This is one of those questions isn't it!
I personally prefer nVidia as I have always found them to be the ones that are ahead in terms of research compared with ATI.
One question you should ask yourself is who bought out duel graphics out first?
nVidia bought out SLi before Crossfire. Yet it wasn't "invented" exactly by nVidia.
"Scaleable Link Technology or SLI isn't a new technology. The idea of using two graphics cards to improve performance was first developed by a company called 3DFX way back in 1998. 3DFX Interactive specialised in cutting edge 3D graphics cards and dominated the industry through the 1990's until it went bankrupt in 2000. The Voodoo2 graphics card was the first example of connecting two graphics cards together with each card drawing half the scanlines of the screen. For the price of a second card, enthusiasts could double the 3D gaming performance and bump resolutions up to an exciting 1024 x 768. After the company went into liquidation, the technology disappeared for awhile until 2004 when NVIDIA introduced a new technology called SLI (Scalable Link Interface). It didn't take long for ATI came up with their own such solution, which it called CrossFire.", Maxit Mag (entire article).
Even today, you can hook up four graphics cards; however these tend to be only found within massive 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems. Those systems certainly require the power generated by the four cards connected to each other, but operating as one.
Two Articles of interest:
1) Nvidia Quadro FX vs. ATI FirePro
2) DirectX 10 Shootout: Nvidia vs. ATI
Out of ATI (AMD) and nVidia I must say I prefer the latter because I have personally found I got more power for money with them compared with AMD. In today's market it is a case of once you upgrade you will soon not have the most powerful or best for your money as technology is evolving so fast.
Reviews are easy to find on the internet. I would recommend always searching for them. www.tomshardware.co.uk is one site I have always used.
However on YouTube these days you can find some good reviews and benchmarks (tests carried out to see which is best to buy).
I'm no genius when it comes to Graphics cards and I recommend you read my post on Graphic Card manufactures (2013).
http://www.youtube.com/user/TigerDirectBlog is one place I look at before updating my graphics card to see what's new and best for buying. Search their profile for "graphics" and you will get results back ... make sure to search with date added though so you get the most recent reviews.
Then I tend to check www.ebuyer.com and www.overclockers.co.uk for any good deals.
Recommend you view my next post about upgrading hardware though before you make a final decision as you certainly need to know if your system can allow you to upgrade, and what your limits are!
Conclusions ...
Go with what you can afford and what is recommended!
Personally I prefer nVidia cards and have always gone with them as I find they have excellent driver support which can AND DOES improve the performance of them.
I personally prefer nVidia as I have always found them to be the ones that are ahead in terms of research compared with ATI.
One question you should ask yourself is who bought out duel graphics out first?
nVidia bought out SLi before Crossfire. Yet it wasn't "invented" exactly by nVidia.
"Scaleable Link Technology or SLI isn't a new technology. The idea of using two graphics cards to improve performance was first developed by a company called 3DFX way back in 1998. 3DFX Interactive specialised in cutting edge 3D graphics cards and dominated the industry through the 1990's until it went bankrupt in 2000. The Voodoo2 graphics card was the first example of connecting two graphics cards together with each card drawing half the scanlines of the screen. For the price of a second card, enthusiasts could double the 3D gaming performance and bump resolutions up to an exciting 1024 x 768. After the company went into liquidation, the technology disappeared for awhile until 2004 when NVIDIA introduced a new technology called SLI (Scalable Link Interface). It didn't take long for ATI came up with their own such solution, which it called CrossFire.", Maxit Mag (entire article).
Even today, you can hook up four graphics cards; however these tend to be only found within massive 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems. Those systems certainly require the power generated by the four cards connected to each other, but operating as one.
Two Articles of interest:
1) Nvidia Quadro FX vs. ATI FirePro
2) DirectX 10 Shootout: Nvidia vs. ATI
Out of ATI (AMD) and nVidia I must say I prefer the latter because I have personally found I got more power for money with them compared with AMD. In today's market it is a case of once you upgrade you will soon not have the most powerful or best for your money as technology is evolving so fast.
Reviews are easy to find on the internet. I would recommend always searching for them. www.tomshardware.co.uk is one site I have always used.
However on YouTube these days you can find some good reviews and benchmarks (tests carried out to see which is best to buy).
I'm no genius when it comes to Graphics cards and I recommend you read my post on Graphic Card manufactures (2013).
http://www.youtube.com/user/TigerDirectBlog is one place I look at before updating my graphics card to see what's new and best for buying. Search their profile for "graphics" and you will get results back ... make sure to search with date added though so you get the most recent reviews.
Then I tend to check www.ebuyer.com and www.overclockers.co.uk for any good deals.
Recommend you view my next post about upgrading hardware though before you make a final decision as you certainly need to know if your system can allow you to upgrade, and what your limits are!
Conclusions ...
Go with what you can afford and what is recommended!
Personally I prefer nVidia cards and have always gone with them as I find they have excellent driver support which can AND DOES improve the performance of them.
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