A few questions about ATI

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#1 citizen-zero
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I'm thinking about buying the 4870. I heard somewhere that ATI's drivers aren't as good as Nvidias. Is that true? Also, does the fanfix void your warranty? Also, which card is more futureproof...The 4870 or the GTX 260?
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#2 04dcarraher
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ATI Drivers have taken longer to update and fix their issues than Nvida. But Depending on what resolution you play at you can save money. 9600gt,8800GT/GTS are good and 3870 & 4850 are good too.
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Well Whats more future proof? the faster card would be the good choice but it also depeends on how a game is geared more to a certain brand like Crysis which likes Nvidia more than ATI.
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#4 Games_pro
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no the fan fix doesn't void your warranty.

Ati drivers for the 4870 are maturing that doesn't mean that the current drivers are bad , besides nvidia drivers have tons of problems too, nothing is perfect

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#5 McJugga
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there is no such thing as future proof.
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#6 matrixian
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Well Whats more future proof? the faster card would be the good choice but it also depeends on how a game is geared more to a certain brand like Crysis which likes Nvidia more than ATI. 04dcarraher

TWIMTBP doesn't make a game run better on Nvidia cards.

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Speaking of ATI cards, I'm trying to Crossfire my 4850's but the crossfire cable isn't long enough. Is there a place to get a longer cable? Also, I'm using an nvidia nforce chipset on my mobo, is Crossfire possible on that?
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#8 Staryoshi87
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nVidia chipsets do not support X-Fire.
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there is no such thing as future proof.McJugga

Thank you.

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#10 marcthpro
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lionno. it a war ati = crossfire chipset , nvidia = nfroce chipset so stick to geforce 260 or 280
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#11 Games_pro
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Speaking of ATI cards, I'm trying to Crossfire my 4850's but the crossfire cable isn't long enough. Is there a place to get a longer cable? Also, I'm using an nvidia nforce chipset on my mobo, is Crossfire possible on that?Lionno

Since you already have 2 ati 4850 and want to crossfire them ,I suggest that you buy a motherboard with intel chipset ,I recommend buying an x38 or x48 whatever your budget allows , please start your own thread so people can help you on this.