XFX 5770 or BFG GTX 260?

ThePizzaMan said:

Fumz said:

ThePizzaMan said:

there are less issues with ati cards when your using a amd processor

I understood what you said, just not why you said it?

To suggest that ati cards "work better", or as you put it, "have fewer issues" with amd cpu's is a myth; one we can't even call an urban legend because it hasn't been around long enough... in short, it's nonsense.

Cpu's don't "talk" directly to graphics cards; they communicate through the northbridge. If there are certain chipsets that have problems with ATI cards, we're all ears?

yes its a chipset thing, when ya put a ati card in a intel chipset you sometimes get issues, like wise when you put a ati card in a nvidia chipset, or a nvidia card in a ati one, so if your going with a amd based mobo your best off to get a ati card

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I have to ask... just how exactly did you arrive at this conclusion?

Fumz said:

ThePizzaMan said:

Fumz said:

I understood what you said, just not why you said it?

To suggest that ati cards "work better", or as you put it, "have fewer issues" with amd cpu's is a myth; one we can't even call an urban legend because it hasn't been around long enough... in short, it's nonsense.

Cpu's don't "talk" directly to graphics cards; they communicate through the northbridge. If there are certain chipsets that have problems with ATI cards, we're all ears?

yes its a chipset thing, when ya put a ati card in a intel chipset you sometimes get issues, like wise when you put a ati card in a nvidia chipset, or a nvidia card in a ati one, so if your going with a amd based mobo your best off to get a ati card

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I have to ask... just how exactly did you arrive at this conclusion?

just from reading about the people who use them the one's i've seen using amd chipsets have had less problems that i've seen

ThePizzaMan said:

Fumz said:

ThePizzaMan said:

yes its a chipset thing, when ya put a ati card in a intel chipset you sometimes get issues, like wise when you put a ati card in a nvidia chipset, or a nvidia card in a ati one, so if your going with a amd based mobo your best off to get a ati card

...

I have to ask... just how exactly did you arrive at this conclusion?

just from reading about the people who use them the one's i've seen using amd chipsets have had less problems that i've seen

So, to sum things up, this is all just speculation.

Lordbob75 said:

ManOwar2 said:

Difficult choice. The GTX probably outclass easily the 5770, however it is directx 10 only... I would wait a couple months if I was you.

Nothing uses DX11 anyways, so it's a moot point at this time.

~Lordbob

And only a handful of games used DX10, and about 2 games used DX10.1, so it's all just about future proofing really.

DX11 is making great strides, by the end of the year at least 20+ games will be using it, major games such as AvsP. In 2011 many more games will move onto it. Mostly because of the generation gap, like with XP to 7.

dirt 2, grid 2 and bad company 2 use dx11.

They look great, but in all honesty, who has the time to notice when you're in the thick of it?