Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers

Whirlwind · 03-08-2008, 06:05 AM

Hey guys, those of you that have owned both Ati & Nvidia cards, what drivers did you like the best.

I am going to be getting a new video card soon, I just don't know what card to get yet....but i am going to need for it to play some old classic games, as well as the new ones.

I have went with ATI the last couple of cards and even though I hear people talk about how bad the drivers are, I must say i have had very few issues with the Ati catalyst drivers.

I have heard of horror stories of Nvidia's 8800 drivers not working in alot of older games, any truth to this?

Anybody that has used both types of cards ....I would love your input.

I just hate to make the switch over to Nvidia to find that I need to switch drivers all the time to get different games to work, because for me that was never an issue with my Ati cards.

Hussein19891 · 03-08-2008, 06:10 AM

Both are good, but as always AMD prices their products lower then the competition. At the moment I m running a 8600GT 512MB on this computer and it has been playing all my games on max settings no problem (except Crysis which it plays it high). My next build is going to have a X1650 Pro and I really don't expect it to be a beast or anything. So I have yet to try AMD Gpu's yet.

Vaanish · 03-08-2008, 10:25 AM

ATi drivers are much better than nVs. I used to have an X1950PRO, now I have an 8800GT.

nagasama · 03-08-2008, 06:04 PM

i say ATi's are not as good as nvidia, especially some of the beta tweaked sets.
in answer to your question, OP...you wont get an answer (lol), just opinions. use whichever you like best that fits in your budget.

Apokalipse · 03-09-2008, 07:01 AM

the ATI drivers are much better if you run multiple GPU's.
With single GPU's, I can't really say one is better than the other. They're both good.
Though ATI usually seems to gain more from driver tweaks than Nvidia.

I own an 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 320MB, and 2 x 3870's in crossfire.

Whirlwind · 03-09-2008, 08:03 AM

Do you guys play some older games, like from 1997 up until now, on those Nvidia drivers with no problems?

03-08-2008, 06:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Whirlwind Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 970	Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers Hey guys, those of you that have owned both Ati & Nvidia cards, what drivers did you like the best. I am going to be getting a new video card soon, I just don't know what card to get yet....but i am going to need for it to play some old classic games, as well as the new ones. I have went with ATI the last couple of cards and even though I hear people talk about how bad the drivers are, I must say i have had very few issues with the Ati catalyst drivers. I have heard of horror stories of Nvidia's 8800 drivers not working in alot of older games, any truth to this? Anybody that has used both types of cards ....I would love your input. I just hate to make the switch over to Nvidia to find that I need to switch drivers all the time to get different games to work, because for me that was never an issue with my Ati cards. __________________ Cooler Master CM Stacker STC-T01 Asus P5N32-E SLI 680i Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2 800 XFX 9800GTX 512MB X-FI XtremeGamer Sound Card Audio-Technica ATH A700 Headphones OCZ 700 Watt GameXStream Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA Seagate SATA 80 GB For XP Home Samsung 2232GW 22" LCD Saitek Eclipse Keyboard Razer Copperhead Mouse Razer Mantis Speed Pad

03-08-2008, 06:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hussein19891 Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 334	Re: Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers Both are good, but as always AMD prices their products lower then the competition. At the moment I m running a 8600GT 512MB on this computer and it has been playing all my games on max settings no problem (except Crysis which it plays it high). My next build is going to have a X1650 Pro and I really don't expect it to be a beast or anything. So I have yet to try AMD Gpu's yet. __________________ Athlon X2 4800+ @ 3.00ghz, 2Gb Ram Transcend, EAH 3650 512MB GDDR3, Biostar NF520-A2 SE, 20x DVD-RW Lite Scribe DVD burner. Yeah I finally got the guts to get my CPU at 3ghz : D CPU Voltage at 1.35 Volts. Idle Temperature is a little high. So I m going to have to get a better heat sink soon. Maybe then I can get 3.2 stable without having to fry my motherboard.

03-08-2008, 10:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vaanish Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,692	Re: Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers ATi drivers are much better than nVs. I used to have an X1950PRO, now I have an 8800GT.

03-08-2008, 06:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
nagasama the power of the darkside Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: your mom's house Posts: 4,544	Re: Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers i say ATi's are not as good as nvidia, especially some of the beta tweaked sets. in answer to your question, OP...you wont get an answer (lol), just opinions. use whichever you like best that fits in your budget. __________________ q9450~starting new overclock~ asus P5Q Deluxe 2 x 2gb OCZ reaper 1066 evga 8800gts 512 so sorry, i do not accept offers to marry your sister, 780i motherboards, or used q6600s with burn marks on them via IM, email, or PM.

03-09-2008, 07:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Apokalipse Multicellular Eukaryote Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12,579	Re: Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers the ATI drivers are much better if you run multiple GPU's. With single GPU's, I can't really say one is better than the other. They're both good. Though ATI usually seems to gain more from driver tweaks than Nvidia. I own an 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 320MB, and 2 x 3870's in crossfire. __________________ 1 + 1 = 3 if you define 3 as a result of 1 + 1

03-09-2008, 08:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
Whirlwind Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 970	Re: Ati Drivers VS Nvidia Drivers Do you guys play some older games, like from 1997 up until now, on those Nvidia drivers with no problems? __________________ Cooler Master CM Stacker STC-T01 Asus P5N32-E SLI 680i Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz Zalman 9500 CPU Cooler 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2 800 XFX 9800GTX 512MB X-FI XtremeGamer Sound Card Audio-Technica ATH A700 Headphones OCZ 700 Watt GameXStream Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA Seagate SATA 80 GB For XP Home Samsung 2232GW 22" LCD Saitek Eclipse Keyboard Razer Copperhead Mouse Razer Mantis Speed Pad

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