ATI vs. Nvidia in a Video Shootout

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 31, 2006 @08:09AM from the blam-blam-i-hit-you-no-you-didn't dept.

ThinSkin writes "ATI and Nvidia are well known for hailing their products as leaders in 3D apps and games, but little is known that both companies are trying to stake their claim in the video market as well. ExtremeTech is featuring an article that tests cards from ATI and Nvidia to determine who takes the cake in video quality and performance. Using CPU utilization scores and visual quality comparisons during video and DVD clips, the author concludes that ATI's latest generation of GPUs have an edge over Nvidia, particularly in DVD playback and with video acceleration."

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MOD ABUSE - NOT OFFTOPIC by Trogre · 2006-01-31 11:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

How is the parent off-topic?

Looks like he pretty much nailed the ATI / nVidia driver status under Linux, which incidentally mirrors fairly well the situation under Windows.

Which part is off-topic? Mentioning drivers, which are vital to the performance of video on any card, or the fact that the parent runs Linux?

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