How do you choose between AMD And Nvidia Cards

~>Dg<~ · 9 Jan 2017 at 13:50

3 months ago fitted new amd card to a brand new pc on win 10 for 1 hr it wouldnt work.thats how its changed

the issue has now been fixed but as said at time it was easier to just use a nvidia card.

im not talking years ago with drivers.i was talking about recent times.

Klo · 9 Jan 2017 at 14:07

~>Dg<~ said:
3 months ago fitted new amd card to a brand new pc on win 10 for 1 hr it wouldnt work.thats how its changed

the issue has now been fixed but as said at time it was easier to just use a nvidia card.

im not talking years ago with drivers.i was talking about recent times.

A single bad experience doesn't mean every time it's going to be the same. I bet if Nvidia had a bad driver you wouldn't switch back to AMD.

Nasher · 9 Jan 2017 at 14:21

fs123 said:
AMD for the past year and now with the new Relive drivers is a totally new ball game. You are still living in the past mate.

Yea AMD drivers have come a LONG way since I last used them.

They are much better than Nvidia's now, which have become quite bloated and slow (e.g. try opening the 3D settings in Nvidia control panel now, takes forever while it scans for games before it lets you do anything) :/

ibpalle · 9 Jan 2017 at 14:43

Whenever I look at new GFX cards I will look at Nvidia first as I quite like the various add-ons Nvidia offers. Gforce Experience gives me a nice overview of baseline settings in games that I can work from which I really like. The control panel does take a bit of time to load up but I'm not fiddling with settings there often so not much of an issue.

Not adverse to buying AMD at all - have had a few in my time but currently I feel Nvidia is in the lead with software and performance in general.

Looking forward to Vega and more DX12 games/Vulcan coming out - would like to see AMD doing better in the market which hopefully it looks like they are slowly doing.

~>Dg<~ · 9 Jan 2017 at 15:15

Klo said:
A single bad experience doesn't mean every time it's going to be the same. I bet if Nvidia had a bad driver you wouldn't switch back to AMD.

infact i have had nvidia issues.but the overall gaming experience for me is better on nvidia and easier.thats my experience.

we are writing about our own experiences or asked why we choose whatever brand we choose and for reasons.yet you cant seem to understand that people have different experiences ? :rolleyes:

i still have pcs with amd cards in :rolleyes:

and nvidia.so its not brand loyalty.its what works works.if amd make it or nvidia so be it.

JonSmith · 9 Jan 2017 at 16:51

Price/performance/power/size

I had been using AMD cards since my 7900gs broke, but when presented with buying a 290 or 970 for ever so slightly more I went with the 970 since it was much smaller and used much less power for similar performance.

stooeh · 9 Jan 2017 at 16:58

I have always been an Nvidia fan since the original Geforce 256 wowed me back in the day

I did go AMD during NV's terrible FX 5xxx series

The ATI X800 Pro was a great card. Recently switched to a GSync screen which mostly locks me to NV now...

Stoner81 · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:14

Personally I won't touch AMD cards with a barge pole since I have hated their drivers for as long as I can remember! I guess I am a nVidia fan boy but I don't really care either, I just hope that AMD's new stuff competes to drive the market forwards

Stoner81.

ttaskmaster · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:23

See what colour dominates the benchmarks threads and use that as a guide!

Drollic · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:26

I'd happily buy from either. I'm hoping Vega is a success.

fs123 · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:45

Stoner81 said:
Personally I won't touch AMD cards with a barge pole since I have hated their drivers for as long as I can remember! I guess I am a nVidia fan boy but I don't really care either, I just hope that AMD's new stuff competes to drive the market forwards

Stoner81.

And if AMD fail and Nvidia is the only option on the market are you going to be happy to stump up the extortionate prices Nvidia is charging? A lose lose situation for the consumer perpetuated by such fanboyism.

Elevon · 9 Jan 2017 at 18:08

Stoner81 said:
Personally I won't touch AMD cards with a barge pole since I have hated their drivers for as long as I can remember! I guess I am a nVidia fan boy but I don't really care either, I just hope that AMD's new stuff competes to drive the market forwards

Stoner81.

Great example of pure FUD about AMD drivers , see what I mean, I'm sure Nvidia are very happy taking your money whatever they charge.

Surfer · 9 Jan 2017 at 18:13

How to choose ? Well you choose one which doesnt **** up every 30 seconds and has good drivers. Unfortunately that rules out all of AMD. Well it used to ....not a chance in hell i will go back to their crap. Every AMD card i have owned has had something wrong happen (to be fair only owned 2 haha 280x and 290).

