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    nVIDIA SLI or ATI Crossfire??

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ahl395, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    I was wondering which one is better, I know that Nvidia is superior, but could this make ATI cach up? No offense to ATI useers, I have heard and had experience with both. Thanks in advance :)
     
    ahl395, Oct 16, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    There the same its more of lack of drivers(for the other) that puts one ahead.
     
    Thomas, Oct 16, 2007
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  3. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    As far as gaming performance goes, NVidia seems to be soundly thrashing ATI, but they both make fine cards.
     
    Eleison, Oct 16, 2007
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  4. somerandomguy

    somerandomguy Notebook Geek

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    Nvidia is superior to ATI, so for that reason i would say SLI
     
    somerandomguy, Oct 16, 2007
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  5. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    well ati is cheaper than nvidia, two 2900xt's cost almost as much as one 8800ultra and they perform better together, if your all about bang for buck ati is much cheaper, but nvidias cards are much better singularly
     
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    somerandomguy Notebook Geek

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    Umm, no-nVIDIA is superior to ATI in performance too, with or without dual cards. ATI cards are cheaper because they are made with less quality.
     
    somerandomguy, Oct 16, 2007
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    odin243, Oct 16, 2007
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  8. narsnail

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    which is what i just said..
     
    narsnail, Oct 16, 2007
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  9. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    no, everyone is wrong, everyone.

    Nvidia is only in the lead because ATI has been working on completely redesigning the video card altogether, and we should see this by mid 2008.
    ATI has always been in the lead in quality, performance, and value. I think the only reason that they're losing the R600vsG80 race is because they didn't put all their efforts into it.

    I believe that ATI will make a comeback and lead the video cards for 2008, and even more so since they have AMD's bigger budget and knowleadge of CPU's backing them.
     
    unknown555525, Oct 16, 2007
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  10. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    i dont care if you believe that, but were talking about now, and now ati's cards are inferior to Nvidias. I also agree in that they have been very low and stealthy lately and must be working on something.
     
    narsnail, Oct 16, 2007
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  11. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    I'm sorry, but unless you work for ATI, there's no way you could no that, and even if you did, you'd almost certainly be under NDA. We're talking about their relative performance and value now, as it's impossible to guess what will happen in the future.
     
    odin243, Oct 17, 2007
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  12. ahl395

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    Well, thanks for the replies!
     
    ahl395, Oct 17, 2007
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