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# just been on /talk
it looks like this:


quick question: ATI or Nvidia?

edit: edited so the /talk pedants don't blow a blood vessel because i missed out a forward slash
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:30, archived)
# Nvatidia!!
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:33, archived)
# thanks
that was a /talk style response
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:34, archived)
# I avoid talk, they frighten me.
Typically though I have had irritating little probs with ATI so probably nvidia.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:36, archived)
# i used to go with ATI
and had loads of trouble. now i've got an nVidia mobo and graphics card and it runs like a dream.
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:36, archived)
# so far,
Nvidia three, ATI nil.

and lots of stupid shit from that other place

edit: i seem to recall having problems with ATI drivers as well
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:37, archived)
# It actually doesn't really matter.
The two companies are really quite evenly matched. It's not like AMD and Intel where one side is steamrolling the other.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:42, archived)
# ATI = AMD
Sort of, and AMD may already have binned ATI.
For some reason ATI only hires idiots. NV on
the other hand is filled with idiots from top down.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:45, archived)
# I KNOW
but i'm talking graphics cards. AMD is doing pretty bad at processors at the moment, but AMD/ATi is doing fine with graphics cards
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:46, archived)
# ATI hardware(not oem) post Rage has been good, yes.
Drivers, however, have not been good since before that time (2000ish?).
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:49, archived)
# thanks
nvidia it is then....

www.ebuyer.com/product/150605/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended
looks interesting...anyone understand any of it?

and yes, about forty quid is the extent of my post-christmas budget
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:49, archived)
# Well, what are you using it for?
If it's for (new) video games, then it's not a good card to buy. But everything else should be fine.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:51, archived)
# mostly not games
the games i do play aren't graphics-heavy.
CAD, video editing, and being able to play HD stuff through my pc because it's cheaper than a HD-DVD player...my new hardware is up to it, but it came with a hole where the graphics card should be...
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:55, archived)
# yeah, should be fine then
really there's no way to know exactly how your card is going to work out in your computer, but getting a balance of people's opinions is a good way to go about it i guess.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:01, archived)
# buggrit
that PNY card needs a 350w psu...

i only have 275w lump

fucking stupid dell shit, why stick a dual-core chip in a box with not enough power?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:03, archived)
# haha
because you bought a dell, that's why :(
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:05, archived)
# i was blinded by the gigs
and forgot the watt?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:07, archived)
# you watt?
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 11:55, archived)
# the sack of shit pc i just junked
has a 400w psu...

and it won't fit in this slim case
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:06, archived)
# For some reason I have been mentally associating Nvidia more with OpenGL and ATI more with DirectX
but I can no longer remember why and am probably just wrong.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:10, archived)
# both are supported
like tits in a tech bra
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:12, archived)
# Well yes, but I think maybe NVidia were earlier supporters of OGL.
Or that might just have been my imagination. But it made me like them more, anyway.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:14, archived)
# a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
i used to use ATI and it was good and so i stuck to them, but in recent years the driver updates (and shitty software they try and bundle with them) just cause loads of problems. I bought the cards for gaming and to be fair the graphics looked great...for the 20 seconds or so before it would crash.
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:47, archived)
# Yeah, I know what you mean. I hate the catalyst control center. That's why I tend to just download the basic drivers and use Ray Adams's tray tools.
But there are similar stories on both sides - for instance, my 8800 GTS was terrible at running Source games for some reason, always crashing, and I never found drivers that worked properly with every game.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:49, archived)
# *remembers*
i bought an ATI card shortly after half life 2 came out because a) valve supposedly developed hl2 with ATI to make it super good and b) i'm a bit of a valve fanboy so wanted hl2 to look good when i played it so i thought getting an ATI would be a good move.

this was not the case
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:53, archived)
# The talk board upsets me a bit.
Every so often, I go on there and post a thread to the tune of: "You're a bunch of worthless cunts and I don't know why you bother", and the sods proceed to say nasty things to me!
Honestly!
Don't know why I bother.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 2:40, archived)
# Because you touch yourself at night.
(I helped save b3ta! Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:05, archived)
# No.
Having spent all day touching myself, I'm simply too exhausted to do it at night. I do this b3ta thang instead.
So I'm looking you straight in the eye, exhausted from touching myself, asking: "____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __?"
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:22, archived)
# /talk
(I helped save b3ta! Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:04, archived)
# why do you bother?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:12, archived)
# Personally, I can't photoshop to save my life.
The real question is why do you fear that which is different to you?
(I helped save b3ta! Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:19, archived)
# neither can i, but i do it anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:21, archived)
# ditto
plus i like conversations that stay roughly within the confines of the theme of that conversation.

now, piss off and make yourself some cheese on toast
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:22, archived)
# and it's not fear
more like mild irritation
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:24, archived)
# probably soup time, ashally.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:26, archived)
# RIS?
nvm...
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:30, archived)
# instead of cheese on toats, i'm eating soup.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:48, archived)
# o right.
i'm eating fags at the moment.
(did that make me sound gay?)
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:53, archived)
# no, it just makes you sound like you probably smell awful.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:59, archived)
# yes
and i smell of cigarette smoke.
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 4:03, archived)
# we'll never be sure of the true anatomy until we dissect them all.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:12, archived)
# by dissect
i assume you mean eradicate?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:14, archived)
# no, i mean cut into bits and examine.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:16, archived)
# by examine
i assume you mean 'stuff into bin bags and deposit on wasteground behind the five-a-side pitches'?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:18, archived)
# well, yes.
but that's what i want for all humans.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:20, archived)
# ATI?
I am having trouble determining why my 750MHz PIII slows down when I run SpybotS&D
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:22, archived)
# i think maybe
you answered your own question
my old AMD K6-2 used to slow down if my kids were playing football outside
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:28, archived)
# hahhahhhhahha
as above.
k6 (still runs one)
(I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:39, archived)
# still got my old machine
i'm gonna strip it out and use it as a fileserver as it's got a mahoosive hdd. and i'll re-use the fans to cool the xbox and it's two red lights.

yes i said fans. three of em (it was o-c'd by about 30%). i had to play death metal really loud to drown out the noise.
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:52, archived)
#
get really big ones - they are usually quieter
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:58, archived)
# hey guys im watching batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:32, archived)
# which one?
i'm sort of watching MTV dance
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:33, archived)
# I've just watched Vertigo.
And hey! I'm cleaning my bathroom bowl!
(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:36, archived)
# my software got a boner!!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! d d, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:36, archived)
#
don't you need HARDware for that?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:42, archived)
# wwwwooooooOOOOOAAAAAAAH
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:37, archived)
# also: sexual health public information adverts
if you believe them, it's okay to be a binge-drinking slut, pick up a random bloke and take him home to play hide the sausage, as long as you use a rubber.
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:46, archived)
# is he doing anything interesting?
whenever it's my turn to watch him he just picks his nose and pretends he's chatting up sexy people online while really playing minesweeper.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:50, archived)
# They know how to party in there....
www.b3ta.com/talk/5779509
(I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:43, archived)
# there's more
www.b3ta.com/talk/5779509
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:58, archived)
# HORRIBLE BULLY
(I helped save b3ta! Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:44, archived)
# 'scuse me?
surely you mean 'tea-tray flapjack manifold overhang shark fin tremolo pushcart'?
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 3:56, archived)
# lolrandom
lol

random
(I helped save b3ta! Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 4:04, archived)
# Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds
(I helped save b3ta! Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 4:02, archived)
#
at least you're consistent
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 4:04, archived)
# repartee ladies and gentlemen, right here on /board
(I helped save b3ta! Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 4:06, archived)