I've had nVidia cards for a long time (used to play IL2 with a Gforce 4MX before upgrading to a 6600GT), but on my new i7 rig bought last spring i went for a 4870. It was a deffective one and it gave up the ghost during the Xmas holiday season, so i bought a 4890 and waiting for the refund (i had a 3 year warranty).
The way i see it, i feel like Ati cards are generally faster on a processing level and with more video RAM, but they might suffer from drivers/support issues. On the other hand, i've been reading some things on Fermi and without being an expert it seems like it will be a very expensive card for not so much of a gain. For me this is important, because i never buy top of the line cards. I wait until they go from best to second best before i buy them, because that means i get to pay around 200 euros instead of 350 if i simply wait a few months.
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