I've always been an nVidia buyer, for a long, long time. The only ATI I've ever had came off an old Dell in 2004 with a 4GHz Intel P4 and an ATI x300.
I've been building my own systems for years now, and I've been leaning towards switching to ATI, because I'm an AMD supporter and AMD now owns ATI, and AMD North/Southbridges are more common than nVidia North/Southbridges on AM2/3 motherboards these days.
Two questions I really have but haven't found solid answers to are...
How do I compare ATI model numbers to nVidia models? Tomshardware used to have great guides for this, but the site's become a nightmare to navigate as of late.
Do AMD North/Southbridges play well with nVidia cards in the PCI X16 slots? I'm FAIRLY sure it doesn't matter too much, but I know the south(?)bridge is a big player in video rendering.
Is it worth swapping off of nVidia, which I've always known to have better driver support, just because I'm running AMD chips on AM2/3 boards with AMD bridges?
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