Dodgy as ****

Whereas with Nvidia zero issues. Just my personal experience.

Elevon · 9 Jan 2017 at 18:21

Surfer said:
How to choose ? Well you choose one which doesnt **** up every 30 seconds and has good drivers. Unfortunately that rules out all of AMD. Well it used to ....not a chance in hell i will go back to their crap. Every AMD card i have owned has had something wrong happen (to be fair only owned 2 haha 280x and 290).

Dodgy as ****

Whereas with Nvidia zero issues. Just my personal experience.

Mine is the opposite since had issues with Nvidia and no issues with AMD, btw I own a 280x OC(have upgraded it to XFX480 GTR) which gave me many years of gaming pleasure with zero issues, AMD driver is simple has download and install, not rocket science

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For the record I'm very old of many decades hardcore gamer that does beta games testing as well so don't say it lightly.

gary996 · 9 Jan 2017 at 20:21

Had AMD in the past but been with Nvidia for ages now. Would like to get a new card, so seeing what AMD bring to the table. Hope its stonking

dessimpson · 9 Jan 2017 at 20:33

I had AMD for about 5 years. My last (almost) was a 7990 which was brilliant until they screwed the drivers up. I had a brief (4 days) go at 8Gb 290x in crossfire and have been Nvidia ever since.
If AMD come out with a card that suits my needs in the future then I'll get it. No such thing as brand loyalty. Especially with the way prices are going on graphics cards.

hawky525 · 10 Jan 2017 at 13:32

AMD drivers used to be of suspect quality, as they ran on a monthly 'chuck them out the door every month' approach. Since they stopped that and released them when they're ready they're far more stable.
So now usually go for AMD, as the cards are often cheaper and better value.
Like most people though, you do have to weigh up the options available at the time.

Rroff · 10 Jan 2017 at 13:49

Elevon said:
which gave me many years of gaming pleasure with zero issues

In the period of 2006-2009 which maybe isn't surprising given the transition from ATI to AMD there were factually many many big name games released with widely effecting issues on launch on AMD cards with poor performance, frequent instances of texture or shadow corruption or black screens through to crashing being well documented both by tech sites and even in the game patch notes as often game developers would end up producing work arounds rather than wait for AMD to catch up.

I dunno why people seem to have forgotten this so quickly and I find it hard to believe that anyone played a wide range of games through that period and didn't encounter it atleast once.

The big difference came just after the Far Cry 2 hotfix when AMD started attacking many of the legacy issues within the drivers and adjusting release schedules, etc. and I'll be the first one to say that today we are talking about something very different in terms of drivers from AMD.

This isn't to say nVidia were perfect in comparison - that period was into the 190 series drivers which were pretty gash - the difference being that you could usually roll back one driver to something that worked ok even if you had some minor performance degradation on a new release game for a couple of weeks until the next nVidia beta.

Elevon · 10 Jan 2017 at 14:10

Rroff said:
In the period of 2006-2009 which maybe isn't surprising given the transition from ATI to AMD there were factually many many big name games released with widely effecting issues on launch on AMD cards with poor performance, frequent instances of texture or shadow corruption or black screens through to crashing being well documented both by tech sites and even in the game patch notes as often game developers would end up producing work arounds rather than wait for AMD to catch up.

I dunno why people seem to have forgotten this so quickly and I find it hard to believe that anyone played a wide range of games through that period and didn't encounter it atleast once.

The big difference came just after the Far Cry 2 hotfix when AMD started attacking many of the legacy issues within the drivers and adjusting release schedules, etc. and I'll be the first one to say that today we are talking about something very different in terms of drivers from AMD.

This isn't to say nVidia were perfect in comparison - that period was into the 190 series drivers which were pretty gash - the difference being that you could usually roll back one driver to something that worked ok even if you had some minor performance degradation on a new release game for a couple of weeks until the next nVidia beta.

My first ATI card was 9700 (released around smae time as the infamous Nvidia dust blower back then)which I had no issues with, 4870 after that and again no issues, no driver is perfect from either AMD or Nvidia , if they were then you would not need a driver update.

I talk in THE general sense.
You'll be pleased to know not had any gaming issues with my 480 but then I was not expecting any

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Funny how some people forget about the famous driver issues with Nvidia over the years.

eddyr · 10 Jan 2017 at 14:26

There comes a time to move on! That time frame for eg is 7+ years ago.

It's only right anyone parroting a viewpoint informed from hearsay or relating personal experiences that pre-date the last few years of driver releases be called up on it.
I also get that a few get issues even now. But that needs to be understood as a user centric issue (note, I do not mean user error) where their software configuration is contributing.