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Has Anyone Moved From Nvidia To Amd And Not Regretted It
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Yes, went from Nvidia FX5600 (I think that was the model number, this was back around 2005 to the AMD 5770 in 2012, adding another in crossfire in 2013. No issues whatsoever.
Then around 2015 bought a used Nvidia 780ti and finally moved to the AMD 6800 in 2020 (launch day) that i still have. Again no issues whatsoever.
I actually quite preferred the interface going to Amd in 2020 compared to Nvidia, although I've read that Nvidia have since revamped their software.
Very happy with all my choices throughout the years which were largely budget & longevity driven (apart from the 5600 which was purely a budget constraints).
Then around 2015 bought a used Nvidia 780ti and finally moved to the AMD 6800 in 2020 (launch day) that i still have. Again no issues whatsoever.
I actually quite preferred the interface going to Amd in 2020 compared to Nvidia, although I've read that Nvidia have since revamped their software.
Very happy with all my choices throughout the years which were largely budget & longevity driven (apart from the 5600 which was purely a budget constraints).
Agreed I have felt not no difference either for the games I play either.
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Not to worry soon it'll be all be forgotten about and everyone will be back to moaning about AMD driver issues when there aren't any.At the moment it looks like nvidia are having the driver and app issues.
Been back and forth over the years since I built my first custom PC in 2006. I will always pick the best performer for the price. Never felt like I had gone wrong by buying AMD unless it didn't perform as well as expected, which was usually my fault (e.g. when I went CrossFire 3870s). Ah, those were the days.
Kind of. I ended up sticking with team red for a long time because of all the issues I had with a few Nvidea cards. But last time round I got a 5700xt and within months found the lack of ray tracing frustrating (as even the consoles had it) and found more and more games, software and AI things worked better or only with Nvidea cards so this time I have hoped back to team green with the 5080 but still really want AMD to make a card that can compete down the line.
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Had Nvidia for a number of years after I had AMD for a while. First GPU was a Voodoo 1, then a Voodoo 2 and a Voodoo 3, 3000. Then I can't remember what I had but got a 5970? It was the dual GPU from AMD. After that I got something with a bit more VRAM, I dont recall what it was(290x). Then an 8800, then I got the 1070 Nvidia, then a 1080 TI, then the 2080 TI about 4 years ago I think, I have since moved to AMD again, this time the 9800 XTX, no regrets, great GPU, plays all the latest games better than very well. Not bothered about ray tracing as it adds nothing for a high cost in performance. Shame about the slow driver releases but only because I like tinkering and such.
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My son upgraded his 5700XT to a 7800XT, to run his new 1080p, 280hz screen (I won't share the frustrated conversations we had about how his current 1440p, 165hz screen was perfectly decent, because his Fortnite & Rocket League teammates were adamant the extra 115hz made a *huge* difference to his playing ability 
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The 7800xt didn't run Fortnite as well as hoped - on either/both screens. Constantly having to roll drivers back/DDU, to no avail. It played Cyberpunk and other, far more demanding games beautifully, but not Fortnite.
I even RMA'd the card in case it was in any way at fault (it wasn't), so we swapped rigs (my fully water cooled system with similar spec CPU/RAM/Mobo, but a 2080Ti) whilst it was assessed.
My rig got him 500+fps in Fortnite, on both 1440p/165hz & 1080p 280hz screens, with zero artifacts, lagging or dropouts.
When his 7800xt returned, he asked if we could make the swap permanent and he keep my full custom loop, 2080Ti system and I have the air-cooled 7800xt setup...
I only really play single-player games (currently Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk, Last of Us, etc) so I don't mind sacrificing a few FPS for stunning visuals, either from the sofa on our 75" 4K, 144hz TV, or via Sunshine/Moonlight on my (same model but 65") TV upstairs.
He's happy and his room stays a little cooler (and eats quite a bit less electric) than with the air-cooled system.
No regrets on my part.
).The 7800xt didn't run Fortnite as well as hoped - on either/both screens. Constantly having to roll drivers back/DDU, to no avail. It played Cyberpunk and other, far more demanding games beautifully, but not Fortnite.
I even RMA'd the card in case it was in any way at fault (it wasn't), so we swapped rigs (my fully water cooled system with similar spec CPU/RAM/Mobo, but a 2080Ti) whilst it was assessed.
My rig got him 500+fps in Fortnite, on both 1440p/165hz & 1080p 280hz screens, with zero artifacts, lagging or dropouts.
When his 7800xt returned, he asked if we could make the swap permanent and he keep my full custom loop, 2080Ti system and I have the air-cooled 7800xt setup...
I only really play single-player games (currently Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk, Last of Us, etc) so I don't mind sacrificing a few FPS for stunning visuals, either from the sofa on our 75" 4K, 144hz TV, or via Sunshine/Moonlight on my (same model but 65") TV upstairs.
He's happy and his room stays a little cooler (and eats quite a bit less electric) than with the air-cooled system.
No regrets on my part.
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Syndicate, or syndicate wars right?
not surprised. its well known that radeon drivers for fortnite are buggy and cannot run fortnite dx11 performance mode
if using a radeon, the workaround is to use dx12 and turn the details down
(or use a nvidia gpu...as you have already found out)
Started off with a Radeon HD 4890. Changed over to Nvidia to a GTX 460 SUPER OC, went SLI! Then on to a GTX 970, with the missing RAM.
Moved back to a 6900XT a few years ago. It's amazing to look back at the cost of cards over the years and how much they have increased.
Have one eye watching out for the pricing on the upcoming RX 9070 and XT model. Have a feeling AMD will get it wrong again.
Moved back to a 6900XT a few years ago. It's amazing to look back at the cost of cards over the years and how much they have increased.
