More important than value for money

[neliz]

who said that ?

Ah. .the talk about twimtbp. everyone using 8800's etc. it's all about Franks original statement

"Since the GeForce 8800 appeared, just about every new AA game I try to play on my X1950 Pro requires me to jump through hoops to get it to work"

I wonder how my machines are still able to boot up..

 

[Sxotty]

Well I had more issues with my ati cards lately than Nvidia cards, but it might be a symptom of the timeframe instead of anything else. I have used ATI cards since 9500pro just b/c of $/performance, but prior to that I had nvidia cards tnt2ultra-->4200

Like I said it is probably the timeframe though in that maybe there are simply more issues now than there were in the past for all cards.

I do have an 8800GT I replaced my x1900AIW that died with, and it has been better so far. But that is b/c most of the issues in games I had with x1900 even if they were mirrored on Nvidia cards have been reconciled by the time I got 8800 and I don't have any newer games now.

 

[Florin]

ASSUMPTION IS THE MOTHER OF ALL FUCK-UPS. don't point at other parties when the problem maybe be a lot closer to home.

Well it's great that you solved some of your problems by reinstalling Windows but at the same time you shouldn't assume that there aren't any problems that are not so easily fixed.

While we're off the topic, I personally think that the whole standard restart, reboot, reinstall Windows error scheme thing isn't as relevant anymore as it once was; it is very well possible to keep a Windows installation healthy over time if you're careful about what you install and clean up regularly.

As for the topic itself, what Frank posts is obviously an opinion - and statements to the contrary that he is 'completely wrong' are just that as well.

Would it be subjective to state though that being part of a majority (which imho for some time has been the Nvidia users) is generally a comfortable position to be in? Because developers will likely test on your hardware anyway, and because your chip manufacturer has the most resources to reach out to developers, because you're more likely to find solutions to problems you might have from fellow users that have experienced the same, and so forth?

 

[neliz]

Well it's great that you solved some of your problems by reinstalling Windows but at the same time you shouldn't assume that there aren't any problems that are not so easily fixed.

While we're off the topic, I personally think that the whole standard restart, reboot, reinstall Windows error scheme thing isn't as relevant anymore as it once was; it is very well possible to keep a Windows installation healthy over time if you're careful about what you install and clean up regularly.

True, but if your system exhibits failures, errors and what the like during normal, day to day operation and this isn't exhibited by other users with the same configuration.. there's obviously something wrong.

I really wasn't a fan of the re-installing stuff and tried to keep up with registry cleaner etc. but windows is still windows. So many things mess up inside your system as soon as you've installed IIS for instance, if you want stability and performance, there's really no other route to go.

Would it be subjective to state though that being part of a majority (which imho for some time has been the Nvidia users) is generally a comfortable position to be in? Because developers will likely test on your hardware anyway, and because your chip manufacturer has the most resources to reach out to developers, because you're more likely to find solutions to problems you might have from fellow users that have experienced the same, and so forth?

What is the influence on hardware during the development cycle? With long term development you might see several hardware cycles pass before the product is put out for Beta. only the final stage of testing would bring things to light on current hardware while development would've started on a competitive product many cycles ago. Again twimtbp is an example that a good development doesn't always guarantee a trouble free product on the popular hardware.