[bergman2]

ditto ... i've never had a problem with nvidia drivers through all of the various cards & OS's i've been through ... and that's going from geforce 4 --> gtx285 and win 98 -->7rc1

 

[K3cT]

I cannot live without CAD, MatLAB, Microsoft Office and Foobar.

 

[Carlos Holmes]

Well I never tried Ubuntu. Right now i am using Window and previously i used Suse. Well, if your using latest version of Ubuntu, maybe you need to upgrade memory and processor as well HDD to cope up with your recent system.

 

[RagingForces]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RicHSAD /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'll take Nvidia's drivers over ATI's anyday. Game profiles + proper game support at release.

I am quite the Nvidia fan, and am running a GTX280 at the moment. I would have to disagree with this post however. ATI's drivers from the 4800 series and especially this new 5800 series are bedrock solid. There is no disputing ATI's ability to put out a solid driver release.

If we're talking pre 4800 series graphics cards, then yes it was quite obvious Nvidia had the ability to hand ATI their arse on a silver platter when it came time to put out unified drivers, though to say ATI is still behind is lacking modern experience.

 

[ChopTart]

Quote:

Originally Posted by K3cT /img/forum/go_quote.gif I cannot live without CAD, MatLAB, Microsoft Office and Foobar.

+1

Those programs are huge for me as well.

Windows 7 has been wonderful so far, IMO.

 

[MoSXS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RagingForces /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am quite the Nvidia fan, and am running a GTX280 at the moment. I would have to disagree with this post however. ATI's drivers from the 4800 series and especially this new 5800 series are bedrock solid. There is no disputing ATI's ability to put out a solid driver release.

I've tried a dozen or so ATI cards over the last 10 years and I've never had a good experience with their drivers. I've heard it over and over again that people proclaim that ATI finally fixed their driver releases and they're finally good. But I've never been able to experience that. Everything from disappearing textures in games to no roads in RenderWare based GTA games.

I've been using nvidia cards since almost the beginning. I had an original RivaTNT and the original Windows 98. I remember their very first "Detonator" driver release. Every official release from nvidia (not leaked betas) has been rock solid. Even the GeForce 8 in my PC and the 9400M in my MacBook both have more solid drivers than any ATI card I've ever used.

ATI/AMD will basically have to walk on water before I can believe they have finally released a good driver for their GPUs.

 

[iriverdude]

No problems with ATI videocard or drivers. Played GTA series on ATI no disappearing textures.

 

[ChopTart]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoSXS /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've tried a dozen or so ATI cards over the last 10 years and I've never had a good experience with their drivers. I've heard it over and over again that people proclaim that ATI finally fixed their driver releases and they're finally good. But I've never been able to experience that. Everything from disappearing textures in games to no roads in RenderWare based GTA games. I've been using nvidia cards since almost the beginning. I had an original RivaTNT and the original Windows 98. I remember their very first "Detonator" driver release. Every official release from nvidia (not leaked betas) has been rock solid. Even the GeForce 8 in my PC and the 9400M in my MacBook both have more solid drivers than any ATI card I've ever used. ATI/AMD will basically have to walk on water before I can believe they have finally released a good driver for their GPUs.

I've been using ATI since the 9600 radeons, and I haven't really had a hitch. I must admit the interface was god-awful back then, but their new Catalyst-Control-Center is pretty nice. I always keep it open next to my Xonar Control Center for easy tweaking

 

[RicHSAD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RagingForces /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am quite the Nvidia fan, and am running a GTX280 at the moment. I would have to disagree with this post however. ATI's drivers from the 4800 series and especially this new 5800 series are bedrock solid. There is no disputing ATI's ability to put out a solid driver release. If we're talking pre 4800 series graphics cards, then yes it was quite obvious Nvidia had the ability to hand ATI their arse on a silver platter when it came time to put out unified drivers, though to say ATI is still behind is lacking modern experience.

I have a 4870. ATI's drivers are inferior to Nvidia's. First, they don't support proper game profiles. Second, half of the new games don't work properly and you have to rename the exe to something else to get optimal performance. Their driver interface has always been terrible too. The worst is that actually "updated" the interface recently and only made it worse than it was. They also lack physx support, but this isn't exactly their fault. This is really a shame because aside from these issues, their drivers are pretty good and the hardware is great.

Unless Nvidia really drops the ball with their next card, I am definitely not getting an ATI card next.

 

[gkl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RicHSAD /img/forum/go_quote.gif Second, half of the new games don't work properly and you have to rename the exe to something else to get optimal performance.

Could you please give some examples?

 

[taiyoyuden]

To answer the stupid question that is the thread title, Windows can do it all. I really wonder why this thread exists.

 

[doctorcilantro]

J. River MC14....iTunes is a JOKE.

 

[RicHSAD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Could you please give some examples?

Shift supposedly works better when you rename the exe to grid.exe. When Bioshock was released, ATI users has to rename the exe to UT3.exe to get AA to work. There are other examples, but I can't be bothered to remember.

 

[gkl]

^That sounds quite ridiculous but I'll check that out.

 

[MikoLayer]

While ATI's .net based UI is a bit slower to load, I think it's a bit moot point since I would be using a third party tool (ATT, AT, powerstrip, rivatuner, etc) to tweak the settings that can't be configured in-game anyway.

Personally, I have not had major issues with either NV (in my secondary box) or ATi (main box) cards (maybe clean driver installs with driver sweeper helps?) other than enforcing high enough refresh rate on my CRTs - a problem that has existed for both camps, but I suppose statistics like these exist for a reason.
I guess there is no need to go over the whole Batman AA/TWIMBP fiasco eidos and NV are getting battered about.