ATI or Nvidia
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ATI or Nvidia
My Alienware computer has had an ATI Radeon 8500 256 in it for 5 or 6 years now. I have been running it overclocked since the day I installed it, and it is finally giving out. The hard part is finding a decent AGP card. So here are my two choices I have been looking at.
Nvidia
FRYS.com*|*EVGA
ATI
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1203815723741
Thoughts?
Nvidia
FRYS.com*|*EVGA
ATI
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1203815723741
Thoughts?
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I been running Nvidia for years on my personal computer without any issues. Also my college ran Nvidia on the 150+ computers without a problem. Now my current company runs them in all the 50 workstation/gaming stations and on the 20 game testing computers.
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HD2400 for $109??????
i just bought a HD4830 for $89 shipped. plus there's a $15 mail in rebate.
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
i just bought a HD4830 for $89 shipped. plus there's a $15 mail in rebate.
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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My Vote is for Nvidia. Ever since I got an Nvidia after exclusively using ATI forever I never looked back.
My vote:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
My vote:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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My Vote is for Nvidia. Ever since I got an Nvidia after exclusively using ATI forever I never looked back.
My vote:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
My vote:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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Another vote for ATI. I have always run ATI cards and have never had problems. I am about to build another gaming machine and was thinking I would go Intel and nVidia this time around since I have used only AMD and ATI on my last few machines. Just thinking though, I have never had any problems with either, so why change. Only down side to ATI is the crossfire motherboards are harder to find than SLI's. The AGP will really hold you back though. A ton of PCIe cards out there with really high specs for really low cost.
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Every time I build a computer I check pricewatch.com for whoever has the best deals on parts. It looks like you have several more options if you want them.
AGP 512mb Video Cards on Pricewatch
And those are just the AGP 512's.
I'm running ATI without incident. It is hard to love a video card, but easy to hate one.
AGP 512mb Video Cards on Pricewatch
And those are just the AGP 512's.
I'm running ATI without incident. It is hard to love a video card, but easy to hate one.
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What's the computer for?
You say you've overclocked the previous card, so I can only assume gaming.
What kind of motherboard do you have? If you're still on AGP, does this mean you are still also on IDE?
As far as card manufacturers go, I've had both Nvidia and ATI, and they have both worked flawlessly (except for RMAing an old 7800gtx like 3 times, but it was XFX's fault, not Nvidia). The drivers, however, can be a bitch. This goes for both of them.
You say you've overclocked the previous card, so I can only assume gaming.
What kind of motherboard do you have? If you're still on AGP, does this mean you are still also on IDE?
As far as card manufacturers go, I've had both Nvidia and ATI, and they have both worked flawlessly (except for RMAing an old 7800gtx like 3 times, but it was XFX's fault, not Nvidia). The drivers, however, can be a bitch. This goes for both of them.