AMD has publicly called out competitor NVIDIA over a performance claim made by the graphics chip-maker.
Dave Erskine, Senior Public Relations Manager for Graphics Desktop at AMD, wrote on a company blog about how it prides itself on achieving excellence in its products and the integrity of its messageing. As an example, he used the flag-ship AMD Radeon HD 6990, describing how the company ... [ read the full article ]
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I use to be a huge Nvidia fan but times change, 4 years ago i went kicking and screaming to an ATI card because a co-worker assured me ATI was okay again, ATI use to have problems too. Interesting the blue screens crashes I use to get went down from 1 or 2 a week with an NVidia card down to about 1 or 2 a year, i don't remember the last time I've seen a BSOD, that was never the case when I used Nvidia...
I just switched out my Nvidia MSI 9500GT for an ATI XFX HD5870 and I couldn't be happier. I liked the 9500GT, it was easy enough to set it up the way I needed it too, and I never had it crash once; so far I can say the same with my HD5870, although I still distrust Catalyst, which was the main cause for the blue screens on Radeon cards. However, to my surprise AMD/ATI has actually improved on the catalyst software which also improved my cards performance. For example. I used the 6990 ATI catalyst drivers on my 5870 card and it bumped my cards performance significantly higher.
Using MSI's Kombustor benchmark: I scored 1000 points higher on the 6990 catalyst driver than on the 5870 driver.
Using Heaven benchmark : I scored 50 points higher on the 6990 driver.
*I have yet to test 3DMark11*
What I can confirm is ATI support has gotten better, but for how long, who can say? I feel that both companies fight in stages, but I do hope ATI can stay in the lead as I continue to upgrade my system.
I've always preferred AMD, though NVIDIA has gotten a lot better. Only thing I like about NVIDIA is how much easier it is to update/get support for their cards than it is with AMD. But I also don't like how NVIDIA names their cards, it can get confusing to find the GPU you want.
Originally posted by schwa110: I do like the NVIDIA. Perhaps it is in respect that I have been using its products for many years. I really it is great. As many corporations, its products can be divided into the high and low-end,either.
When i see one single company the cause for 30% of the BSOD crashes in windows, how can you really call their products great? (http://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/). I've heard NVidia is only slightly better for Win7.
Next problem with NVidia, the class action lawsuit they lost for intentionally lie about flaws with their video cards, it cost them $196Million (USD) (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/05/13/lawsuit-against-nvidia-seeks-class-action/1)
I'm curious how bad a company has to be before someone no longer calls them a great company, or does this really show a blind following because the company has good marketing but poor products?
