Re: GeForce Or Radeon
The ATI cards are good hardware-wise. And the multi-function models like the All-in-Wonder are quite cool. But everyone, and I mean everyone, that I have ever asked for advice on the ATI vs. nVidia question says that ATI drivers are legendary for suckiness. There are more problems in one iteration of ATI's drivers than the entire series of nVidia's 'detonator' drivers from the beginning. If you are a serious hardware geek willing to constantly putz with your system to get the thing to work properly, ATI might be a reasonable option. If you want it to 'just work' then nVidia is much better.
And btw, if you're not focused on 3D performance there are still some other players in the market. Matrox still makes very good video cards, including good 3D hardware acceleration. It's just not as fast as the ATI/nVidia chipsets. Who needs the very fastest 3D 'framerate'? People who play the most demanding FPS and RTS games. Everyone else will probably find it worthwhile to check out Matrox as well as ATI/nVidia.
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