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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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PC Geeks: ATI vs nVidia

I need to get a nice video card for my PC im building. I currently have an ATI, and its been great (for like 3 yrs). The day before I got the ATI, i got a Nvidia geforce....it locked up my system so I gave it away and went with ATI....but Im willing to give nvidia another chance. What do guys say?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 12:32 AM
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I've always run ati cards. just watch out the control panel will run in the backgroundeating up precious speed in certain apps (gaming mainly).heard that lock-up thing from a few people. ati seems to run much better, never heard of a lock-up problem with them.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 12:45 AM
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oh yea...those pesky ATI panels.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 12:53 AM
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I used to run TRIDENT cards, but once the ATI cards came around I've used them almost exclusively. The seem to run faster than a comparable Nvidia.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 01:14 AM
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I ran ATI for the longest time. My biggest switch factor was the ease of support for Nvidia under linux. Also on my machine at least, nvidia seems to offer a little better performance than ATI.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 01:14 AM
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Nvidia. 6800 series rocked. 7800 series is thus far unchallenged until today. You can get a 7800GTX (top of the line) for 450 while the bottom of the line X1800XL is more than that.

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