Nvidia over AMD?

[Daniel91]

This is not 2001 the driver divide just no longer exit

I know but i keeps seeing aoot of driver issues from AMD over Nvidia

I have a friend that uses a R9 280x and he has to use a older version of driver because of the new driver has some problems...

[I/O]

I know but i keeps seeing aoot of driver issues from AMD over Nvidia

I have a friend that uses a R9 280x and he has to use a older version of driver because of the new driver has some problems...

nvidia and AMD have driver issues. Your friend might be a computer dunce.

[Daniel91]

nvidia and AMD have driver issues. Your friend might be a computer dunce.

lol sad to say he isn't, he works for a pc shop and it's not just his own he's told me that most of the GPU issues he sees that clients bring back are AMD cards he's had to do quite a few RMAs due to Vram and parts dying from heat issues

[I/O]

lol sad to say he isn't, he works for a pc shop and it's not just his own he's told me that most of the GPU issues he sees that clients bring back are AMD cards he's had to do quite a few RMAs due to Vram and parts dying from heat issues

I had an issue with some AMD cards .... When I had an nvidia card the left over drivers would make the AMD perform like shit. nvidia is like the Apple inc of the PC realm.

[Daniel91]

I had an issue with some AMD cards .... When I had an nvidia card the left over drivers would make the AMD perform like shit. nvidia is like the Apple inc of the PC realm.

hahahaha sad to say now apple is losing to androids market now

[I/O]

hahahaha sad to say now apple is losing to androids market now

There will always be "MacTards" as there will always be "nvidiots" !

[Sam Palmer]

Hey there! 

 

Well the reason is basically, because the drivers and software is so much better. Nivida and AMD have similar power and features, but Ninvida is jus that little more nicer to use. And if you ever want to upgrade to a dual or quad setup the SLI is amazing on the Ninvida side. Ninvida cards tend to be "user" friendly, the software and drivers run better, have more features and users have ease of access to more online links, like a software the automatically retrieves your drivers, including beta drivers! The Ninvida side of things also have a easier to use control panel. The hardware is, on a very basic level, the same but the software side is further along for Ninvida. Hope this helped? Im a huge Ninvida fan after using AMD and swapping 2 months ago myself

 

- Sam Palmer

[Daniel91]

There will always be "MacTards" as there will always be "nvidiots" !

agreed, Ive used both mid ranged cards both brands are pretty good (MSI R9 270 and 750Ti) for builds and best part you can oc the 270 to the 760s range

[I/O]

Hey there! 

 

Well the reason is basically, because the drivers and software is so much better. Nivida and AMD have similar power and features, but Ninvida is jus that little more nicer to use. And if you ever want to upgrade to a dual or quad setup the SLI is amazing on the Ninvida side. Ninvida cards tend to be "user" friendly, the software and drivers run better, have more features and users have ease of access to more online links, like a software the automatically retrieves your drivers, including beta drivers! The Ninvida side of things also have a easier to use control panel. The hardware is, on a very basic level, the same but the software side is further along for Ninvida. Hope this helped? Im a huge Ninvida fan after using AMD and swapping 2 months ago myself

 

- Sam Palmer

Being that you don't even know how to spell nvidia logic would dictate that we can pass you off as another noob.

[SlaughterSmurf]

Because those guys' lives are basically devoted to tech (For the most part, other than the occasional family) so they want the best performance, Nvidia outdid AMD this time around for the most part. 

[SymphonyX7]

They all use Adobe software for video editing, which benefits from CUDA a lot.

I really believe this is the case. From experience, CUDA has a lot more applications than OpenCL when it comes to acceleration on Adobe products. For instance, while you could accelerate the rendering of real-time effects like gaussian or linear blur in the preview window using OpenCL on Premiere Pro, it still doesn't support acceleration in rendering the final product which the most important criterion for many imo. Also, the last time I used After Effects, there was hardly any OpenCL acceleration unless you got third-party plugins. A lot of people use After Effects for video compositing, so it's a deal breaker especially if you're making complex effects and don't have any acceleration.

I've been informed that many things have changed recently and that Adobe has committed to extensive support of OpenCL, so this may change soon. This is also considering that custom ASIC+FPGAs programmable with OpenCL are becoming available and that OpenCL performance on AMD cards is tremendous. Also, Apple is using FirePro GPUs on their Mac Pros, so it's not unexpected to see increased demand for even better OpenCL support from many in the media sector.

