Battle of the Video Cards

[Seven7]

Originally Posted by Null

lol. its not really 'ahem.. borrow' with linux man. linux is free. you can download it right from thier site.

Well what I mean't is I would prefer to have the actual cd's to use if possible heh.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Seven7

Well what I mean't is I would prefer to have the actual cd's to use if possible heh.

well. goto best buy and the Personal is only $30


But if you got a decent internet connection. downloading is actually quite easy.

i never did it because i didnt want to have the hassle so i always bought it in store.

after trying the download with 9.0, i wont be going back to buy em anymore. pointless to pay for 9, then have them come out with 9.1 and have to buy again only to have 9.2 come out.

For downloading it, you just download a small ISO, burn it to a CD. boot with the CD and it installs just like it were on a CD, except its downloading the files as it goes.

[Seven7]

Originally Posted by Null

well. goto best buy and the Personal is only $30


But if you got a decent internet connection. downloading is actually quite easy.

i never did it because i didnt want to have the hassle so i always bought it in store.

after trying the download with 9.0, i wont be going back to buy em anymore. pointless to pay for 9, then have them come out with 9.1 and have to buy again only to have 9.2 come out.

For downloading it, you just download a small ISO, burn it to a CD. boot with the CD and it installs just like it were on a CD, except its downloading the files as it goes.

Speaking of Best Buy, I have not looked yet to see if they even sell it here in Canada in Best Buy where I am. So maybe if they don't have it, I'll do the hassle of downloading it and burning it and such instead.

Originally Posted by Null

it wasnt a problem when i downloaded 9.0.
They got a list of FTP servers and Mirror FTP servers to download from, i just clicked on each ftp and timed it to which gave me the fastest responce then used that one to install it from.


[edit] have you used linux before or would this be the first time? because if your just learning it, your not going to need the pro anyway.

Ok so maybe there will be a fast mirror after abit of looking.

I was prefering Pro I guess because members at another forum were saying to get PRO for varius reasons, too tired to remember what they were at moment. Ya know If paying end's up being the only easy way to get PRO, then it would be expensive for me to try and see if it would even work heh.

Oh great I hijacked this thread ...

[Stonecutter]

I own a 9800pro and am quite happy with it, but I'm really a novice as far as gfx cards go. From the opinion of this outsider, Nvidia vs ATI really seems like a Ford vs Chevy thing. They both have their strong points and neither is vastly superior, but people have a strong attachment to one brand or another.


I've also noticed that people who like AMD chips tend to like Nvidia cards and people who like Pentiums tend to like ATI cards.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

I've also noticed that people who like AMD chips tend to like Nvidia cards and people who like Pentiums tend to like ATI cards.

ford sucks. dont compare them to anyone.

hehe


But no, i've never noticed that at all. sometimes i would say the opposite. However, Nivida makes a motherboard, (nforce motherboards) that are only for AMD. which might be part of the reason you notice such of a conclusion.

[quiet mike]

I only owned nVidia cards, and still have one on my PC. I'm still using the very old GeFirce 3 TI. It's an excelent card, and I can't complain about it, but it's not for this generation.
If I was to buy the top card right ow that would be the ATI x800XT. It is way to close to the nVidia 6800U and even above it on some scores. Plus it's native on PCI Express on which it wasn't even tested. The whider bandwith migth help it a little as well. That doesen't mean that I like the fact that they stick with Shaders v2 instead of the new Shader v3, but no games has v3 shading yet.
On the long run, I think nVidia will be this round the winner, as it was during the GF2 and the GF3 times, and as ATI was starting with 9500 and up

[Canyarion]

I stopped using video cards 2 years ago.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

I've also noticed that people who like AMD chips tend to like Nvidia cards and people who like Pentiums tend to like ATI cards.

I'm AMD only and Ati only. I'm different

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

all you peoples with all your new fancy video cards.....i've been running on the same damn built in TNT2 for the past 2 years!..and i couldn't be happier....well actually thats a lie, but new computer glory is heading my way soon

[Yoda9864]

I'll settle for my 9800pro for now. I've had excellent experiences with both nVidia and ATi, so I'll go for whatever one is cheaper at the time I purchase it.