AMD to Nvidia Upgrade time.

[NiteSurfer]

Now, I'm not a fanboy of AMD ok, Even though I've never had an Nvidia Card.

But, I've found AMD/ATI to always be better value, Well. After recent events with there dodgy drivers, I've had enough.

Why!. Well for starters, I've had a bug on my system for ages, which causes the Windows Explorer to stop responding many many times inside each hour.

After completely re-installing a fresh windows it was still there, Apparently it was the latest 12.10 Driver. So it was suggested that either A) I roll back to 12.9/12.8 etc. (which I didn't want because of other issues i didn't like) or

B) try the New 12.11 Beta 8 driver, this actually fixed the issue, But a world of issues came with it. namely a Crossfire Performance Disaster across some of my games library.

So...What's the point of this thread.

I want to change to Nvidia, I don't know if there SLI is better then Crossfire for microstutter. etc.. But I would like to know which to go for..

I don't know what my current two cards are worth, but I could spend around £200-£250 on a new setup..

Should I go with

GTX 570
GTX 570 SLI
GTX 580
GTX 580 SLI

Or the new 6 series, Which my mobo doesn't really support properly.

 

[NiteSurfer]

Your mobo will be fine with the 6 series or to be precise one of the GTX 670s unfortunately it will set you back around £300 - £330.

Are you sure you want to move from AMD to Nvidia as they are a bit overpriced ?

Yes I agree, They are a bit overpriced, Which is the main reason I've been with AMD for so long, But The nagging issues are outweighing the savings.

I'll have to see what my cards are worth before going to a GTX670 then.

 

[NiteSurfer]

The lastest drivers work really well with the HD 7950/70s as well.

This is really what it comes down to..

AMD Bringing out drivers that work really well with there new products, But bring a world of issues for the slightly older cards.

 

[NiteSurfer]

Lots of good replies and interesting comparisons, Thanks.

Feel free to add more info..

I think my mind will be made up when the 12.11 Final Release comes out.

But I'm leaning towards a single GTX card now, after reading peoples posts.