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Originally Posted by =PF=Coastie
I'm surprised Protos hasn't made an appearence in this thread yet, LOL!
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Don't be a douche coastie
Since you rang ....
Beta testing crappy ATI drivers years ago .... doesn't make you an authority on IL2 performance. We have both been around the IL2 scene a LONG time .... same with Alpha and some others.
You need to deal ..... ATI drivers BLOW in general - and most particularly for this game specifically. Its not going to get fixed on a 10 year old game and you need to stop pretending that it will. Your credibility in the matter is tainted ..... cause you don't own and use both. Some of us in this thread do/ and do it for a living.
I don't care that you pimp one over the other .... but give accurate information. New people/less technically savvy pilots read these threads and make judgments based on the information/lack there of in them.
You can't tell people that all there problems will be solved if they just use an old atioglxx file ect ...... YOU ALSO NEED TO TELL THEM that there is a MEMORY LEAK with that file.
For new pilots or ones who just don't understand hardware:
1. ATI cards are excellent hardware based products.
2. That same product has HORRIFICALLY bad drivers.
3. The atioglxx file has an ACKNOWLEDGED MEMORY LEAK - yes it will fix texture corrupting .... but what good is that if your game will crash later during a mission ???
4. There are not going to be new dlls released for this old game.
5. Oleg has a long standing relationship with NVidia and the game runs better on those cards.
Fact.
6. Game developers code directly for Intel/Nvidia .... its not up for debate. Its just a
REALITY of game design.
7. Nvidia has light years better crossplatform support - should that be important to you. Think Linux/Mac.
8. Ati drivers do not allow you to set a game specific profile setup. You must download UNSUPPORTED software such as ATI traytools or other to set AA/AF for example.
9. Idiots like Flanker will tell you to start a track or other for a few seconds before you fly .... while this option will work for single player .... you will be holding your 'joystick' for online.
Ultimately what you buy will be personal preference. I have had ONLY ati cards for my whole IL2 career ..... but there comes a time when the hassle of 'adjusting' drivers ect becomes too much work.
That point came for me with the 9 series drivers. I went to the dark side NV and I love it.
Readers can make their own choices ..... but be informed before making your decisions. For myself I am on to my next Nvidia card. A EVGA 285gtx .... which will allow me to 'upgrade' for free to a Fermi when they come out later this month.
Do your own math and don't let a bunch of ATI blowhards set the agenda for you.