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SnatcH
2003-07-10, 07:57 AM
I know i have made a thread similar but i need to know where you guys stand. Which one would be better for PLANETSIDE, and other games in the future (Half-Life2, Doom3, etc.)

MilitantB0B
2003-07-10, 09:57 AM
I dig on Nvidea, had nothing but good luck with 'em. :D

Strygun
2003-07-10, 09:58 AM
I've always gone with ATI. They have very trustworthy cards, and usually out perform nVidia.

Onizuka
2003-07-10, 10:27 AM
NOW they are outperforming nvidia, a while ago..... no.

see ps supports nvidia so generally they are going to work better with ps. however id still pick a 9800 under these circumstances.

PR24
2003-07-10, 10:36 AM
I am still clueless on why you insist on wasting your money.

Get the 9800 PRO with 128 mb or ram and save yourself $100.00

Games are not going to take advantage og those $500.00 cards its a waste of money.

SnatcH
2003-07-11, 01:59 AM
Generally I was trying to see what company to go with, but im probably going to do what you suggested

Airlift
2003-07-11, 08:43 AM
There are still occasional lockups in planetside with Radeon cards. With the latest drivers on a fresh install, I have a system lockup about once every 3 days or something. Before I fought with my system, my machine w/ 9700 Pro was requiring a hard reboot about once every hour.

PR24
2003-07-11, 09:05 AM
I lock ups are due to bad patches the SOE releases.

I have a 9700 pro and lock up once in a blue moon. However SOE makes some of the worst patches I have ever seen for making a game unstable, stable, unstable ect.

SnatcH
2003-07-11, 09:46 AM
so go with the Radeon 9700 or the Geforce?

MrVulcan
2003-07-11, 02:22 PM
Ah, let the 2nd greatist desputed computer topic commence once again I see :lol: *1st is AMD vs Pent*

RADEON has caused me and many I know great pain and sufereing (does not play several games)

Nvidia has given me no problems and runs great, so ill keep using them until that changes

**sure, IF the radeon works, you can get a slight preformance edge over nvidia, but I have seen too many games not work to go for that, thanks ;) **

Moclov1
2003-07-11, 02:34 PM
I would go with the Radeon. I have 3 diff type of radeons is 3 comps and they all run PS great! Nvidia is still a great card but if I were you I wouldn't go with the FX series of Geforce! I have heard NOTHING but problems with them. FX series are not directly developed by Nvidia. They are an off company who makes them. Here is something I heard so this is hearsay but guildmate said he called the people who make the FX card and said he gets a lot of chop in PS and said his old Geforce 64mb card worked better and they actually agreed with him.

Hamma
2003-07-11, 02:56 PM
This is like asking "AMD or INTEL" or "Republican or Democrat" there are no winners.

I "prefer" ATI :p

Biohazzard56
2003-07-11, 03:07 PM
the benchmarks dont lie Radeon 9800 Pro, ATi has good drivers now

Navaron
2003-07-11, 03:44 PM
Dude, Republican all the way. There's no contest.

I'm with ATI for bang for the buck however.