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I'm using an Intel/ATI system. Never had a single issue. What you are talking about is a common misconception. I've seen just as many issues with Intel/nVidia systems as Intel/ATi and all other combinations.Thanks, but I refuse to go ATI. I like consistency for my machine. I always liked NVidia cards, but my old machine had an AMD-centric processor, and we all know AMD's prefer ATI, and Intel prefers NVidia, so I went for a fully Intel/NVidia system.
Ha. Video card naming schemes are designed to be confusing so that people looking to buy end up buying a Dell. You shouldn't pick nVidia just because you have a bias for them (that's what ads are meant to do: create a subconscious bias that you may not be able to explain). And before you accuse me of being an ATi fanboy, if nVidias GTX480 wasn't so expensive compared to a 5870, I would have bought two.That synergy is wasted as soon as I choose an old (and red) ATI card. Besides, I'm too used to the GeForce hierarchy than the ATI one. I know what an 8800GT is, but I couldn't tell you what an "HD5850" was. No thanks, so over Radeons...
Can't blame him though. I would rather stick with nVidia myself as well. Although the new 5870 seems really nice and 50 euro cheaper than the GTX 285M (I'm talking about laptop cards here, I work mostly on laptops nowadays), still, I know from experience that ATI cards [in laptops] tend to overheat faster (then again, this might be the cooling system in the laptop, rather than the card itself) and nVidia's support is far better. Many good Beta drivers are constantly being released, in addition to the DoX optimised drivers for laptops.I think your post is hilarious j-dude.
I'm using an Intel/ATI system. Never had a single issue. What you are talking about is a common misconception. I've seen just as many issues with Intel/nVidia systems as Intel/ATi and all other combinations.
Ha. Video card naming schemes are designed to be confusing so that people looking to buy end up buying a Dell. You shouldn't pick nVidia just because you have a bias for them (that's what ads are meant to do: create a subconscious bias that you may not be able to explain). And before you accuse me of being an ATi fanboy, if nVidias GTX480 wasn't so expensive compared to a 5870, I would have bought two.
Like...70% of all ATI's that are in laptops (pre 5XXX series, I haven't heard much about the new ones), are overheating. From what I've seen, most of ATI's cards tend to overheat. nVidia just made a mistake once, by releasing a crappy driver they shouldn't have released in the first place. They pulled the driver back in less than a day. ATI on the other hand, consistently releases drivers that do nothing against the many overheating issues they have. Your argument makes absolutely no sense here. nVidia made a one-time mistake, ATI does it constantly.When ATI does it, it's habit. When Nvidia does it, it's an accident that's "fixed immediately", eh?
I've had 3 ATi cards, 2 desktop, 1 laptop. 0 issues so far. I've also had 2 nVidia cards. Also 0 issues.Like...70% of all ATI's that are in laptops (pre 5XXX series, I haven't heard much about the new ones), are overheating. From what I've seen, most of ATI's cards tend to overheat. nVidia just made a mistake once, by releasing a crappy driver they shouldn't have released in the first place. They pulled the driver back in less than a day. ATI on the other hand, consistently releases drivers that do nothing against the many overheating issues they have. Your argument makes absolutely no sense here. nVidia made a one-time mistake, ATI does it constantly.
I've had a couple of ATI's that overheated. I see people running around with ATI powered laptops on school, which blow out enooooorrrmously hot air. So I thought, let's run a temperature app on those laptops. ATI's: idling at 68 degrees Celsius. That's hot. Very hot.I've had 3 ATi cards, 2 desktop, 1 laptop. 0 issues so far. I've also had 2 nVidia cards. Also 0 issues.
Point is, one person starts spreading his analysis around. People who don't follow tech sites closely start repeating it and exaggerating it until it's blown out of proportion.