Have one eye watching out for the pricing on the upcoming RX 9070 and XT model. Have a feeling AMD will get it wrong again.
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Not really, I've been back and forth, though since Nvidia fixed most of the issues on Linux I've been kinda on team green, but maybe that'll change in few years when the time to upgrade comes around, depending how expensive GPUs are then, but I feel like I'm going to be leaning towards AMD, with Nvidia 5000 series being expensive and AMD planning to price their 9070 cards aggressively.
Jumped about from a 6700xt trying out RTX on a 3060ti then went back to AMD ok a 6800 non XT and was an absolutely faultless knockout card for the money. Since moved up to a 7800xt and same again can't say enough good things about it in every department.
Never had any driver issues on an AMD in years (tbh or NV either.....was I just insanely lucky?), think I broke them overclocking and caused a crash or 2 but that's all self inflicted
Never had any driver issues on an AMD in years (tbh or NV either.....was I just insanely lucky?), think I broke them overclocking and caused a crash or 2 but that's all self inflicted
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There has been a few times over the years I have dropped nvidia for Ati/amd.
The first time was after the nvidia 280 and I went like full on hardcore crossfire action like crossfire 4790, crossfire 5770’s and crossfire 5870’s. I missed the entire fermi generation. I think after that I went back to Nvidia as I got annoyed that as much as I loved the crossfire 5870’s the next card they released was it the the 5880 or was it called the 5890? Was a regression from the 5870’s. I was miffed that instead of continuing the legacy laid down by the 5870 and the performance it had at the time they gave us something that performed worst but still cost the same.
Then the next time I dumped Nvidia was the whole 3xxx series fiasco and the crypto miners. Everyone was super hyped about the 3080 and how it was the second coming. It was the second coming all right of dog poop. I had my beady eyes on the 6800xt. Traded blows with the 3080 had more vram. And in same cases was faster than the 3080 in some games. I loved it to bits.
But as good as it was it just couldn’t compete with Nvidia in terms of brand recognition or market presence. I still loved it to bits though. The only reason I sold it as my best mate at the time needed a gpu upgrade at that time badly and he couldn’t afford the equivalent Nvidia options so I sold it to him cheap so he could get his upgrade. He ended up with a fantastic upgrade and I ended up with a 3070 with the soul breaking 8gb of ram.
After it broke my soul to add insult to injury it kickstarted my gpu collection addiction which was even worse.
The first time was after the nvidia 280 and I went like full on hardcore crossfire action like crossfire 4790, crossfire 5770’s and crossfire 5870’s. I missed the entire fermi generation. I think after that I went back to Nvidia as I got annoyed that as much as I loved the crossfire 5870’s the next card they released was it the the 5880 or was it called the 5890? Was a regression from the 5870’s. I was miffed that instead of continuing the legacy laid down by the 5870 and the performance it had at the time they gave us something that performed worst but still cost the same.
Then the next time I dumped Nvidia was the whole 3xxx series fiasco and the crypto miners. Everyone was super hyped about the 3080 and how it was the second coming. It was the second coming all right of dog poop. I had my beady eyes on the 6800xt. Traded blows with the 3080 had more vram. And in same cases was faster than the 3080 in some games. I loved it to bits.
But as good as it was it just couldn’t compete with Nvidia in terms of brand recognition or market presence. I still loved it to bits though. The only reason I sold it as my best mate at the time needed a gpu upgrade at that time badly and he couldn’t afford the equivalent Nvidia options so I sold it to him cheap so he could get his upgrade. He ended up with a fantastic upgrade and I ended up with a 3070 with the soul breaking 8gb of ram.
After it broke my soul to add insult to injury it kickstarted my gpu collection addiction which was even worse.
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I've used 3dfx, S3, ati, nvidia and AMD for 3D cards. Some others for 2D cards, I forget which. It was a long time ago. Matrox for something. Did I buy a Matrox Mystique? Maybe. I forget. I've bought quite a lot of graphics cards over the years.
All been fine, except for the S3 Virge and the nvidia FX5200. Which worked OK but were utter crap I shouldn't have bought.
I've never had any serious problems and even less so recently. The software side has become a lot more robust over the years. For example, when I switched from a 1070Ti to a 6700XT I'd just made a full backup and decided I was curious enough to see what would happen if I just powered fully down (unplugged, not just shut down), switched the cards and powered back up again. No driver cleaning, nothing. And no problems. Back to desktop, Windows drivers being used, no issues. Installed the AMD drivers and software, ready to go. Not an approach I'd recommend, but I was curious so I tried it.
I'm using a 7800XT now.
I'll buy whatever card meets my "worth the price to me" test at the time of buying. I don't make the mistake of thinking that a manufacturer is "my team". Or anyone's team apart from their own.
None of them have had the "WOW!" factor that I got from my Orchid Righteous 3D card when it was newly released. That one I remember. That was a whole new type of thing at the time.
All been fine, except for the S3 Virge and the nvidia FX5200. Which worked OK but were utter crap I shouldn't have bought.
I've never had any serious problems and even less so recently. The software side has become a lot more robust over the years. For example, when I switched from a 1070Ti to a 6700XT I'd just made a full backup and decided I was curious enough to see what would happen if I just powered fully down (unplugged, not just shut down), switched the cards and powered back up again. No driver cleaning, nothing. And no problems. Back to desktop, Windows drivers being used, no issues. Installed the AMD drivers and software, ready to go. Not an approach I'd recommend, but I was curious so I tried it.
I'm using a 7800XT now.
I'll buy whatever card meets my "worth the price to me" test at the time of buying. I don't make the mistake of thinking that a manufacturer is "my team". Or anyone's team apart from their own.
None of them have had the "WOW!" factor that I got from my Orchid Righteous 3D card when it was newly released. That one I remember. That was a whole new type of thing at the time.