nVidia or ATI

[Fretzen]

I've always preferred ATI a little more than nVidia and almost every computer I build has an ATI inside. I feel more comfortable working with ATI cards, don't know why. I suppose is this strange loyalty thing.

In my own computer I do exactly the same as Gunslinger and I always choose the one who offers more bang for the buck at the moment. That's why I've had many nVidias and ATIs. Right now I have a 7600GT and have just put an X1950Pro into my brother's PC. I usually choose my cards opening side by side two browser windows, one with my distributor prices and the other one with Tom's Hardware VGA Charts.

I try to avoid on board vga cards even if it's a PC for internet and such. On those cases I prefer to throw in a very cheap ATI or nVidia, even with some shared memory (Hypermemory in ATI or Turbocache in nVidia) because I've always felt they make Windows work much smoother for a very small difference in money.

 

[gunslinger]

The 7600GT just happens to be what i'm using right now. I have had it for about 6 months and have been very happy with it, even though its not really up to the rest of the system i built. I guess thats why I can only score 5.2 on the vista experience index. But if your not a high end hardcore gamer its just fine.

 

[Noodle2732]

I've always used ATI and intend to keep using them mainly because i've never had an ATI card fail on me and theres more software out there to tweak them i.e. ATI Tray tools. Having said that i have a laptop that uses nVidia and i haven't come across any problems/difficulties with it. I also use Omega drivers with customers machines so 99.9% of the time i dont have to search for the right driver with either cards.

So its really just because i like to be able to tweak my settings to how i like them.