To be honest, we know beforehand that the topic would cause grave dispute among readers because of your many fans ATI or NVIDIA. Nevertheless, the figures are very stubborn, and if they are obtained by fair means, they can not lie, so it can be calm about objectivity.
So, Hardware France c we have decided to share statistical data obtained from named distributor of computer components in France. In this case, the so-called indicator RMA (Returned Material Authorization). In short, the lower the RMA, the higher the reliability of this or that product.
As shown in the following pictures, there is no single answer, so that one can hardly conclude that NVIDIA is better or ATI cooler. If a segment of single ATI card leader, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 GPU is considered the worst among the 2-processor cards. On the other hand, Radeon HD 4870 X2 can be described as the best among these maps, but it NVIDIA GeForce 9800 X2. Among the partners of NVIDIA and ATI Sapphire (ATI), Leadtek and PNY (NVIDIA) leaders in quality manufacturing, as well as the number of defective products is lower than the norm in the industry (3%).
In principle, the conclusion one can make himself, so it should not accuse us of biased coverage of events. It turns out that everything does not depend only on the model, but also on the brand.