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[MH]

Remember, MH is not advocating OPENGL over DIRECTX as his current coding project is DIRECT X 9 version of Quake! He's saying that Rage works better on nVidia cards due to the "once again" ATI drivers not holding it's weight for openGL support. AMD/ATI has relations with MicroSoft for the xbox so their R&D team takes DirectX priority one; openGL gets second fiddle.

In the normal run of things I favour D3D; in cases where OpenGL is important for end-users I favour NVIDIA; in cases where OpenGL is important for developers I favour Intel or AMD. Think that about sums it up.

I notice too that the recent AMD 11.11a driver update has resolved all issues with Rage, so my objections to AMD for the purposes of this thread can be considered gone.

[Tremor]

Nice find Mindzx. Just what I've been looking for!

[R00k]

Relevant,but I'm doubting fault lays entirely with AMD.

Remember, MH is not advocating OPENGL over DIRECTX as his current coding project is DIRECT X 9 version of Quake! He's saying that Rage works better on nVidia cards due to the "once again" ATI drivers not holding it's weight for openGL support. AMD/ATI has relations with MicroSoft for the xbox so their R&D team takes DirectX priority one; openGL gets second fiddle.

[foq]

as soon as i saw i only had a 250w psu i knew i'd have to replace that.

so no issues with having an AMD processor and using an NVIDIA card?

Absolutely not. Have an AMD CPU and my motherboard sports an Nvidia chipset, and I've used both AMD and Nvidia cards on it.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Well the OP listed Rage as one of the games he wants to run so I believe it's relevant.

Relevant,but I'm doubting fault lays entirely with AMD.

[rev]

thanks guys.

[MH]

I think its unfair to bash AMD because of the Rage problems.

Meh, DirectX > OpenGL anyways.

Well the OP listed Rage as one of the games he wants to run so I believe it's relevant.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

none! just aim for DX11 support and you are set to play any games,and there are a ton availible haha.

[rev]

as soon as i saw i only had a 250w psu i knew i'd have to replace that.

so no issues with having an AMD processor and using an NVIDIA card?

[Mindf!3ldzX]

I think its unfair to bash AMD because of the Rage problems.

Meh, DirectX > OpenGL anyways.

[MH]

This might be a bit contentious, but if you really want to run Rage, then do not buy an AMD card.

Seriously.

There are colossal troubles with their drivers, and you're basically taking put luck whether or not they will work for you. NVIDIA on the other hand will work right away, without any trouble. AMD plus OpenGL do not mix well in general (you should see some of the trouble I had with RMQ...) and Rage really pushes things so far as OpenGL is concerned.

Even a relatively low-end NVIDIA within your budget will get you a much happier experience.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Powersupply's aren't expensive. I went with a raidmax

Newegg.com - RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply

It's cheap,but hefty.

[Spoon]

If your PSU is only 250W, you'll definitely need to upgrade that before getting any sort of worthwhile graphics card upgrade.

[sb306]

Im running a 5870(bought used) and have no problems. She likes alot of power though

[turtlevan]

5770, 460, 560, 6850