Card Upgrade??

Post by **M60 Ho** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:19 pm

Hi
looking to go from gtx 280 to 480,is it worth it??

gus

Post by **M60 Ho** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:41 pm

M60 Ho wrote: Hi
looking to go from gtx 280 to 480,is it worth it??

gus

revised question..i got Â£300 what card would you get??

Post by **Nellyboy** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:28 pm

My pennysworth. I have been let down less by ati (amd) than nvidia over the years. Loving my asus 5850, rock solid.

Post by **Thane** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:28 pm

tbh it doesnt look like you need an upgrade atm

Post by **M60 Ho** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:12 pm

Thane wrote: tbh it doesnt look like you need an upgrade atm

Took the plunge and ordered
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

thanks nelly i'm long time Nvidia user that you have converted

gus

Post by **Nellyboy** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:11 am

Yeh I was an nvidia big fan until bfg dicked me around with paying for postage twice so I threw it in the bin and went over to the other side.

Post by **M60 Ho** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:36 am

Nellyboy wrote: Yeh I was an nvidia big fan until bfg dicked me around with paying for postage twice so I threw it in the bin and went over to the other side.

strange nelly i was a big ATi user,wouldn't buy anything else.think it was a 8800 gtx that i bought and since then have only used Nvidia,now i'm looking forward to trying this Ati card,extra couple of quid and i got the xtreme version ..should be good.

gus

Post by **Claw** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:13 am

Nvidia have always been rock solid for me, but this time I had an offer I felt I couldn't refuse and went for an ATI.

One historical issue ATI's have been known for is their driver issues. I've been a Linux user for many years, and for much of that time ATI just haven't wanted to acknowledge the superiority of Linux as an OS over Windows and thus haven't supported it. Things have improved which is why I was okay about getting an ATI card.

Nvidia have been quite OS friendly and I can't remember ever having a driver issue with them in either Windows or Linux.

So, when it comes to my next card I will be going back to Nvidia.

Post by **Trig** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:01 am

ATi user here, have been for ages, iirc my last Nv card was one of the original Geforce DDR cards a long long time ago, back in the day when I could afford to spend Â£250 every 2 years on a graphics card

Post by **Legthigh** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:28 pm

Used both over the years, currently lean towards Nvidia simply out of personal preference for their drivers.

Had a couple of ATI cards die on me in the past but they were damn old at the time, and RMA'd two GTX470's in the last month which was no doubt just a faulty batch.

Currently running a Gigabyte GTX480 with no problems so far.

I'd happily go with either, never really understood the graphics card fanboyism.