Looking at Nvidia due to ATI support issues

Hi,
I'm generally an ATI fan, but it has come to my attention more that once that my X1950 PRO (512) is not supported by certain software products. I've decided it's time to pump up my rig with some graphic processing power, but due to already mentioned reasons I might go with Nvidia this time. What I would like to know is if the HD4XXX series have any known issues that would make the 9XXX a better choice. I've looked at benchmarks and prices and I think I'm going for one of the HD4850s or 9800GTs.
Any comments are accepted and appreciated.

P.S. I've put up a poll for those of you that don't want to comment.

I'm going to tell you what others are going to tell you. Wait for the DX 11 cards to come out. Prices on current cards will drop. Which could put a 4870 or 4890 into your price range. As far as Nvidia is concerned you might want to consider a GTS 250 instead of the 9800gt.jtcraft

This, or a GTS250, you can't compare a 9800GT to a 4850.

techforless has a 4850 for 81 freaking bucks here!

hell of a deal

imagine a year from now a 5850 for 80 bucks :D

What? Yes it does, the X1950 Pro is a DirectX 9.0c/SM 3.0 card with at least 256MB of VRAM. And it's a damn sight more powerful than the minimum requirement HD2400 Pro. Who says the game doesn't support your card?RayvinAzn

dude the hd4850 anyday.

Hi,
I'm generally an ATI fan, but it has come to my attention more that once that my X1950 PRO (512) is not supported by certain software products. I've decided it's time to pump up my rig with some graphic processing power, but due to already mentioned reasons I might go with Nvidia this time. What I would like to know is if the HD4XXX series have any known issues that would make the 9XXX a better choice. I've looked at benchmarks and prices and I think I'm going for one of the HD4850s or 9800GTs.
Any comments are accepted and appreciated.

P.S. I've put up a poll for those of you that don't want to comment.

9XP

[QUOTE="RayvinAzn"]What? Yes it does, the X1950 Pro is a DirectX 9.0c/SM 3.0 card with at least 256MB of VRAM. And it's a damn sight more powerful than the minimum requirement HD2400 Pro. Who says the game doesn't support your card?codezer0

^Agreed....BTW I own a 4870 and can't help but recommend it for your VCard instead of the 4850. It can't be much more and as someone else mentioned the Drivers are great and have no issues. Hopefully you have a power supply thats up to snuff. You'll need a decent one.

GeForce 9800 GX2 1 GB card is the top-performing 9-Series card.

OpenGL support was integrated into I think the 9.1/9.8 package.

9.1 support added

9.8 more support added

ATi drivers have been historically great for DirectX... but what about OpenGL? It was the frequent, recurring, and otherwise unexplainable OpenGL problems that many Radeon card(s) had that finally had me tell ATi to go **** itself and went back to NVIDIA.codezer0

No one uses or cares about OpenGL anymore.

OpenGL support was integrated into I think the 9.1/9.8 package.

9.1 support added

9.8 more support added

jamesfffan

[QUOTE="codezer0"]ATi drivers have been historically great for DirectX... but what about OpenGL? It was the frequent, recurring, and otherwise unexplainable OpenGL problems that many Radeon card(s) had that finally had me tell ATi to go **** itself and went back to NVIDIA.XaosII

No one uses or cares about OpenGL anymore.

No one uses or cares about OpenGL anymore.

XaosII

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

No one uses or cares about OpenGL anymore.

codezer0

Yes indeed I agree! (oh and by the way they were called the X800 platinum editions not the phantom editions, but you got the rest right).

UltimateGamer95

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"]

Yes indeed I agree! (oh and by the way they were called the X800 platinum editions not the phantom editions, but you got the rest right).

codezer0

[QUOTE="codezer0"][QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"]

Yes indeed I agree! (oh and by the way they were called the X800 platinum editions not the phantom editions, but you got the rest right).

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"]

[QUOTE="codezer0"]No, they were known as the Phantom Edition for one reason, and one reason only... You couldn't **** buy one even if you wanted to and had the money for it. No store could ever get one - neither brick & mortars like Best Buy, online retailers like Newegg, or even powerful OEMs like Dell or HP could get their hands on them. Pretty much, they only existed in the hands of those in the reviewing press that were given units to install, benchmark and show off how good they were compared to what NVIDIA had at the time (which IIRC was stillt he FX series), but even the most die-hard ATi fanboys I knew at the time couldn't ever find a place that had them listed, much less in stock.Marfoo

oops sorry I didn't know that the "phantom edition" was the slang term for the card.

oops sorry I didn't know that the "phantom edition" was the slang term for the card.

[QUOTE="XaosII"]

No one uses or cares about OpenGL anymore.

codezer0

So what new games are coming with OpenGL?

Cause the only thing i've been hearing is Dx11 this and Dx11 that.

Most of the time issues do get sorted out, I mean look at many other software updates on different platforms whether its PC, or console, something get's changed then something else goes wrong, its a never ending cycle, but I don't have issues playing crysis/warhead/bioshock/fear/fear2/masseffect/lotro/gtaIV/doom3/quake4/TheWitcher/ElderScrolls 4:Oblivion

I think I'm still going with ATI because OGL is not a big problem for me.

P.S. Cool down a bit guys. After all it's a happy time of the year where I'm from. Temperatures drop, CPU clocks increase. Happy time!

@jamesfffan I've played all these games myself and had no problems other than lag due to my rig's lack of power and occasionally a bad crack (yes I use cracks, because I hate switching CDs when I get bored of one game)

So what new games are coming with OpenGL?

Cause the only thing i've been hearing is Dx11 this and Dx11 that.

Bebi_vegeta