Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Vidcard update -- 1:12 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I just got an email back from Visiontek telling me that I have to RMA my card. Unfortunately they want it shipped in the original packaging (which I know I don't have any more) and say that I have to have the original receipt (which I'm pretty sure I don't have any more). Even worse, I don't have a decent backup card to use for however long it would take for them to fix it. I guess I'm SOL from a warranty standpoint, so I might as well slap a Blue Orb on there and let 'er rip.

The Master comments: I've been considering video cards over the past few months (I have a GeForce 2 32mb card) and I'm leaning away from the Nvidia cards at this point. The technical articles I'm reading all indicate that ATI has finally created a better card for less cash. Bonus. :-)

A.T. Hun comments: Unless you use Linux. NVIDIA's Linux drivers rock everybody's world. ATI has made some advances and their drivers are getting better all the time, but they are still behind NVIDIA's. Having said all this, the only card that matters is the one that runs DOOM III the fastest.

The Master comments: I haven't committed my desktop to Linux yet, so thankfully I don't have to deal with the linux driver issues that have plagued many of the current videocards. I'm still going to wait for Doom III to make up my mind though :-)

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