Do ATI cards run better with AMD?

Hi, I'm new here. I just wanted to ask, would an ATI graphics card run with better visuals with an AMD processor than say with an intel processor of same level? I've noticed that AMD and ATI always seem to be paired with each other because they are the same company but is it also because they get some kind of performance boost when they run together? Same question for Nvidia and Intel.

 

I've been using computers for over 20 years. About 15 years ago I started sticking with AMD powered machines. Over the years, I have run many different video cards, Stealth, Vodoo, and several different ATI and Nvidia cards. It seems to me, that the only real difference in performance is in the price/quality of the individual vdeo card. With 2 machines (1 Intel, 1 AMD) of otherwise equal performance, you would note VERY few differences in the performace of the video card. There ARE programs that are tweaked for either Nvidia or ATI cards, but I don't think it really matters whether they are powered by Intel processors or AMD.

 

I think they don't. Most likely it is matter of graphic card itself. As slpavman said above, there are some games where you can see nVidia logo in intro on the beginning (which would mean that such a games are built to work better on nVidia cards, that is how it it advertised, for example Doom 3 for nVidia, Half Life 2 for ATI and similar), but that is just a marketing trick and means nothing to player. In real work with games particularly it doesn't matter from what manufacturer is your graphics or processor.

 

The only advantage unique to pairing an AMD processor with ATI graphics is a feature called CrossFire that is built into AMD's newest mobile platform (known as "Puma"). In notebooks built off AMD's new Puma platform and processors, the integrated ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3200 and discrete ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3450/3470 can work simultaneously to boost performance. This technology is known as Hybrid CrossFire. AMD systems with the ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3650 don't offer this feature, but the HD 3650 outperforms the HD 3200 and HD 3450 comibined!

All Puma-based systems with dedicated ATI graphics (HD 3450/3470/3650) also have a feature called PowerXpress. It allows the system to seamlessly switch between the integrated HD 3200 and the dedicated ATI graphics card. In theory, when running on battery power the integrated HD 3200 would handle graphics and extend battery life. The dedicated ATI graphics would only kick in when running on AC power or when under heavy graphics load.

The ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3200 is easily the most powerful integrated GPU available. It is only available in AMD-based systems (as is the slightly less powerful ATI Radeon Mobility 3100 used by Toshiba).

The discrete ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3450, HD 3470 and HD 3650 can be paired with AMD or Intel processors. For instance, Dell uses the HD 3450 in the Studio 15 and the HD 3650 in the Studio 17- both Intel-based systems. The only discrete GPUs offered in Intel-based Toshiba Satellite models are the HD 3470 and HD 3650.

To my knowledge, nVIDIA discrete GPUs work just as well with Intel or AMD processors. Prior to the newest generation of HP Pavilions, HP used the nVIDIA GeForce 7150M (and 7000M/6150M before it) as the integrated graphics processor for Pavilions with AMD processors. There were a few Pavilions with AMD Turion X2 processors and low-end nVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS graphics cards, too.

Here's a very informative article detailing the AMD Puma platform and the ATI HD 3000-series graphics- http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4478

 

Other then the already dying hybrid crossfire, I doubt there is any real difference other then on CPU intensive games since Intel chips are slightly more powerful then AMD currently. To compare my Intel penryn last generation chip outperforms my puma which is AMD's current gen chip.

 

fantastic post dude