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  1. 08-14-2005 11:29 PM #1
    ATI RADEON 8500
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    What is it with nVidia and PC games these days?

    I see so many game recomonding nVidia for their game.. But I have yet seen game recomonding ATI.. Whats up with that?
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    Not sure, but in Linux and Windows I can't use the ATI drivers due to horrific instability. (BSOD/Panic after a few minutes or random locks)
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    Quote Originally Posted by cwin
    Not sure, but in Linux and Windows I can't use the ATI drivers due to horrific instability. (BSOD/Panic after a few minutes or random locks)
    I have that problem with nVidia drivers on my current system. After a certain version (43.xx I think) my system will BSOD at the Welcome screen. I think the issue varies with different hardware and each circumstance will be different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ATI RADEON 8500
    I see so many game recomonding nVidia for their game.. But I have yet seen game recomonding ATI.. Whats up with that?

    Good marketing/PR department on NVidia's part I'd say.
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  5. 08-15-2005 12:19 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by rraehal
    I have that problem with nVidia drivers on my current system. After a certain version (43.xx I think) my system will BSOD at the Welcome screen. I think the issue varies with different hardware and each circumstance will be different.
    How hard can it be to write a decent video card driver?
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    Its all marketing. ATI was a big backer of HL2, but other than that Nvidia dominates the PCgame marketing.
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    It's not like Nvidia gets the endorsement for free. They gotta pay for it.
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    I like both types of cards. I have an ATI in my current system due to the driver issue I experienced. I even tried a few different cards. GF 4 MX 440, GF4 6800, etc..... and ended up with my Radeon 9800.

    I have 2 machines currently running GF 4 MX 440's and neither have an issue. All three systems play the games I want them to. (One system is a little slow with its P2 400).
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    Just had an ATI crash
    The funny thing is, they're exactly the same in windows and linux... either a BSOD/Panic when changing resolution or whatever, or the computer slows down, random hardware starts to stop working, apps stop responding, then the mouse stops moving and the PC speaker goes "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.."

    Happens on 2 computers, one with an Radeon 9700 + P4G8X (known problems), and a laptop with an M10... I've done my best to try and fix it, but now I've accepted that I've either got to live without 3D acceleration or live with crashes

    At least the opensource radeon drivers for X.org are actually 6x faster than the ATI drivers for 2d. Windows without ATI drivers is really slow.
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    hmm... you most likely have other underlying hardware config issues.

    I've never had a problem with ATI ever.

    ironically i had a Nividia GF 4 series that refused to work on any mobo that hand VIA chipset, it only worked after i paired it with a mobo that had Nvidia chipset.

    as soon as i got it working, i sold that piece of ****!
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