The purpose of this thread is to debate between two brands, products, or topics pertaining to technology. I am going to change this periodically if the thread is popular, to keep it fresh. Because of this, make it obvious which two things you are debating. The purpose of this is not only to have people let off steam and share their opinions about different products, but also help consumers here looking to buy new stuff decide what to buy. Just discuss the ups and downs of each product, and why you pick this one over the other.
ATI, haven't had a problem with drivers in 5 years, so I am lead to believe driver problems are mostly PEBKAC.
As of today and probably the next few months, (if not after) They have the most powerful single gpu card in the world.
They are usually price/performance, which makes them a better choice for me.
I'm using a 6850 now, and I love it. Pretty much all of my games can either be on high settings or maxed out at a good, 30+ framerate, and it was a pretty dang good price for the card. I've never had driver trouble (although i've only had the puter since Christmas), and it helps my gaming rig be a freaking awesome one. Look at my siggy for the specs.
AMD on the other hand has the current fastest single GPU.
AMD APU putting a good graphics chip with a ok CPU is doing good for them.
AMD also makes the Xbox 360 and 720 graphics chips and the Wii.
Nvidia
Actually has linux drivers that work.
The fermi arch is better at GPGPU computation then the VLIW4 arch. Tho GCN is a good compepitor but only 1 AMD card uses it atm.
Cuda but its being replaced by openCL for GPGPU computing.
Makes the GPU in the PS3.
I still have an ATI EGA Wonder. I think I used it for a day before swapping out for my Trident 8900c. I think my logic at the time was that it reminded me of the chewing gum. I never said it was sound logic. But it worked out because the 8900c was loads better and newer anyway. Needless to say Trident isn't exactly one of the big Video card vendors. I think they went belly-up quite a while ago, or got merged or something. Possibly with Wrigleys.
As for nowadays, I don't follow them. I'm not in the market for a graphics card so I really don't give a **** about them. I have found ATI's experience with drivers less than satisfactory, though I think they fixed the issue where it couldn't install until you forced the machine to boot using the "Standard PCI Graphics adapter Driver".
There's already a "Best Linux" thread somewhere here, and the point of this was to compare and contrast a small number of topics, not a million trillion different distros.
I'd have to say that Debian is better if you like to have a stable machine, and still want to mess about. Fedora is already very bleeding edge, which is good, for some people.
I personally like Debian, apt-get is teh win!
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Debian vs Fedora
As for the topic, whatever gives best price:performance at the time since they usually swap places every other card.
Though I prefer Nvidia's driver support and the fact that many older games I have simply refuse to work on AMD/ATi cards.
As of today and probably the next few months, (if not after) They have the most powerful single gpu card in the world.
They are usually price/performance, which makes them a better choice for me.
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Curse PremiumAMD on the other hand has the current fastest single GPU.
AMD APU putting a good graphics chip with a ok CPU is doing good for them.
AMD also makes the Xbox 360 and 720 graphics chips and the Wii.
Nvidia
Actually has linux drivers that work.
The fermi arch is better at GPGPU computation then the VLIW4 arch. Tho GCN is a good compepitor but only 1 AMD card uses it atm.
Cuda but its being replaced by openCL for GPGPU computing.
Makes the GPU in the PS3.
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Curse PremiumAs for nowadays, I don't follow them. I'm not in the market for a graphics card so I really don't give a **** about them. I have found ATI's experience with drivers less than satisfactory, though I think they fixed the issue where it couldn't install until you forced the machine to boot using the "Standard PCI Graphics adapter Driver".
There's already a "Best Linux" thread somewhere here, and the point of this was to compare and contrast a small number of topics, not a million trillion different distros.
That's like comparing 2000 to XP.
They're pretty much the same, but different.
Though Debian is probably better for server-side tasks and Fedora is more of a desktop/laptop/workstation deal.
I personally like Debian, apt-get is teh win!