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Postby Menlaan » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:59 pm

Which is better at the high-end? Any strong opinions one way or another?

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Postby Martrae » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:05 pm

You really like to see people fight, don't you?

I prefer ATI cards. It seems every Nvidia I've had has caused problems.
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Postby 10sun » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:19 pm

depends on what you like to do with your card.
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Postby Gidan » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:22 pm

If your talking high end as in the best of the best, nvidia currently has it with dual SLI 7800 GTX's. The Asus Extreme N7800 GT Dual is probably the single best vidoe card there is, its performance is almost identical to running dual SLI 7800 GT's.
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Postby Trielelvan » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:24 pm

Martrae wrote:You really like to see people fight, don't you?

I prefer ATI cards. It seems every Nvidia I've had has caused problems.


See what we've inspired? LOL :)

Exactly opposite for me on the ATI cards.
Nvidia though, I have had nothing but outstanding performance. I love em (then again, I am also partially biased because of Voodoo, and I think the ATIs know it.)
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Postby mofish » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:25 pm

yep the 7800GTX is the king, either single flavor or Sli. Ive got them in Sli, and they are fantastic, no complaints at all.
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Postby Tacks » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:26 pm

ATI gives me nothing but problems, Nvidia for me, thx.
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Postby Tossica » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:42 pm

Get a Rendition Verite.
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Postby 10sun » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:00 pm

Crossfire x850 pros gives SLI boxes a run for their money.
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Postby Tikker » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:45 pm

Does no one else think it's insane that people use 2 video cards for 1 monitor?
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Postby Gidan » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:51 pm

I think its nuts and a complete waste of money myself. What could you possibly need to do that takes to video cards to handle it?
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Postby mofish » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:13 pm

EQ2? DOOM3? Battlefield 2? Any new game coming out in the next 2 years?

2 video cards to run one monitor? I have a dual-core CPU too, is that stupid? OMG two CPUs to run one computer!
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Postby 10sun » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:20 pm

my pc runs Doom3 at 90 fps in high detail settings just fine with only one video card.
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Postby mofish » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:24 pm

Hey Im not saying it wont. But it wont run it at 16x AA either :)

Oh well, Im going to stop defending myself. It's a hobbyist thing, no explanation necessary. People spend money on their hobbies, having a nice PC is mine.
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Postby 10sun » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:26 pm

It runs at 8x AA at about 30 fps iirc, not stellar, but then again I can't tell the difference between 4x AA, 8x AA, & 16x AA =p

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Postby Tikker » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:23 pm

mofish wrote:Hey Im not saying it wont. But it wont run it at 16x AA either :)

Oh well, Im going to stop defending myself. It's a hobbyist thing, no explanation necessary. People spend money on their hobbies, having a nice PC is mine.



are you also one of those people who claim to be able to tell the difference between 90 and 75 fps?
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Postby Menlaan » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:01 pm

Cool, thanks for the input. I'm not at the buying stage yet, but I've heard bad things about ATI's latest release.

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Postby kaharthemad » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:45 am

I have a X850 Radeon and have not had anything but smooth sailing. From my end as a technician I have had equal cards come back NVIDIA and ATI. returns on both cards are about even. However I can tell you this. Trying to get NVIDIA to warranty is about as pain as getting your nuts crushed with a croquet mallet.
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Postby Naethyn » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:55 am

I currently run an SLI system with two 6800 ultra cards. It gets over 175 fps in WoW and practically walk through zonelines in EQ. On 3dmark05 it scored 12k.
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Postby Tacks » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:33 am

10sun wrote:It runs at 8x AA at about 30 fps iirc, not stellar, but then again I can't tell the difference between 4x AA, 8x AA, & 16x AA =p

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neither can anyone else

it's people who like to post on the internet to say omg look at my penis it's huge
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Postby Tossica » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:51 am

I'm telling ya, Rendition and 3dfx are making a comeback!
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Postby kaharthemad » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:15 am

gads...dont make me scared.;..BTW toss. gonna try and jack into your doglounge tonight. Atleast gonna try if I dont get drunk first.
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Postby Jimmy Durante » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:27 am

I've used ATI and Nvidia and haven't had issues with either :dunno:

I still remember popping in my first 3DFX card and playing GLQuake for the first time.
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Postby Harrison » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:14 pm

Tacks wrote:it's people who like to post on the internet to say omg look at my penis it's huge


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Postby Aryylas » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:16 pm

<3 Nvidia
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