Reply 220 of 259, by sliderider
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wrote:Yup I went from an 8500 to a 9700. […]
Yup I went from an 8500 to a 9700.
I knew some guys who upgraded from a Ti 4400 to the lousy 5600 Ultra only to find their speed the same or worse. Blind NVIDIA faith.
I think the whole FX range was successful though. A lot of people wouldn't even consider ATI back then. People got burned by their horrible drivers on older cards including 8500 and this became very negative word of mouth.
And some people saw ATI losing in GL for various reasons. The FX cards do deliver for a lot of the GL games back then. ATI was trouble, particularly with Bioware games,
I had no trouble with any of the Baldur's Gates, Icewind Dale or Planescape:Torment with my 9500.