ATi Graphics Cards (rant)

[llll1l1ll]

I don't know about you guys, but I like computer gaming. Now, for Christmas I got an ATi Radeon 9800 Pro--its been giving me problems out the ass! I just wanted to say that even though the performance of that card was outstanding (while it worked), the drivers and all that stuff completely blow. They're so slow with fixing problems at ATi. Now I'm back to using my nVidia Ge-Force 5200 FX 128MB instead of my ATi while the ATi heads back up to the shop to be fixed.

[LikeCDoos]

jump on the PCI-express bandwagon, i got a X700 Pro a month a go and love it so far in my new system :D

[parkerbink]

ATI & "customer service" are mutually exclusive terms. I really like my All in Wonder cards (7500,9600,9800 PRO) but getting help has been a nightmare.

[randomtask37]

get custom drivers and you will never have a problem with that card.

i have some... but i cant remember for the life of me what they are called and where i got them

[e30sd]

jump on the PCI-express bandwagon, i got a X700 Pro a month a go and love it so far in my new system :D

i got an x800xl 256 pci-x for 220 bucks shipped from ati. couldnt have gotten a better card for the $$.

[AdamF 88iS]

My GeForce 6600GT for PCI-Express came on Fedex today. I'll install it this weekend and see how that does.

[///M Powered]

I have the same card, no problems .... yet? :puppy:

[llll1l1ll]

I have the same card, no problems .... yet? :puppy:

What OS are you running?

[James Crivellone]

Never had an issue with any radeon card...



nvidia on teh other hand

[LikeCDoos]

jump on the PCI-express bandwagon, i got a X700 Pro a month a go and love it so far in my new system :D

i got an x800xl 256 pci-x for 220 bucks shipped from ati. couldnt have gotten a better card for the $$.

i got mine (256 DDR3 as well) for $202 from newegg

[DSchultz325e]

Is your ATI card distributed through ATI or is it something like a Sapphire? I have no problems with either Nvidia or ATI. Granted, they have some differences when it comes to certain games, but nowadays both companies make rock solid products.

[randomtask37]

Never had an issue with any radeon card...



nvidia on teh other hand

[h0lmes]

ATI > Nvidia

[llll1l1ll]

Is your ATI card distributed through ATI or is it something like a Sapphire? I have no problems with either Nvidia or ATI. Granted, they have some differences when it comes to certain games, but nowadays both companies make rock solid products.

My Mom bought it direct from ATi, just as I instructed her to do so. Apparently, users of XP (like me) have been having issues with the 9800 Pro. Basically, I can use my computer for all of five minutes until it kind of freezes. Then, the screen goes completely apeshit and when it comes back to reality, it displays an error message saying that "the card has been stuck in an endless loop and VPU recover blah blah blah..." Basically, the drivers are wrong or something--I have no clue and neither does ATi. But, a bunch of people have this problem. Some have tried sending it into ATi under warranty and they said it works fine after that! Only one way to find out!

[schnitzer teil-jäger]

EXPERIENCE.
ATI 7500 SE no problems with 98 or xp on the old system

new system with ATI AIW 9600XT first card was video DOA would black out after a couple minutes with new drivers, old drivers, and modified drivers.
replace ment card works as described. I am not an avid gamer but i do make 2 dvd copies while watching TV (2 channelswith seconday tvpro) and sufring the net.on dual monitor set up. runs great. Just wish the primary tv chanel could be switch to other monitor.

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