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Armchair Philosopher
For a bit of fun, im just wondering what graphics chipsets everyone has in their system... I just need to satisfy the little nerd in me.
DaEezT said:Radeon 9700 Pro + Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer for some o/c potential
Yes and no. Just a quick history lesson. Back in the early days of computers, programs were written where there was a "true picture". In other words, if a graphics card did not draw certian pixel a defined color, it was not showing what the programmer intended. Basically the program (i.e. the CPU) did all the calculations and feed this to the graphics card. Back then the Graphics card only displayed what it was told.Strider said:On a more serious note, is there any real differance between the Radeon and Nvidia cards? If so, what are the main differances between them?
CrackedCrystal covered the bases pretty well, but I just thought I would throw in that nvidea has a history of better support for Open Source. A lot of Linux users would never even consider an ATI card.Strider said:On a more serious note, is there any real differance between the Radeon and Nvidia cards? If so, what are the main differances between them?
Nvidia lost ground with the GF FX series due to their problems with running DX9, but have recovered their reputation well with the latest range. The R9x00 was definitely a better option within the previous generation of cards.Strider said:On a more serious note, is there any real differance between the Radeon and Nvidia cards? If so, what are the main differances between them?