ati or nvidia

[dtr44]

hi all
i'm about to upgrade my graphic card [have £100 ]so had a look on net can get a saphire x6150 512mb AGP[yup my pc is old ]for £85 [reviews seem ok] i run a nvidia card the now [128 mb] will the new card slot in without any problems ?
read somewhere about chipsets but didnt understand it [thought the whole lot got replaced when u replaced the graphic card ]any help would be appreciated

[tomd84]

hi all
i'm about to upgrade my graphic card [have £100 ]so had a look on net can get a saphire x6150 512mb AGP[yup my pc is old ]for £85 [reviews seem ok] i run a nvidia card the now [128 mb] will the new card slot in without any problems ?
read somewhere about chipsets but didnt understand it [thought the whole lot got replaced when u replaced the graphic card ]any help would be appreciated

I allways go for nvidia for one main reason, ATI's have a problem with the TV output on most of there graphics cards meaning you get wavey lines across the picture! The only reason i got for Nvidia is beucase i use my computers to playback videos though the telly, so it really depends what you use your computer for!

[NewsreadeR]

ATI all the way for me

[jb51053]

ATI all the way here too.
I brought a cheap nvidia card when my old ATI card died.
The nvidia card worked fine under XP, but with Vista its complete cr@p, crashes frequently when playing any type of game, apparently its quite common hehe

I'll be going back to ATI ASAP!!!

[iannufc]

NVidia here.

I've came across conflicts with certain chipsets and ATI cards, and I've never had a pick of trouble with NVidia.

I also think the images are sharper, which helps...

[dtr44]

cheers guy's will think about it overnite [seems about 50/50 at the moment ]the nvidia card seem a lot dearer [my old one has run fine for 2 years with no probs [just a bit laggy on games ]

[SatDish]

Nah ive had nvidia cards in the past and allthough good not quite up to the job
ATI for me

[NewsreadeR]

We should do a poll

[iannufc]

Can I vote for NVidia in advance?

[yodasarmpit]

ATI all the way here too.
I brought a cheap nvidia card when my old ATI card died.
The nvidia card worked fine under XP, but with Vista its complete cr@p, crashes frequently when playing any type of game, apparently its quite common hehe

I'll be going back to ATI ASAP!!!

Nvidia have been slow to release new drivers for Vista, except for the 8800 series.
New drivers have been promised soon bit-tech.net | NVIDIA assures better Vista drivers soon so hopefully things will be back to normal.

TBH.both ATI and Nvidia provide comparable cards, my personal preference has always been Nvidia because of their excellent driver support as compared to ATI, that was until Vista was released.