Which is brand is better? Is their really related to nvidia or ati?

Question

In every nvidia and ati graphics card there is another name of a brand like gigabyte, asus,sapphire,xfx. I cant understand. Is their really nvidia and ati's own card. If so. Which is the better?

Answer 1

NVIDIA and ATI make chipsets



you know you dont buy your pc from the INTEL store do you?

you buy it from dell or hp but it has the same processor.



of course they have ALL got so big they now also make their own

video cards with their own chips on them.



now this means that the vast majority of ATI or NVIDIA cards

are made by OEM's(other equipment manufacturers)



they then get the flexibility of fitting the chips to BIG fast memory

or SMALL fast memory or medium amount of memory get the idea?



and if its a MOBILE chip version, then the OEM like dell or HP can

fit specific memory or wire in some SHARED system board memory



get it? chipsets the same but memory sizes/speeds are tailored by the oem



but cos the CHIP is ATI or NVIDIA the drivers can be the UNIFIED ones.

of course HP,DELL,ASUS, SPARKLE GIGABYTE can all

manufacture slightly different implementations, and they can buy the rights

to the BIOS and make the card say its a SuperDuperWOppingBig ASUS doubrey

or they can call it something else.

once they fiddle with the BIOS they are duty bound to fiddle with the DRIVERS

as well. so if they have tweeked the eyeballs out of the memory the ordinary

UNIFIED driver might be slower and their version of the driver may be better.



do you get the idea now?



so which one is better....dumb question,

but my answer is



the one that works best for you.



of course the one that gets the highest benchmark test results

could be deemed the best but if it gets too damn hot whats the point

Answer 2

what you need to understand is that ati/NVIDIA designate the specifications for a video card, then they have a different company produce it. Some companies make the cards at higher levels than others. So if it is an ATI Sapphire HD6970 card, ATI specifies the minimum requirements for the card and Sapphire goes and produces/sells it for a specific price, paying a loyalty to ATI with every card made. The same goes for Nvidia. Making the choice on which producer varies from card to card. Sometimes the producer makes the card well for a good price, sometimes they overcharge for a bad card.

Answer 3

I've often wondered this too. I have no idea what the difference between Nvidia and the brands are.



As for which is better, I prefer Nvidia because I've personally had problems and know friends who have had problems with ATI.

Answer 4

Vid card chart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utjw77kHk2o

Answer 5

nVidia is better than ATI!