I have actually been pretty biased against ATI, but decided i'd try an ATI for my current setup, because at the time it was cheaper than alternatives (That was incorrect, ta to the shop! :-( )
First card: (Note, this card was a card the shop had used to test Heatsinks, so probably not related to the quality of the hardware itself!) The initial 3750 worked fine for a few days but would reset the computer after 5-10 mins of use.
The replacement has been running just fine for about 2 weeks now, No driver issues, etc.
The only thing I worry about with ATI cards is their drivers- the drivers are solid, mostly, but when they go wrong they have the potential to completely mess things up- The first 3750 I had showed signs of accessing dangerous memory areas on the hardware- IE it would display 640x480 when I asked for 1024x768, but it'd do a wierd glitch where only the middle section of the 1024x768 would run cleanly, moving a window into the "left" or "right" side of the 1024x768 resulted in mass corruption on screen, and eventually a reset. Sadly, the card glitched a lot more after this .I did fix the problem with a driver reinstall, but the card itself played up after that problem.
back when I had an X1300, I had nothing but buggy drivers, wierd 2fps render problems where you could see it draw the window line by line, and a ton of other problems.
I have one thing to say also, My card comes with some awesome extra tools but to use them you must use the Asus drivers. Problem is that the asus drivers SUCK! uninstalling the card, booting to Safe Mode and running Driver Cleaner before restarting and reinstalling resolved those problems.
Maybe try Driver Cleaner?
First card: (Note, this card was a card the shop had used to test Heatsinks, so probably not related to the quality of the hardware itself!) The initial 3750 worked fine for a few days but would reset the computer after 5-10 mins of use.
The replacement has been running just fine for about 2 weeks now, No driver issues, etc.
The only thing I worry about with ATI cards is their drivers- the drivers are solid, mostly, but when they go wrong they have the potential to completely mess things up- The first 3750 I had showed signs of accessing dangerous memory areas on the hardware- IE it would display 640x480 when I asked for 1024x768, but it'd do a wierd glitch where only the middle section of the 1024x768 would run cleanly, moving a window into the "left" or "right" side of the 1024x768 resulted in mass corruption on screen, and eventually a reset. Sadly, the card glitched a lot more after this .I did fix the problem with a driver reinstall, but the card itself played up after that problem.
back when I had an X1300, I had nothing but buggy drivers, wierd 2fps render problems where you could see it draw the window line by line, and a ton of other problems.
I have one thing to say also, My card comes with some awesome extra tools but to use them you must use the Asus drivers. Problem is that the asus drivers SUCK! uninstalling the card, booting to Safe Mode and running Driver Cleaner before restarting and reinstalling resolved those problems.
Maybe try Driver Cleaner?