Originally posted by: BladeVenom
ATI drivers are more stable than Nvidia drivers. Look at the Vista crash reports that got released, and Nvidia drivers were the number one cause of Vista crashes.
This might sound strange, but for me the profile issue is not a huge concern; this is a case of the devil that I know rather than one that I don?t. I only reported it to them because it?s beneficial to every nVidia user to get it fixed ASAP.Originally posted by: nitromullet
I'm surprised that you would say this... When I'm 'quite pleased' with something I generally don't contact the manufacturer to have them look into an issue for me, but I guess I don't have your clout either. I might put NV on speed dial, but I doubt they'll pick up for me.
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
ATI drivers are more stable than Nvidia drivers. Look at the Vista crash reports that got released, and Nvidia drivers were the number one cause of Vista crashes.
Originally posted by: Ben90
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
ATI drivers are more stable than Nvidia drivers. Look at the Vista crash reports that got released, and Nvidia drivers were the number one cause of Vista crashes.
I know im the odd man out, but i personally HATE ati drivers, im seriously debating swapping my old 7800gtx for my HD 4890 because of it
Im sure i got a bad card, but my driver "Recovers from serious errors" quite often, crashing the game with it (like once a week)
But seriously, i know u guys are way pro ATI on this forum so if someone could help me force Vsync off on Windows 7 for old ass games (like Diablo II) im gonna continue my rant about ATI cards... oh yea here is what doesn't work so don't try suggesting it:
CCC
ATT
Rivatuner
Desktop Composition
Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Honestly, I've owned many cards from both manufacturers. Everything from a GeForce 2, Geforce3, ATI 8500Pro, 6800GT, 7800GT, 2900xt, 4870, GTX280, GTX295 and haven't had many issues to complain about. There's the occational bug or problem here or there but nothing that just crashed every time.
Where things DO crash all the time, it is almost always a user specific issue, and it drives me up the wall when people say 'oh but I had a GTX 260/4870/Volari V8 Duo and it crashed my computer and wiped my HDD every 14.7 minutes, nVidia/ATI/XGI drivers are clearly teh sh1tz0rs!'.
Stop and think about it for a second; did this happen to every other GTX 260/4870/Volari V8 Duo owner at that time? I'll bet a squillion smackeroos that it didn't. QED: your experience clearly was not representative of the experience 99.99something% of users enjoyed, and your conclusion just plain wrong.
Originally posted by: Ben90
Where things DO crash all the time, it is almost always a user specific issue, and it drives me up the wall when people say 'oh but I had a GTX 260/4870/Volari V8 Duo and it crashed my computer and wiped my HDD every 14.7 minutes, nVidia/ATI/XGI drivers are clearly teh sh1tz0rs!'.
Stop and think about it for a second; did this happen to every other GTX 260/4870/Volari V8 Duo owner at that time? I'll bet a squillion smackeroos that it didn't. QED: your experience clearly was not representative of the experience 99.99something% of users enjoyed, and your conclusion just plain wrong.
Im plain wrong, my card doesnt crash once a week, thanks for helping me diagnose my problem.
You have also helped my understand why my laptop first would crash from windows, then would crash posting, now wont even post... im too aggressive with the power button i guess
Oh yea, i knew i shouldn't press the restart button while posting; RIP OCZ Ram.
Damn trying to change the time on my moms p4, RIP
Sorry Mr. Winkler (My old Cisco teacher) you shouldnt have let me change the IP Address, RIP NVRAM
Do you realize not everything gets caught in quality control/shit breaks during shipping?
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=3596
http://www.anandtech.com/syste...howdoc.aspx?i=3281&p=8
Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Honestly, I've owned many cards from both manufacturers. Everything from a GeForce 2, Geforce3, ATI 8500Pro, 6800GT, 7800GT, 2900xt, 4870, GTX280, GTX295 and haven't had many issues to complain about. There's the occational bug or problem here or there but nothing that just crashed every time.
Originally posted by: SickBeast
AMD and NV both make very good drivers at this point.
Intel makes *terrible* drivers. They are the true problem, and they are probably the reason why Larrabee will fail.
SiS and VIA also make questionable drivers.
Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
Originally posted by: SickBeast
AMD and NV both make very good drivers at this point.
Intel makes *terrible* drivers. They are the true problem, and they are probably the reason why Larrabee will fail.
SiS and VIA also make questionable drivers.
What does Larrabee Have to do with IGP drivers . Nothing I am aware of . AS I said there is a disconnect here. I guess will wait on larrabee so all can scratch heads and say Oh Now I understand how this works . Intel Larrabbee drivers are not same as ATI/NV present drivers . Intel is depending On SOFTWARE RENDER. not hardware. HUGH differance. Intels driver package won't carry anyweres near the baggage of NV /ATI drivers. My personnal opinion is intel shouldn't even bother with DX9 games . Baggage not worth it . Take the sales hit and let industry catch up . They have the resources.
Nemesis, with something like a graphics card, content is king. Do you really think that the entire industry of game developers is going to just suddenly stop programming their games for DX just so they can port their games to an unproven and unreleased product like the Larrabee? I don't. There's no way they will. The only games that will come out for it will be paid for by intel themselves, or else console games if the rumors of the PS4 having Larrabee for its GPU are true. Actually, if the PS4 really does use it, then it actually has a prayer of getting some good games, but they will all be ports. In that case you might as well just buy a PS4 (which you undoubtedly will, Nemesis, if it has your beloved intel GPU inside).Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
Intels Software team has to do its Job . I won't debate the differances in drivers for hardware render Vs. Software render. Its not long wait now at all. Of course Hardware render be faster in some things . But software can do so very much more. If your looking for FPS. ATI/NV win . If your looking for exciting gameplay without waiting on next generation hardware. Software render is hands down winner. I will go for quality over quanity as I always have . So until than Larrabee looks good . If They show a game that exploits Larrabee software render along with other tricks. I will be sold just for that 1 game but its going to have to be really really good. To pull me away from ATI.