Is moving back to AMD the right move?

almighty15 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:24

Bought GTX970 SLI as I'm all about high image quality and because of that DSR was the star attraction for the move.

However in a lot of games I play running DSR breaks SLI for me and performance tanks making DSR pointless.

Now before everyone jumps in says the cards just suck at 4k it's not the cards.

So with the feature I moved to Nvidia for ( DSR ) effective useless to me and AMD having recently released VSR I'm considering the move back to AMD.

What do you guys reckon?

Tonester0011 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:31

Not for VSR or DSR.
All it is, is another form of AA which you can select in NVP/CCC.

You also have a 4k monitor, so why would you want or need DSR?

Gregster · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:32

Wait for AMD's next launch and then switch back. Me an you can then become enemies

(joking btw)

almighty15 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:37

Tonester0011 said:
Not for VSR or DSR.
All it is, is another form of AA which you can select in NVP/CCC.

You also have a 4k monitor, so why would you want or need DSR?

Because I need high AA.... You still get texture crawl and shader aliasing at 4k which I can't stand.

Tonester0011 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:38

Need?
Get more in the NVP or CCC. Not that your 970 SLI could handle a lot of AA @4k, but what the hell.

almighty15 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:40

Tonester0011 said:
Need?
Get more in the NVP or CCC. Not that your 970 SLI could handle a lot of AA @4k, but what the hell.

Yes because every game is a performance hog at 4k :rolleyes:

There's a bomb load of games that GTX 970 eat for breakfast at 4k but they still have texture crawl and shader aliasing.

Which as I said, I can't stand.

queamin · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:41

I would wait until later in 2015, maybe sept/oct time you got 2 good cards,unless you want to go for 8GB cards for 4k

JustCallMeVlad · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:41

Better question is "Will Amd's image quality be any better than Nvidia's?"

old gamer · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:41

i went for a pair of 970's to try out some of nvidia's features and whilst there ok part of wonders if i should have got an 8gb 290x, the problem is there is always something else

queamin · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:42

I would say you bought the 4k monitor a bit early if you don't texture crawl and shader aliasing.

andybird123 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:45

Erm, you want DSR with a native resolution of 4K... so 8K or 32 megapixels, and you wonder why performance is bad?

If you want AA at 4K use an SMAA injector

almighty15 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:45

JustCallMeVlad said:
Better question is "Will Amd's image quality be any better than Nvidia's?"

IQ is fine and normal MSAA is actually better on AMD, they just never had a way to down sample until recently.

VSR IQ is fine and Crossfire doesn't tend to break when it's on either.

Tonester0011 · 16 Dec 2014 at 19:47

almighty15 said:
Yes because every game is a performance hog at 4k

a lot of games are, oh well.
Sounds like you need DSR, or VSR.

Let me link you to this thread, it mimics the higher resolutions pretty well: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643529

Rusty0611 · 16 Dec 2014 at 20:03

thefogo · 16 Dec 2014 at 20:16

No, Nvidia is the best

Kaapstad · 16 Dec 2014 at 20:18

thefogo said:
No, Nvidia is the best

If NVidia made house bricks they would probably be the best.....

Hang on a minute you could probably build a house out of GTX 590s.

Five.Stars · 16 Dec 2014 at 20:41

You are seriously trying to run DSR with a native res of 4K?

2 970's ain't gona cut it. Nowhere near it to be honest.

Ayahuasca · 16 Dec 2014 at 20:46

Do whatever you want, it will be fun seeing you defending AMD again like you did before getting the 970's.

r7slayer · 16 Dec 2014 at 21:04

Ayahuasca said:
Do whatever you want, it will be fun seeing you defending AMD again like you did before getting the 970's.

hahaha +1 I was thinking exactly the same lol.

tommybhoy · 16 Dec 2014 at 21:32

almighty15 said:
However in a lot of games I play running DSR breaks SLI for me and performance tanks making DSR pointless.

Can confirm Vsr and CrossFire is working like a charm on it's first driver release.

Whether it's worth your time switching from 970's, you've had both, you know the pros and cons, do you really need anyone with a brand preference to inform you on your next move?