Decisions.....Decisions.....Decisions
Missileman
Orlando, Florida Icrontian
I'm gonna do a minor upgrade to my system and am stuck on a major choice.
Do I go with and Abit AT 32X crossfire and an X1800XT or do I go with an Abit AN 32X with a Nvidia 7900GT. I'll be re-using my 4400+ X2 and 2gb of Patriot RAM. I'll either keep my Antec true Control 550W PS or switch to a spare Ultra Xconnect 600W that I have sitting on the bench. I got like 8 or 10 sata drives to play with so I don't ever count them.
I'm not an Nvidia video fan by any means because I've had many cards from them in the past and really thought their unstable drivers were a pain. ATI cards just have better looking color and AA AF. Drivers have been much better especially lately.
On the other hand I have had good luck with my last 2 Nvidia chipsets and have had no experience with an ATI chipset other than one AOPEN cube system I built and it was a good, fast, stable setup.
So the dillema is which way do I Go? I will probably add a second video card down the road. Since I'm a M$ test scum I will be using Vista when it comes out (and testing now).
What do you guys think? Advice and consent needed
Do I go with and Abit AT 32X crossfire and an X1800XT or do I go with an Abit AN 32X with a Nvidia 7900GT. I'll be re-using my 4400+ X2 and 2gb of Patriot RAM. I'll either keep my Antec true Control 550W PS or switch to a spare Ultra Xconnect 600W that I have sitting on the bench. I got like 8 or 10 sata drives to play with so I don't ever count them.
I'm not an Nvidia video fan by any means because I've had many cards from them in the past and really thought their unstable drivers were a pain. ATI cards just have better looking color and AA AF. Drivers have been much better especially lately.
On the other hand I have had good luck with my last 2 Nvidia chipsets and have had no experience with an ATI chipset other than one AOPEN cube system I built and it was a good, fast, stable setup.
So the dillema is which way do I Go? I will probably add a second video card down the road. Since I'm a M$ test scum I will be using Vista when it comes out (and testing now).
What do you guys think? Advice and consent needed
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At least it will get me into PCI-E video so I can switch out to AM2 stuff in a few months
Other than that, I'll be curious to see how your new Abit board works out. I haven't trusted anything of their's for over a year now; ever since they got in such a financial bind and were turning out boards with less than stellar performance. Since they got bought out, maybe their QC and features have improved a bit.
Also, depending on how they turn out in July, Conroe might also be a good choice for an upgrade path too.
I did find a few of the 7900GT overclock problems, but recently eveything seems to be okay. At least I know mine will be a new batch since all of a sudden it went to backorder status. I'll just have to wait and see and hope for a good one