AMD/ATI video cards and Intel Chipset compatibility issues

[moe]

^ thanks sir! you're right, IRQ shared with sound. hmmmm.... i'm gonna wait and see, if it doesn't crash or reboot the next couple of days then it's all good. i don't do games anyway, just NFS. i also plan to install vista in a day or two, maybe that'll sort things out.

btw sir jun, between Nvidia and ATI, who has the upperhand nowadays? all things considered (price, performance, power consumption, heat output, etc) say a midrange ATI vs midrange Nvidia.

[Jun aka Pekto]

^ thanks sir! you're right, IRQ shared with sound. hmmmm.... i'm gonna wait and see, if it doesn't crash or reboot the next couple of days then it's all good. i don't do games anyway, just NFS. i also plan to install vista in a day or two, maybe that'll sort things out.

Besides games, videos also make use of both graphics and sound. Sharing an IRQ may or may not result in problems. But, there may be the occasional hiccup or glitch.

Interestingly enough, my AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ pc (XP Home), has an nVidia nForce4 Ultra chipset and an ASUS ATI X800XL ViVo videocard. Yet, not a single component shares an IRQ.

btw sir jun, between Nvidia and ATI, who has the upperhand nowadays? all things considered (price, performance, power consumption, heat output, etc) say a midrange ATI vs midrange Nvidia.

Last I heard, it was ATI who's on top. Now whether it's on top in a cost-effective way (like nVidia) remains to be seen. I've been tempted to upgrade from my X800XL. But, the only 3 games I bought since 2005: Battlefield 2, Command & Conquer 3, and Flight Simulator X all seem to run ok. So, I've been holding off on buying a newer video card. But, I've tended to alternate between nVidia and ATI whenever I bought a new card. In 2000, I bought the original ATI Radeon. In 2002, I bought an nVidia GF4-Ti4200. In 2005, I bought my ATI Radeon X800XL. My next video card will most likely be an nVidia card. The only common denominator so far is the last 2 cards were made by ASUS and both have ViVo (Video In/Video Out) capability. It looks like I'm going to continue that trend.

Speedwise, I don't really care if it's nVidia or ATI that's faster. In most cases, the only way to tell is by benchmarking. I'm done with that. So long as my games run fine and the cards are problem-free.