If Playing on a PC will you be running with NVIDIA or RADEON

Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:20 pm

I have an old build 8800GTX
Machine was built specifically for Oblivion
Time to upgrade but not sure to go with Nvidia again or ATI
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Laura Richards
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:04 am

I'm runnin an ATI Radeon HD5850. I got it for like $250 2 years ago, and so far it continous to effortlessly max out every game I have. Very nice card.
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Zoe Ratcliffe
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:49 pm

Laptop 5830 mobility card. (based on the die used for the desktop AMD 5770 but underclocked and lacking GDDR5).
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matt white
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:19 am

Nvidia GTX460M. Wouldn't say I have brand loyalty, I'd kill to throw either a GTX580M or Radeon 6990M in my laptop if it weren't for the darn proprietary MXM card format that ASUS uses.
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Tracy Byworth
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:43 pm

I really like my gtx 570, but radeons typically have a better price/performance ratio.
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Etta Hargrave
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:14 pm

ATI Radeon. Though I hope I can upgrade it when the time comes. I'm on a laptop.
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James Rhead
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:14 pm

At the moment a Nvidia GTX 285 but in the next month or so that will be upgraded to GTX 580
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Tania Bunic
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:58 pm

"Points to sig"
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Brentleah Jeffs
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:25 pm

Geforce GTX 470. Still maxes out every game that isn't Metro 2033 or Crysis at 1080p :happy:
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Claire Jackson
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:07 pm

Me will play with my beloved 580 <3

If you have money Nvidea is the way to go, overall there more stable then ATI and more powerful if you go top series.
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Kira! :)))
 
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Post » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:28 am

Im not very happy with ATI support lately, but this HD 6870 was cheaper(100 bucks, brand new). I prefer Nvidia generally.
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Phillip Brunyee
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:12 pm

Running on a HD 4870x2 here, not planing to upgrade for at least a year or so.
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D IV
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:16 pm

Radeon HD 6990M.
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Andrew Perry
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:52 pm

GTX 560Ti
Best budget card till the 600 series. :wink:
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kiss my weasel
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:43 pm

I'll be using a GTX 260 core 216. Probably won't upgrade for another 6-8 months.
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Thomas LEON
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:22 pm

Asus GTX560-256-1GBDDR5. Just ordered today! :celebration:

I will try Radeon next upgrade.
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neil slattery
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:53 pm

Love my ATI 6870 :) was Nvidia for a while though.
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Channing
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:07 pm

A 4870 from when I built my rig two years ago. Still a very strong card.

May try to play back home on my laptop which has a 6470M.
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Jynx Anthropic
 
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Post » Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:23 am

8800 gtx as well, solid card even still
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Javier Borjas
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:21 pm

I love my evga gtx 570 sc. My second evga card, great customer support and a lifetime warranty to boot.

I've never had a radeon card, but prefer nvidia for trivial reasons. It's like intel and amd, with nvidia being intel and radeon being amd(literally in that case I think?). I'd rather get the "best", even if it costs a premium.
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Sherry Speakman
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:33 pm

A RADEON HD 6770. :) I think it's a tiny bit below recommended, but it should do the job still I guess. However I don't have brand loyalty either, like someone stated before.
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Vivien
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:37 pm

I bought the Asus 560m GTX last month. It plays Crysis 2 like a champ.
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candice keenan
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:05 pm

Current generation NVidia of course.

I was never drawn to ATI and AMD, as I'm an Intel/Nvidia guy.
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Scarlet Devil
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:31 pm

My hard-to-find HD5970 should cope very well with this game, as long as it has good crossfire support
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sophie
 
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Post » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:15 pm

5870. which is know to have slight better performance than its 6870 brother
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Ashley Hill
 
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