Is it just me or is this trend not a trend at all

timmyqwest · Mar 8, 2003

AMD guys are ATI guys and Intel guys are Nvidia guy....not always but alot of the time at least

Evnas · Mar 8, 2003

What i find funny is a lot of AMD guys who use nVidia say they chose AMD cuz they are the "underdog", and support them and stuff...but refuse to buy an ATi card....

Th0r · Mar 8, 2003

They will have to re-think that choice now

Mr.Guvernment · Mar 8, 2003

never noticed that myself - i got a bit of both i guess.

i just got a used system that had AMD and nvidia.

snyper1982 · Mar 8, 2003

im more of a whatever is going to get me the most performance for the cheapest price. ati is definately that card now, and amd is the platform. i have been thinking baout going all out and buying a intel 3.04, not sure what motherboard yet, and a 9800 when those are released. but we will have to see about that.

Johnny Knoxville · Mar 8, 2003

ATI and Intel are PIMP

, this is the PIMP club
why should i support the underdogs i.e. the losers when i can get better products?

timmyqwest · Mar 8, 2003

Excelsior said:
They will have to re-think that choice now

hehe, thats what i was thinking...

You have to realize that this is just a trend i've noticed...doesnt mean it's always true.

Just look in peoples sigs and i think you'll start seeing it...maybe it's in my head, i dunno

Supertrucker · Mar 8, 2003

sorry johhny but ati until very recently was the underdog, very not pimp to most people. and i happen to like ati and amd, if i had to wager a guess its that they both give you better value for your dollar in the low to mid end that we all love to oc to the high end

method().man · Mar 8, 2003

I highly recommend against fanyboyism.

Richard · Mar 8, 2003

The video card industry is changing faster than the CPU industry. I mean, we've had "true" 3d accelerators for how long now? 5 years?

I used to purchase only intel. Then went AMD with the advent of the Thunderbird. Now I'm back to intel. I wasn't rooting for AMD when I purchased their processor. It genuinely was a better product.

With regards to the Video Card market. I've had products from primarily 3dfx and NVIDIA. ATI was having driver issues back when I was considering an upgrade from the GeForce2 GTS. Now, I'm in a position that I sincerely don't feel a need to upgrade the video card. The Radeon 9700 Pro seems like a nice video card, but for the games that I play it would just be a waste of money.

Eventually, the Ti4600 won't be able to hold its own, and I'll need to upgrade the vid card. When that time comes, the best video card will be the one I purchase. (I'll probably wait a couple months after Doom3 is released to make the decision.)

Sterculus · Mar 8, 2003

well i go against that, but i have noticed that on the whole there is that sort of a trend, i dont know why.
i try not to be fanboyish, have used both amd and intel, and both ati and nvidia.
im looking at the 9800 pro as my next card

penguinpoo · Mar 8, 2003

I think alot of people will be getting ATI's from now on, Intel or not. But ATI are a cut cheaper than nVidia, and AMD are also cheaper then Intel, so the triend could mearly be a price issiue

Johnny Knoxville · Mar 8, 2003

Supertrucker said:
sorry johhny but ati until very recently was the underdog

i'm talking about now, the present, ATI are now the best, if i were to talk about the past i would have said that 3dfx are PIMP

baqai · Mar 8, 2003

i don't agree with this trend you might have noticed. I personally will go for the best performance to prize which ever it is (amd or intel, ati or nvidia)

penguinpoo · Mar 8, 2003

also, personally, i have noticed more amd/nvidia and intel/ati systems

T20 · Mar 8, 2003

timmyqwest said:
AMD guys are ATI guys and Intel guys are Nvidia guy....not always but alot of the time at least

no.

ninthebin · Mar 8, 2003

yeah I tend to see more of a an AMD/Nvidia match Intel/ATI match...but then at the same time, does it really matter...you wanna just look at whats good now and pair em.

I have an Intel/Nvidia setup and want an Intel/ATI setup - but thats because of obvious reasons, not because I have Intel so therefore I must get a particular brand of graphics card. For a Johnnyism, its all about the Pimp Now

larva · Mar 8, 2003

penguinpoo said:
I think alot of people will be getting ATI's from now on, Intel or not. But ATI are a cut cheaper than nVidia, and AMD are also cheaper then Intel, so the triend could mearly be a price issiue

Exactly. In the 10 years I sold PC's one point has been plainly obvious. Virtually everyone buys whatever is cheapest, and then comes up any story imaginable about why they chose what they chose rather than admit they did it because it was cheap. People are consistantly and primarily motivated by financial concerns, but it is not glorious enough to them to admit it. There are exceptions to every rule, but the rule is people are cheap and the cheapest product will also be the most popular.

This is not to say that there are not times when the cheapest products also have merit that extends beyond affordability. It's very satisfying to isolate a product that it is at the same time the cheapest and also the best available. It's just somewhat rare, and doesn't happen often enough to explain the purchasing trends you see, and the crazy stories that accompany them.

Stumpjumper5200 · Mar 8, 2003

Interesting.....having ATI vs nVidia and Intel vs AMD in the same thread. Congratulations

timmyqwest · Mar 9, 2003

Stumpjumper5200 said:
Interesting.....having ATI vs nVidia and Intel vs AMD in the same thread. Congratulations

lol

Is it just me or is this trend not a trend at all

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