Ati or nvidia ***

kdd · 17 Jan 2006 at 19:45

ok, place your bets... what card will score highest in 3dm06? X1800xt or gtx512? Will it be a surprise victory for the red camp or will the 512mb monster come out of hiding long enough to snatch the win for the green team?

edit:seriously i cant believe the abbreviation of 'for the win' is blocked.

Bony Maloney · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:03

fullfat · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:10

at stock = Nvidia
overclocked = ATI

Andydewar · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:24

Whichever one paid the most into Futuremark's developer programme.

Goksly · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:40

ATI until nvidia wack some driver cheats in.
[start timer for D.P post]

Mekrel · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:48

Goksly said:
ATI until nvidia wack some driver cheats in.
[start timer for D.P post]

Pretty stupid post considering that my X1800XL scores more than a 7800GT in 3DMark05, but the GT is better in most game benchmarks.

Same goes for X800Pro and 6800GT and 3DMark05.

Goksly · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:55

Someone hasnt got the humour plugin for IE. Go download it at www.microsoft.com/ffs/getagrip/

Mekrel · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:00

I've got a humor, but mild attempts to rustle other posters nerves doesn't pull its strings.

try being funny, I've heard that hits the spot

kdd · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:05

Mekrel said:
Pretty stupid post considering that my X1800XL scores more than a 7800GT in 3DMark05, but the GT is better in most game benchmarks.

Same goes for X800Pro and 6800GT and 3DMark05.

You could say that is down to the fact that most games have the 'twimtbp' sticker on them...

Goksly · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:14

I keep humour simple for the likes of you - any more complex and it will merely fly high above your head

mmj_uk · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:22

kdd said:
You could say that is down to the fact that most games have the 'twimtbp' sticker on them...

I think it's actually because 3dmark05 is heavily vertex shader dependant and ATi cards generally have better vertex shader performance.

but like Mekrel said NV it's a different story in games so I guess futuremark got it wrong with 05.

Duke · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:31

Neither will 'win'. The integrated Intel vga chipset will dominate everything*.

*maybe a lie

peetee · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:43

that was blatently a joke, lighten up whoevers biting the heads off. I recon probably ATI after its been tweaked with etc, since nvidia overclocked their's to the max for stock

brucey034 · 17 Jan 2006 at 22:15

Here we go again !!!!!

lemonkettaz · 17 Jan 2006 at 22:32

i think mostly this battle of ati and nvidia is personal opinion and taste..

and for me, im on ati's side...i still think of them as the underdog..and i like that

and they are way cooler

Scoobie Dave · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:18

Oh dear not another Nvidia vs Ati thread. :rolleyes:

Let the flaming begin.

I just hope that dual core really makes a difference with this version. . . as all I see in other threads is how the cpu lags behind the graphics cards.

lemonkettaz · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:20

sorry scoob, this war will never end.. ill flame you.. with your 6800ssss melted and poured down the drain

Raikiri · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:22

lemonkettaz said:
i think mostly this battle of ati and nvidia is personal opinion and taste..

and for me, im on ati's side...i still think of them as the underdog..and i like that

and they are way cooler

I am on neither side, bought a 7800GT cos it was the best i could get for what i had to spend.
Anyway what do you mean by cooler? (temp?)

lemonkettaz · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:24

no.. cool as in "hey there"

this could be hard to back up

Scoobie Dave · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:24

lemonkettaz said:
sorry scoob, this war will never end.. ill flame you.. with your 6800ssss melted and poured down the drain

Well you can kiss my ar*e.

Me bet's I get a better score than you ATI fanboy