amd or nvidia for BO6?

[SilentGameTestR]

Hello,

So this was one of the games i tested, but i no longer have any graphics cards apart from a 710, but when i tested the 970/1070ti against the rx 480 be it 1080p or higher and mix settings, the radeon performed worse. I just couldnt get the game to match what the 970 was offering.

So im looking for my next trial cards plus a keeper, however im curious which team to go with going by my own experiences as im not sure if it was just the versions i had or BO6 is one of those games that favour red or green more.

Cheers

 

[SilentGameTestR]

What kind of age of cards are you looking at?

I really wouldn't have a clue with older cards because it is hard to predict how old architectures and old drivers will respond to newer games.

Performance reviews like this can give you an idea with new ones:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Performance Benchmark Review - AMD FTW

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well no older than what i had really as they supported the latest drivers, but equally ones that are guaranteed to support whenever the next driver comes out.

So the 980 i mentioned in a previous thread, but for testing purposes only which would be the oldest nvidia or rx 580 from amd. for keeps then anything from an rtx 2060 or ideally anything with over 8gb vram as i said aswell it would be something to last awhile. Or whatever amd is offering thats a near direct competition. So nothing specific.

I dont recon it was the drivers as they are the latest and i know the 480 is able to use all its vram and use it better than the 970, but i ended having to use the pre-select recommended performance settings for the rx to make it playable. This is gaming in multiplayer though, so i dont know if theres much difference between that & campaign other than bandwidth use. It just seemed the game was favouring the green team.

 

[SilentGameTestR]

I don't think AMD are actively optimising their drivers for Polaris cards anymore, that likely stopped years ago, but they might fix game breaking bugs or patch security holes.

The game developers are unlikely to do much work on these cards either, probably just make sure they load the game and can play it.


Based on TPU's testing, the RX 6600 does pretty well and even beats the 3060 12GB, so that's the cheapest new card I'd consider for longer-term gaming. They're faster than a 2060, but not by a lot and are roughly comparable to a 5700 non-XT or a GTX 1080. I wouldn't assume that the RX 6600 will perform poorly based on the RX 480 because it is much newer, will have had meaningful driver support for longer and is a different architecture.

The next step up I'd look at (again, new) would be a 7700 XT for ~£300 (they were around that during the deals awhile back) which performs very well in TPU's BO6 tests for the money, even beating the 4070 (does lose to the Super).

Ok thank you, i will look in to those cards.

Im going to get myself a 570 or 580 for the tests and see if it was just the version of 480 i had or i was just unlucky at that moment as it was the only amd card i owned, so only had to replace nvidia drivers one time.

In theory playing in on series S the game should work well with amd desktop cards despite different ports(if they even are). Im yet to determine if the issue was all gpu or the fact i was using 1st & 2nd gen ryzen processors as well.

what other specs is your pc.

So the 2 systems that were my test bench systems consisted of:

ryzen 1600 & ryzen 2600
a320 for both and same models
16gb 3000mhz vengeance & 16gb 3600mhz vipers( both limited to what the board would accept though).
128gb & 256gb m.2 boot drives
2 x 512gb 2.5 ssds for the games
700w 80 bronze psu
windows 10

latest possible bios/drivers.

These will be replaced with a 9th-12th gen intel system once ive decided, but i am completing my 5900x build which all i need now is a gpu which as my personal will probably be what id stick with as my only system once ive finished with the intel.

So for that the system will be:

5900x
a520m gigabyte
16gb 3600mhz viper
mag 650w gold
windows 10 or maybe 11

plus whatever gpu i end up going with.

I play BO6 on xbox mostly, but i want the computer to be able to play it still and at 1440p high/max settings. With how well it plays on series S, i was expecting the rx 480 as old as it is to do a bit of a better job than i got.

 

[SilentGameTestR]

The RX 570/580 are basically the same architecture as the RX 470/480 (it was a minor refresh), so if the problem is the driver support and/or outdated architecture on your Polaris card then it likely won't work any different.

The architecture was not changed until the introduction of RDNA, which was released with the RX 5000 cards.

In regards to the Series S, again this is not the same architecture as the Polaris-based RX 480, so it being AMD too isn't really relevant in this case.

So far as I know, the Series S uses RDNA 2 (like the RX 6000 cards), which is probably around a 5500/6500 XT, though with games being optimised specifically for the console then the actual performance is likely higher than the raw specs suggest.

ah yeah of course. my first rx card was a 570 ages ago. forgot they were just rebrands with minor differences. So i will need a rx 5000 series gpu to put that theory to the test then. Would the rx 5500 be a good shout or would i need to aim higher for the tests?

Oh yeah i figured the console versions would be different in some ways for the nature of their purpose, just figured the tech as old as the 400 series would surpass still with the fact gaming pcs are meant to be better.