Thursday, July 5, 2007

Is ATI vs nVidia like or unlike AMD vs Intel?

With the reality of pc's being used to take over most of our daily needs, the demand for speed ever increases with each new applications created everyday. Thanks to companies like ATI and nVidia, video processors are always at par with the ever advancing PC processors manufactured by both AMD and Intel.

High end video cards can be arguably more powerful than some presently available AMD and Intel processors. Because of this, many applications are programmed to detect and then use the faster chip, from either the video card or the processor. With the advent of dual and more processors, some programs force the 2nd core to either help the 1st one or the video card, whichever needs it. Despite dual cores being the new technology today, dual video cards have been in use long before the first dual core processors even came out.

Not surprisingly, these four brands have their loyal fans! Like other brands some people prefer to stick with their favorites to the bitter end, while others base their choices on reviews or popularity, some prefer to choose only the faster chips, many like me are influenced by their costs, and still others don't mind trying or using any brand.

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