ATI --> Nvidia ?

[Dicehunter]

Ok my friend said why dont we swap graphics cards for a week to see if what the difference is, now i gave him my 4870X2 and he gave me his EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1024MB SSC Edition GDDR3, now he asked me weather we wanted to make the trade permanent, he likes the 4870x2 and i think the gtx280 is ok but im unsure, should i go for it ???

 

[Dicehunter]

good point, ill get it back tomorrow, thank you

 

[Dicehunter]

Well got my 4870x2 back and never ever doing trades again, hes off my xmas card list

 

[Dicehunter]

Was this whole thread some lamely disguised nvidia bashing exercise? Strange, though admittedly vaguely imaginative way of doing it

Nope i was just seeking advice as me and my sort of friend did a temp swap of cards, just wanted peoples thoughts

 

[Dicehunter]

Yeah better at draining more power, making more noise, having poorer drivers, crashing, and running Crysis slower. So much better in every way that i sold mine for a 280.

SERIOUSLY ???

 

[Dicehunter]

Because game developers use NVidia drivers since they are the industry standard, ATI are forced to patch their drivers around each new game which is why you need a new set of drivers for virtually every new game to fix bugs their drivers had.

the only drivers i ever use are the main release ones, never ever used hotfixes and ive never had a problem with ATI same goes for Nvidia, some people just have bad luck lol