ATI's been around far longer than nVidia Sparky.Originally posted by: acid16
I don't think it sucks, but I don't like radeon. I also don't like nvidia. I really hate both companies equally. I think ATI has the better rep though, just cause they came into the market after nvidia. It's the same thing with Intel VS AMD. I think it's safe to say that AMD has the reputation of a "good honest company" while many people seem to think of intel as a company who takes advantage of ignorant consumers with their guerilla marketing tactics. Now the same is happening with ATI VS nVidia. People are tired of the geforce series and I think lots of people are starting to hate nvidia. Funny, isn't it? But I remember back when voodoo cards were the sh!t then the Geforce Ultra came out and everyone was saying "voodoo sucks, nVidia is god!!!!!" but I bet now some of those people who said that are saying "ATI Rocks, nvidia sucks!". Oh well. Like I said above, I hate both of them equally. I think ATI has sucky drivers. Sure, 9700 is stable, but look at most of their other cards. How many tries did it take them to get it right? I remember just about a year ago, all the hype about the 8500 card. People rushing out to get it. Then a few months later, the GF4 series came out and everyone jumped on the nvidia bandwagon and started saying the 8500 was a big failure and ATI was going bankrupt and blah blah blah. Now the 9700 is out and it's reversed, everyone saying GF4 sucks again. Then in March/April, the Geforce FX will come out and everyone will jump back on the nvidia bandwagon. Personally, I find alot of your hypocrites Pick a damn company and stick with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just my opinion.
Originally posted by: overclocksomemore
It's not just the driver... the whole card is f#@ked up.
If it was just the driver issue, I would've loved it to buy it and keep it.. I have no problem with that.
The ATI designers and engineers are f#@ked up. All the positions have been filled with morons...
ATI, you can kiss my @ss. Somebody plz drop a mini A-bomb in their headquarter.
I didn't say I have the problem with the ATI's or R9700pro's driver. I have no problem with the driver. Read my previous posts again. it's in there.Originally posted by: Glitchny
The drivers work fine unless u are either too stupid to follow simple installation instructions, or blind and cant find the "next" button on the install window... cause thats about the hardest thing to deal with when installing any of the drivers since the 2.2's
I dont understand why you think it is built wrong, parts dont look pretty to you? the red color a turnoff to you? since it overclocks massivley and doesnt overheat.. id say that it is built pretty damn well... and it doesnt require a special fan and larger space...
glitch
Edit: ok dipSh*t why?
Originally posted by: overclocksomemore
I didn't say I have the problem with the ATI's or R9700pro's driver. I have no problem with the driver. Read my previous posts again. it's in there.Originally posted by: Glitchny
The drivers work fine unless u are either too stupid to follow simple installation instructions, or blind and cant find the "next" button on the install window... cause thats about the hardest thing to deal with when installing any of the drivers since the 2.2's
I dont understand why you think it is built wrong, parts dont look pretty to you? the red color a turnoff to you? since it overclocks massivley and doesnt overheat.. id say that it is built pretty damn well... and it doesnt require a special fan and larger space...
glitch
Edit: ok dipSh*t why?
you want to know why?.. okie... here.
ATI R9700pro is incompatible with recent/or older boards. any other questions?
i have other working mobos. Abit KX7-333R, Abit BE6-2 Rev2, Abit KR7A, and Abit KR7A-133R. You want to know which ones worked?.. here... Abit KX7-333R. And the R9700 didnt' work with all the rest.Originally posted by: Lonyo
If your so goddamned rich, then why not find someone with a working mobo and a Radeon 9700, and get the same mobo? That way you can be fairly sure it will work.
no.. i'm not talking about the AGP#X. It doesn't bother me and have no problem with that.By incompatible, do you mean because it's the new AGP 3.0 standard?
The Geforce FX is also going to be an 8x card, so it may have as many problems as the 9700. Not every new technology is released without problems, that's one reason mwhy changes are sometimes made to these things.
Originally posted by: overclocksomemore
you want to know why?.. okie... here.
ATI R9700pro is incompatible with recent/or older boards. any other questions?
Just because you are having issues with those mobos, doesn't mean the card or the company sucks. What a !@#$tard....
Originally posted by: Thor86
Originally posted by: overclocksomemore
you want to know why?.. okie... here.
ATI R9700pro is incompatible with recent/or older boards. any other questions?
Just because you are having issues with those mobos, doesn't mean the card or the company sucks. What a !@#$tard....
Don't give me that "just because". Get rid of that idea.
If this damn ATI R9700pro don't know how to work with my Abit KR7A mobo, this is a major issue.
Not acceptable.
Plain and simple.
Sombody give me $100 and the card, I still won't take it.
There's nothing wrong with the card's design.It's not just the driver... the whole card is f#@ked up.
Power supply? BIOS? Chipset drivers? Flaky motherboards (let's face it Abit, isn't exactly known for their legendary stability)?, PEBCAK?Talk about three different ATI R9700pro's from different stores not working with my Abit KR7A and KR7A-133R??? problem description: no boot screen, orange light indicator. All the rest of hardware and fans run fine