Pretty much this.
Had basically every amd gen gpu from the 3850 to the vega 56 but since then the gap has only widened more and more, originally it was mostly DLSS and RT grunt in the handful of games at the start but here we are now where we have:
- ray reconstruction that not only provides better IQ but also slightly better perf. too
- RTX hdr, absolute must have for any HDR fan, so many games with **** native hdr implementation, usually raised blacks which is a no go on oled
- RT grunt/hardware design, basically every game using some form of RT and it shows because ampere is pulling even further ahead than its competiting rdna 2 tech to usually being on par with 7900xt in the ones which use HW RT
Yes, you might pay a "premium" for nvidia kit (much less of a premium nowadays compared to the ati/start of amd days though and depending on how and where you shop....) but at the end of the day, nvidia tech just simply works better. Recently I moved from a gsync ultimate monitor to a gsync compatible one (basically the same kind of monitor aw34dw to aw32) and the gsync module is far superior to adaptive/free/g sync compatible, far superior handling of VRR at <60 fps (I also noticed this with my previous freesync premium screen before moving to the gsync ultimate oled one), it's much smoother, it has considerably less flickering (as proven by rtings, the only oled screen on the market to not face severe flickering issues when < 60 fps thanks to the gsync module, said monitor gets a 9+ rating whilst the freesync version gets a 5 rating for vrr flicker).
The one thing where AMD has arguably matched nvidia now is frame gen (nvidia FG as evidenced by Alex/DF still has the lead from a technical perspective for things like latency, IQ when comparing side by side) as long as devs can implement it well, which is the problem...... Ghost of tshumia is the best AMD FG experience so far followed by using the mod version.
It's much less of an issue for 10gb still, I still have yet to face all these
supposed issues (if we're not talking about well regarded broken games on launch day which have been fixed/patched now....) with 10gb at both 3440x1440 and 4k outside of the self sabotaging myself in a certain game and the more legit games being cp 2077 when modded with textures and AW 2 (and even then, having more vram like the 3090 here would not have helped since the grunt is also a problem in these 2 games when maxed) my main problem is lack of grunt as proven now by all the benchmarks out there, 24gb hasn't saved a 3090 outside of a couple of launch day titles (which as noted, were broken and resolved) last year and could be argued even the current gen top end gpus lack grunt without having to resort to upscaling or/and frame gen when playing at high res or/and high HZ, hello hellblade 2.... The good news is that this year things seem much better on the vram front, UE 5 as evidenced have been using low amounts of vram, even less than 8gb dedicated vram, then we have ubisoft moving to a much better engine that properly handles vram management as shown in avatar and explained by Alex and the engine developers for snowdrop engine.
Since getting the aw32 qd-oled 4k, I game more at this res than on my aw34 3440x1440 now where I used DLDSR. Games
run and look better at 4k with dlss perf. than they did with native 3440x1440 or DLSS quality or DLDSR 1.78x with dlss perf. (DLDSR has an overhead cost). Of course I'm not getting anywhere near the 240hz/fps no matter what settings etc. are used hence why a 50xx is sorely needed now.
EDIT:
As also noted before too, thanks to things like FG and upscaling, gpus are lasting longer too with being able to max settings, mrk has shown this beautifully with cp 2077 where max raster native 4k is a considerably worse experience from a visual and performance front than using dlss frame gen and upscaling with path tracing, if we didn't have such "cheating" software features, this simply would not be possible on any current gpu nor for the forseeable future either. Funnily the amd/console fans are lapping up this kind of tech now.....
