blazingrig
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2006
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Ok, first off I have never owned an ATI card. I was initially waiting for the 8800gt, but due to these stock issues and price gouging I can't wait any longer. More so, I will put up my7900GTX on ebay to offset the price of my new card, so when it's gone it's gone, I don't want to be without a card and I know that If I stick with the 8800GT this might be the issue since stocks are unreliable and unpredictable. I saw this 3870 today, and ATI seems to have enough stocks, add to the the fact the card is priced a little cheaper and performs quite well. I have some questions for you ATI people though.
First off, from my experience I've never had any issues with nvidias distributers ie, EVGA, BFG, XFX etc. They have top notch service and support. Especially evga. Since I am going with an ATI card which manufacturer do you guys think is on par with EVGA, BFG?
The only ATI distrubuters I know of are HIS and Diamond, which can I place my trust in? are their support as good as their nvidia counterparts?
Second off I have heard things about ATI drivers, I have no experience with them. Are they very different, as far as options and the control panel, compared to nvidias drivers? I know my nvidia drivers have 2 startup programs added to the registry, and I like to keep that at a minimum. I've heard people say the ATI drivers add alot of startup programs and/or runtimes which take up alot of memory.
Those are my main concerns. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks
First off, from my experience I've never had any issues with nvidias distributers ie, EVGA, BFG, XFX etc. They have top notch service and support. Especially evga. Since I am going with an ATI card which manufacturer do you guys think is on par with EVGA, BFG?
The only ATI distrubuters I know of are HIS and Diamond, which can I place my trust in? are their support as good as their nvidia counterparts?
Second off I have heard things about ATI drivers, I have no experience with them. Are they very different, as far as options and the control panel, compared to nvidias drivers? I know my nvidia drivers have 2 startup programs added to the registry, and I like to keep that at a minimum. I've heard people say the ATI drivers add alot of startup programs and/or runtimes which take up alot of memory.
Those are my main concerns. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks