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# 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)