They are not gonna commit until they are sure Vista will be a hit, so they aren't gonna develop software for it until they see people are gonna buy it.

[quote]They are not gonna commit until they are sure Vista will be a hit, so they aren't gonna develop software for it until they see people are gonna buy it.

Actually I've had more trouble with ATi drivers than any other issue...especially when I was benchmarking. They'd get corrupted every single run where my nVidia drivers would stay stable as a rock and not get corrupted.

I got higher benchmarking scores with nVidia accross the board. None of ATi drivers have ran on my Simulators. On two of them they wouldn't work at all...CTD's as soon as pie screen stopped loading right before the actual simulation opened. I also had alot of the infamous BSOD's.

One of the other problems I noticed on the hardware end was ATi's GPU's have always ran hot. They are massive in size and retain heat badly. They have not gotten into the level of miniatuzation that nVidia has to date. I had a pretty hopped up card with a Rage Fury Pro 3D. That was back in those days. I also got caught up in the All-In-Wonder fiasco. I;ve played with a few crossfire setups on freind's machines also.

Basically the things I have been insterested in nVidia has given me the full package. I've gotten maximum FPS. Good stable drivers. Excellent quality, and cool running GPU's that can clock to insanely high levels. My current 6800GT can go 475/1200 for short bursts during benchmarking. Of course I have modded the cooling somewhat. Before the mods it would do 450/1180. It has stock clocks of 350/1000 for reference. It runs at 46C idle and only gets to 58 for short hard bursts in benchmarks, and will sometimes get to 53 C in actual gaming.

ATi's latest offerings have gotten better, but I don't think they have gotten the performance crown yet. They were close when they released the first cross-fire setups (coded 520R), but the 7800GTX SLi setups still were holding the highest marks.

I suspect the next generation 9000 (?) series cards will still hold the titles. I look for more pixel pipes, even larger amounts of memory, and a next generation GPU. nVidia has pretty much cornered the market on the memory end. The IC's they are using will clock to mad levels.

Drivers are an issue that can be worked on and improved, but once the hardware is developed and made that's pretty much what we have to live with for 6 months. Especially with heat. I can mod cards, but the heat is what ultimately limits max clocks. I still belive nVidia has the crown on the hardware end. I'm certain nVidia will support SLi in Vista, but it's gonna take time.

There's no reason to race to Vista. It just came out. There are security holes. There will be bugs. It's like that with every operating system. It always will be. Personally I'll wait for full support before jumping on it.

On the fixed aspect ratio scaling issue, that is only with certain combinations of monitors/drivers/ and cards. Not all setups are affected. It's not really a driver issue. I belive 7900 and 8800 cards are the only ones affected, and here again is where getting the bleeding edge results in soime issues. That's just the luck of the draw when you get top shelf stuff as soon as it comes out. It's the same with Vista.