What graphic card manufacturer?

Ezekial · 02-07-2002, 06:03 PM

Just wondering..if you buy your graphics cards...ATI, NVida, Matrox or others? (Why if you want aswell!)

Personally, I'm an ATI man, the drivers are never good to start with, but I like the cards and features. And I've never had one go wrong yet either

andrewas · 02-07-2002, 06:17 PM

Creative or Hercules, although I prefer Creative. The drivers are good, the sites are well designed, the hardware is the best.

slackerboy · 02-07-2002, 06:42 PM

I prefer Asus , but i wouldn't buy anything without an Nvidia chipset.

Blade · 02-07-2002, 06:49 PM

IF you wan't a decient card for a good price then go for a Hercules, but if you wan't a higher end graphics for more $$$ then go for the Nvida, plus Nvida cards come with lots of good drivers like direct x8, OpenGL, and more.

MILAMBER · 02-07-2002, 10:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Blade:
IF you wan't a decient card for a good price then go for a Hercules, but if you wan't a higher end graphics for more $$$ then go for the Nvida, plus Nvida cards come with lots of good drivers like direct x8, OpenGL, and more.

Dude, the hercules cards ARE Nvidia cards. So are the Creative cards.

BTW Andrewas, creative is only sold in Europe now and their software is horrible. They are notorious for having bad code. Creative playcenter 2 anyone? How about their disk monitor, or their Creative taskbar. If you install anything other then the basic drivers, they will take over your computer. The good thing about going with a Creative geforce is that you wouldn't have to use Creative's software. You could just download the latest Nvidia detonators and you'd be fine.

Elsa used to make a good graphics card but now they are only commercial. Slackerboy is right, Asus makes a great card, Abit makes a good card, but my personal favorite is Visiontek. All of the aforementioned manufacturers use the Nvidia geforce chipset.

Epona · 02-08-2002, 11:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MILAMBER:

Elsa used to make a good graphics card but now they are only commercial. Slackerboy is right, Asus makes a great card, Abit makes a good card, but my personal favorite is Visiontek. All of the aforementioned manufacturers use the Nvidia geforce chipset.

No, tell me it's not true!!!!
I have an Elsa Gladiac 920 (NVidia Geforce 3 chipset) which I bought just a couple of months ago. I would really recommend it - really great card, easy to install and configure (more than I can say for the rest of my kit). Cost me an arm and a leg though, £350 (about $500).

Lavindathar · 02-08-2002, 03:02 PM

I aint a graphics card no-it-all, but I believe that my graphics card is quite good!

I have an Nvida64mb....is it any good?

AngelofDeath · 02-08-2002, 03:08 PM

Any opinions on Voodoo? I have a Voodoo 4000.

Scholarcs · 02-08-2002, 10:37 PM

I like Nvidia the best. Top quality cards.

slackerboy · 02-09-2002, 01:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by AngelofDeath:
Any opinions on Voodoo? I have a Voodoo 4000.

voodoo made good cards in their day, i loved my voodoo3 3000
but nvidia went by them so fast, they just made voodoo look bad.
then nVidia bought voodoo, so now there is no voodoo.

02-07-2002, 06:03 PM	#1
Ezekial The Magister Join Date: November 1, 2001 Location: Bournemouth, England Posts: 114	Just wondering..if you buy your graphics cards...ATI, NVida, Matrox or others? (Why if you want aswell!) Personally, I'm an ATI man, the drivers are never good to start with, but I like the cards and features. And I've never had one go wrong yet either __________________ I will strew your flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with your carcass. I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood...<br />Ezekiel 32:5

02-07-2002, 06:17 PM	#2
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	Creative or Hercules, although I prefer Creative. The drivers are good, the sites are well designed, the hardware is the best. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

02-07-2002, 06:42 PM	#3
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 46 Posts: 2,506	I prefer Asus , but i wouldn't buy anything without an Nvidia chipset. __________________

02-07-2002, 06:49 PM	#4
Blade Emerald Dragon Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: spokane wa usa Age: 40 Posts: 926	IF you wan't a decient card for a good price then go for a Hercules, but if you wan't a higher end graphics for more $$$ then go for the Nvida, plus Nvida cards come with lots of good drivers like direct x8, OpenGL, and more. __________________ <br /><br />All blades cut, be they made from metal or wood, but the sharpest and deadliest blade is the one of knowledge, and that is the least used.<br />An Archmage of the HADB

02-07-2002, 10:27 PM	#5
MILAMBER Lord Soth Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,948	quote: Originally posted by Blade: IF you wan't a decient card for a good price then go for a Hercules, but if you wan't a higher end graphics for more $$$ then go for the Nvida, plus Nvida cards come with lots of good drivers like direct x8, OpenGL, and more. Dude, the hercules cards ARE Nvidia cards. So are the Creative cards. BTW Andrewas, creative is only sold in Europe now and their software is horrible. They are notorious for having bad code. Creative playcenter 2 anyone? How about their disk monitor, or their Creative taskbar. If you install anything other then the basic drivers, they will take over your computer. The good thing about going with a Creative geforce is that you wouldn't have to use Creative's software. You could just download the latest Nvidia detonators and you'd be fine. Elsa used to make a good graphics card but now they are only commercial. Slackerboy is right, Asus makes a great card, Abit makes a good card, but my personal favorite is Visiontek. All of the aforementioned manufacturers use the Nvidia geforce chipset. __________________ \"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.\"<br />-General George Patton (1885-1945)<br /> <br />Member of CLAN HADB<br />Founder of The Anti Clan Coalition

02-08-2002, 11:31 AM	#6
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	quote: Originally posted by MILAMBER: Elsa used to make a good graphics card but now they are only commercial. Slackerboy is right, Asus makes a great card, Abit makes a good card, but my personal favorite is Visiontek. All of the aforementioned manufacturers use the Nvidia geforce chipset. No, tell me it's not true!!!! I have an Elsa Gladiac 920 (NVidia Geforce 3 chipset) which I bought just a couple of months ago. I would really recommend it - really great card, easy to install and configure (more than I can say for the rest of my kit). Cost me an arm and a leg though, £350 (about $500). __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

02-08-2002, 03:02 PM	#7
Lavindathar Harper Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Lancs, England Age: 39 Posts: 4,729	I aint a graphics card no-it-all, but I believe that my graphics card is quite good! I have an Nvida64mb....is it any good? __________________ =@

02-08-2002, 03:08 PM	#8
AngelofDeath Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: June 11, 2001 Location: Wherever the road takes me..... Age: 53 Posts: 609	Any opinions on Voodoo? I have a Voodoo 4000. __________________ I am the Angel of Death You Can Not Hide

02-08-2002, 10:37 PM	#9
Scholarcs Red Dragon Join Date: December 5, 2001 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 1,557	I like Nvidia the best. Top quality cards. __________________ <br />\"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five\" - Groucho Marx<br />Member of the ORT Clan. <br />\"Some birds are not meant to be caged because their feathers are too bright\"<br />Ma bouche sera la bouche des malheurs qui n\'ont point de bouche, ma voix, la liberté de celles qui s\'affaissent au cachot du désespoir. - Aimé Césaire<br />La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l\'on n\'a pas ri. - Sébastien Roch Nicolas

02-09-2002, 01:10 AM	#10
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 46 Posts: 2,506	quote: Originally posted by AngelofDeath: Any opinions on Voodoo? I have a Voodoo 4000. voodoo made good cards in their day, i loved my voodoo3 3000 but nvidia went by them so fast, they just made voodoo look bad. then nVidia bought voodoo, so now there is no voodoo. __________________

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