I do not consider the GeForce Ultra to be a true "product". To the best of
my knowledge, it was more of a "bragging rights" release, since the very
high speed DDR memory that the demos came with is extremely rare and very
expensive. If there are any real Ultras even shipping yet, you can bet they
will be few and far between. I do not believe NVDIA will be able to actually
produce these cards in quantity, at least not at a price that anyone will
pay.
The Radeon represents far better value in my opinion. All old concerns with
ATI are out the window with the Radeon. Driver updates have been good and
fast, reviews have been splendid. Feature set is far superior. Performance
is excellent. Radeons are wining all kinds of technical excellence awards,
including best of show in two venues, one in US and one in Europe.
Disclosure: I am an ATI shareholder, but I do not think that mars my
objectivity.
Cheers,
Michael
Oh, and by the way, Drew, NVIDIA is nowhere near eclipsing ATI as the
leading graphics supplier. They may be encroaching on ATI's PC desktop
business, but the laptop/notebook market is over 50% ATI, 0% NVDIA. The
Apple market is 100% ATI, 0% NVDIA. ATI is also in set-top boxes, and soon
in game consoles (Nintendo). Overall, ATI is still a far bigger company than
NVDIA, and with Radeon, it looks like they will not give up any further
market share easily.
-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Drew Dunn
Sent: October 20, 2000 6:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video Cards
Definitely the GeForce. Nvidia has a much faster product and driver
development cycle. ATI has been the leading vendor of video chipsets, but
it looks like Nvidia is about to eclipse them because they are just faster
to market.
Performance-wise, the GeForce is a winner. It's just very expensive...
Drew Dunn
The NOSPIN Group
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Elmblade" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Video Cards
Hello List,
O.K. I've asked all my geek friends (and I have plenty), but would now like
to throw the discussion out to the knowledgable people on this list. I am
agonizing over a video card decision and would appreciate your input. Price
is not the issue, just performance. I am looking for 3D gaming performance,
not regular video performance (should be a matter of course when 3D
performance is increased, shouldn't it?).
I've narrowed my choices down to two. The ATI Radeon 64MB and the GeForce 2
Ultra 64MB. Thoughts, opinions, rants, raves? Thanks in advance.
Kyle Elmblade
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