I'm torn between Nvidia and AMD. In terms of Nvidia, they have CUDA which is good for machine learning but on the AMD side, they have completely open-source drivers on Linux which makes them work better on Linux. I want to be able to play games (probably at 1080p with a 144Hz monitor with either Freesync or Gsync depending on GPU) smoothly. I don't really have a budget in mind but I'd like to know what my options are.
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Nvidia or AMD?
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Yeah CUDA was one of the big things. I've been told it is much better to go Nvidia because of this. I guess the question now is which Nvidia GPU is the right choice. The 4070Ti is the most I have to spend in terms of budget so if there is something better or cheaper let me know.
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4070 or 4070Ti seems fine then
Thanks.
What for? You can check the benchmarks. Intel's productivity performance is improving too.
Machine learning.
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The RTX4070TI is basically the RTX4070 with more shaders,and EXACTLY the same amount of VRAM and memory bandwidth. It should be a 24GB card for the price. 12GB is marginal on an £800 card,and when the memory subsystem hits an issue,it will be as playable as an RTX4070.Lots of people made the same mistake with the RTX3070/RTX3070TI,instead of going for an RTX3060TI and what happened in some newer games,when the 8GB of VRAM runs out they are as playable as each other. So if you want longevity for gaming it isn't worth it.
Also,the machine learning applications scale well with memory bandwidth and VRAM amount. So the RTX4070 is really going to last as long as an RTX4070TI IMHO. You might also want to look for a secondhand RTX3090 24GB as it has more VRAM.If you want to spend less,an RTX3060 12GB is well under £300.
AMD is also not to be totally discounted too. The RX7900XTX/RX7900XT also have large amounts of VRAM:
Evidence Shows AI-Driven Companies Are Buying up Gaming GPUs
Hopefully we can avoid a repeat of the cryptomining-GPU situation.
ROCm enables CUDA to run on some AMD dGPUs - so it seems some companies are buying the RX7900XTX because of its large 24GB framebuffer.
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