driver issues, I have never had a problem with my x800 xt pe. I guess its just how you configure it. On the other hand, nvidia seems to have problems with games like HL2.
Keep in mind all the flagship cards of both brands are expensive. However, ATI cards are slightly cheaper.
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