It all comes down to personal preference, but thats only if you're using Windows XP. If your going to use Windows Vista then its ATi hands down. Nvidia has had nothing but horrible drivers for the OS. I waited 5 months for some decent drivers before I gave up and went to ATi.

Interesting perspective. I can't think of anybody who would choose Vista over XP though. Could you elaborate over why you have Vista instead of XP. Came with a new comp and you were forced maybe?

talk about reviving old threads!!

dan, i prefer vista over xp because since i installed vista, i have yet to experience a blue screen of death. xp hardly ever crashed but it did on occasion. vista never has crashed. no, vista didn't come pre-installed on my machine. i build my machines and decide which os and software are installed.

and i really like my ati radeon 1950 xt, too.

Just a couple random thoughts.....

I had the exact opposite experience with Vista and ATI.....gave up and went to a different laptop running a NVidia GF 7600 and couldn't be happier. Have always been a big ATI fan, but NVidia seems to be ahead in the current cycle. Funny how things change every 6 or 12 months.

Have to agree with Snidely regarding Vista not crashing. I've been running it for 5 months now and haven't had any complaints other than the UAC crap that I turn off.

Well I'm glad you are happy with what you built, I dont' have any experience with Vista, I do have about 2 hours or online research, and a few 1st hand accounts of use with it in comparison to XP.

From my understanding Vista is missing a lot of promised features that 6-9 months after it dropped still haven't been patched. It also eats up double the RAM of XP's heaviest install, and its lagging behind in drivers and performance.

Congratulations on your success, you would appear to be in the minority from where I view the situation. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I have been an Nvidia fan forever, and every time it comes time to upgrade for me, Nvidia has had the better card hands down for my price range.

My upgrades have been
Voodoo3 3000
Geforce 2 MX 440
Geforce 4 -> 6600

Recently I bought a new Geforce 8600 GT for $100 hehe, Not bad for the 3rd or 4th best DX10 card in the world.

Anyway I still have to get the rest of the computer built before I can even take advantage of it.

you probaly dont wana look all the way down here but get Nvidia if ur looking for graphics cards if ur just asking: Nvisia

one simple post 8950 GX-2 8950 GX-2 BABY!!! and not to mention 8900 GTX

Nah, I stay clear from proprietary hardware like its the plague. I upgraded to it immediately after its release. I find it to be a far superior OS. I have no problems and havent even throughout the beta process.

Oh and I thought I'd mention that even though the 8 series are DX10 cards doesn't mean they run on Vista flawlessly. I hear the newer drivers from nVidia are better but still not up to par with ATi.

Before Vista I was running an ATI Radeon x1300 which was pretty awesome...

Sadly *at the time" ATI Drivers had major issues with Vista when Bought it.. I ended up updating my system to a Dell and it came with an Nvidia gforce 7300..

It runs Great on my system and so thats what I am running..


I was a long time ATI fan but now I like BOTH...


Its hard to say what is better.... Everyone has "their own opnion"

But yeah for now I am running Nvidia..

Who cares so long as they can run objectdesktop life without OD just aint worth livin in my book i only bought nvidia N7600GS AGP, coz nvidia intergrated was already installed & it seemed ok