ATI chipset + ATI GPU _or_ nForce chipset + nVidia GPU -- Which combination performs better?

Given the path that this discussion has gone so far, I'm much more inclined
to believe that it was your lack of experience that caused you grief in
uninstalling the ATI drivers. Fact of the matter is that ATI includes a
driver uninstaller which has never failed once for me on any of my machines.
Coincidence?

Yes, and likewise about drivers for NVidia cards. That would be the main
reason for these news groups - to post about issues they are having with
their hardware and or software. Oh, I forgot... NVidia has never had any
driver problems. My mistake.

Yes I do understand the difference. But do you understand that a motherboard
chipset is worthless without an accompanying, well featured motherboard? All
reviews out there suggest that the A8R-MVP is the best ATI crossfire chipset
motherboard on the market, which is why I recommended it.

I'll keep that in mind.

In some situations, that may be the case. However, when one does have
sufficient experience to make a proper evaluation of the alternatives, and
the alternatives are for all intents and purposes equally matched, it is
used to make the final decision between product A and product B.

No I'm describing an element of capitalism. The term "fanboy" implies
reckless and ungrounded admiration for a product simply because they own it.
A fanboy makes uncalculated purchasing decisions based on popular opinion
and stubborn bias, not previous experience with the brand/product.

getting bored now.

Or because you have nothing to offer to support your claim.

Comparing ATI to SiS now? LOL. Sorry, but you've just deposited your last
credibilty token.

Tony

 

Abit will be releasing their ATI RD580 chipset motherboard in Febuary /
March. Their RD480 motherboard (AT8) is an integrated graphics chipset
motherboard. The ATI RD580 chipset is a Discrete Graphics chipset. Put
that with ATI's new X1900 series GPUs (currently the fastest GPUs on
the planet). Most mainboard manufacturers are going back to providing
Discrete Graphics chipset mainboards, which will make it easier for
consumers to upgrade their graphics requirements at a reasonable cost
(which is what I read somewhere on some forum, doin't quite remember
what forum). I checked out the new X1900 series on the ATI Web Site and
contacted mainboard techs to ask them about the RD580 chipset
mainboards. The ATI RD580 chipset with an X1900 series GPU will be the
fastest combination on the planet!!!

 

No, it's that you're an idiot. I have plenty of experience
but even if I didn't it would be true.

It takes zero experience to run the driver installer, reboot
the system, click uninstall in add/remove programs and see
an error message. There is no BS "experience" factor
involved in this basic procedure.

The driver uninstaller is included in the installer. Any
further actions to uninstal besides those provided by the
driver installer are excessive and a sign of broken driver
installer.

You are deluded and have wasted enough of my time.

 

.....and that's the end of that. Well, it's been a great thread, and we
really nipped it in the bud before it devolved into an all-out
flamewar. I would have given another 5-7 posts before someone made the
unavoidable mention of nazis somehow (as in "well, you know, intel's
parent-company sold its stuff to the nazis in wwii"). But, in all, I'm
glad it worked out for the best. Damn, well, there I went and did it,
I already mentioned nazis by mentioning the mentioning of them. Gosh
darn it. Stay tuned for our next thread.

 

Ditto here, old Aopen 754 motherboard that anandtech loved so much.