Buy and ATI card, buy and Nvidia card, there's usually little difference. I prefer Nvidia because it has more options. But it really doesn't matter.
The only thing you really NEED to avoid is Nvidia's FX series - but that's really long gone. ATI's newest card has been compared to the FX, but at least they priced it simialar to a card in it's performance category (the 8800GS) and didn't tell people it was equal to the top-of the line. It pretty much is as fast as an 8800GS, except it doesn't seem to do as well on anti-aliasing. So, currently for midrange I'd go for an 8800GS or an 8600 GT. There's little reason not to buy a DX10 card if you can.
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Originally Posted by refraction
didnt you read what plot just said? ATi got pwnd with their dx10 flagship model, it barely competes to nvidias budget DX10 cards.
for the record this is not a biased view, ive had more ATi cards than i have Nvidia, im just not blind to the facts that are right infront of me.
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It has equal performance to Nvidia's upper-mid-range card, and it's priced equally to that too. It squashes Nvidia's mid-range cards. No one has budget cards out yet.
ATI just hasn't put anything out to compete with the GTX - and I don't hear of any plans too. There's nothing wrong with that. There's little money be made on the ultra-high end anyway.
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