Quote Originally Posted by 'genocyde',index.php?page=Thread&postID=195945#pos t195945
Been running ATI cards since as long as I can remember, never used a 3rd party software or driver on them and have never had a driver/software issue. Did have 2 9800 fans burn out and trash the card but ATI made good on replacing so I stuck with them. I have two friends that think I'm insane running ATI but over the years their NVidia cards last about 3/4 as long and have 10X the problems. I guess I'm just lucky... or someone is switching our cards at the UPS hub.
What ATI card are you running now? It might just be the 4800 series that is causing people grief. The card I bought that would not work out of the box is the 4850x2. I have an older ATI card (x1600 or some such) that has worked beautifully for several years now.