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Detor · 05-07-2009, 09:40 PM

Ilmarinen@Lucan DLere wrote:

Detor wrote:
Keep in mind nVidia took the 9800GTX+ made it slightly faster, draw a little less power, and run a little cooler then renamed it the nVidia Geforce GTS250. Basically it's just the 9800GTX+ on a 55nm process.
Is that a good or a bad thing?
And does ATI really make better cards these days? My current video card is an ATI, and I loathe it. I had to exchange it about six times to get one that didn't hiss constantly due to some weird problem with the capacitors (this one still hisses under load). It has never performed as well as I would have liked, and it has serious issues with graphics glitches -- bits of objects extending across the screen, pieces of scenery turning into huge sheets that cover half the screen, and so forth.

Well, I just know I had a TON of problems with my last nVidia card - I had to have it RMA'd multiple times and there were many internet articles written about the excessive number of failures nVidia was having with the 8800GT(S)s. My next one will definately be an ATI one because of the hardware problems nVidia seems to have. (really, same graphical problems as you, only with my nVidia cards the problem would get worse and worse until the card just stopped functioning altogether)

Here's a good deal on one:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showth...t=1333729

$86 for a 4850 512MB. That's ATI's counterpart to the nVidia GTS250.

Here's a review comparing the Radeon HD4850 to the Geforce GTS250

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...adeon,2274.html

05-07-2009, 09:40 PM
Detor Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,198	Ilmarinen@Lucan DLere wrote: Detor wrote: Keep in mind nVidia took the 9800GTX+ made it slightly faster, draw a little less power, and run a little cooler then renamed it the nVidia Geforce GTS250. Basically it's just the 9800GTX+ on a 55nm process. Is that a good or a bad thing? And does ATI really make better cards these days? My current video card is an ATI, and I loathe it. I had to exchange it about six times to get one that didn't hiss constantly due to some weird problem with the capacitors (this one still hisses under load). It has never performed as well as I would have liked, and it has serious issues with graphics glitches -- bits of objects extending across the screen, pieces of scenery turning into huge sheets that cover half the screen, and so forth. Well, I just know I had a TON of problems with my last nVidia card - I had to have it RMA'd multiple times and there were many internet articles written about the excessive number of failures nVidia was having with the 8800GT(S)s. My next one will definately be an ATI one because of the hardware problems nVidia seems to have. (really, same graphical problems as you, only with my nVidia cards the problem would get worse and worse until the card just stopped functioning altogether) Here's a good deal on one: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showth...t=1333729 $86 for a 4850 512MB. That's ATI's counterpart to the nVidia GTS250. Here's a review comparing the Radeon HD4850 to the Geforce GTS250 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...adeon,2274.html __________________ Comcast (SMC D3G-BIZ) & Verizon Cellphone (Droid Charge)