[SlaughterSmurf]

nvidia is actually behind in performance in every price point right now with the exception being the 780ti because AMD does not have a card in it's price bracket.

770 trades blows with the 280x, 750 ti trades blows with 260x. AMD only wins against the 780 and the 760.

[I/O]

770 trades blows with the 280x, 750 ti trades blows with 260x. AMD only wins against the 780 and the 760.

Problem is that 770 is more expensive and is a bit slower than 280x and you can get an R7 265 which is faster than 750ti for less money. AMD wins at every price point it has cards for sale in.

[Thebman712]

So why would you, purchase a workstation spec'd card if you can't preform workstation task because you lack the proper workstation graphics, even @LinusTech doesn't believe the titan is a card that should be considered for gaming 

im not saying it should be looked at as a gamingg card, im saying what it can do, it always has been the top card at any benchmarks and it does workstation features well. what it can do is game and workstation in 1 card

[Doughnutnator]

Sponsors maybe? And the CUDA stuff. Like a lot of people said, Nvidia is the Apple of the GPU's. It's more comfortable with awesome tech that maybe you don't need or you don't use that much and that's why cost you more.

I like Nvidia (who doesn't) but I support AMD because we need competition. I really hope to see AMD getting bigger and better and to see their tech being used and developed. Mantle seems nice and useful.

About the "Nvidia drivers Master race" I think that both Nvidia and AMD have issues. There's beta drivers available almost all the time, and I don't understand why people complain. IT'S A FREAKING BETA DRIVER, not the finished polished driver. Anyways I like more what AMD does with their open technologies, letting other people use it.

[JDS]

nvidia is actually behind in performance in every price point right now with the exception being the 780ti because AMD does not have a card in it's price bracket.

I could buy a Honda that's as fast as a Porsche and much cheaper, does that make the Honda better? No. All it does is make it easier to obtain in a budget. Comparing price points is common when building a computer, but when comparing the actual companies, price points should be ignored. Focus more on tier vs tier performance, rather than a $300 card vs. $300 card.

[I/O]

I could buy a Honda that's as fast as a Porsche and much cheaper, does that make the Honda better? No. All it does is make it easier to obtain in a budget. Comparing price points is common when building a computer, but when comparing the actual companies, price points should be ignored. Focus more on tier vs tier performance, rather than a $300 card vs. $300 card.

No it's actually 100% based on what you get for the dollars spent especially when cards are in the same price bracket. Honda does not make any new cars that compete with porches so your metric is flawed. It would be more accurate to say that nvidia is GM and AMD is Ford.

[JDS]

No it's actually 100% based on what you get for the dollars spent especially when cards are in the same price bracket. Honda does not make any new cars that compete with porches so your metric is flawed. It would be more accurate to say that nvidia is GM and AMD is Ford.

Firstly, Honda NSX vs Porsche 911, good try though. Second, no, price is subjective to a specific budget. Is it ok to compare price tier to performance when building a rig? Yes. When comparing companies? No.

[I/O]

Firstly, Honda NSX vs Porsche 911, good try though. Second, no, price is subjective to a specific budget. Is it ok to compare price tier to performance when building a rig? Yes. When comparing companies? No.

What are you on about ? Price brackets reflect each performance tier Low, Mid, High. Both the GTX 780 and the R9 290x and non X are all in the same price and performance bracket therefore the are all in direct competition. Evidently the R9 290 costs less and outperforms the 780.

[xXButchXx]

What are you on about ? Price brackets reflect each performance tier Low, Mid, High. Both the GTX 780 and the R9 290x and non X are all in the same price and performance bracket therefore the are all in direct competition. Evidently the R9 290 costs less and outperforms the 780.

Yeah, the 290 is priced like a 770 and performs like a 780.

[I/O]

Yeah, the 290 is priced like a 770 and performs like a 780.

this is true

[kaneandtaker]

I thought Linus uses GTX 590?

[xXButchXx]

I thought Linus uses GTX 590?

Watch his newest personal rig update, he uses GTX Titans.

[Inkz]

Why is it that the major tech youtubers use Nvidia graphics cards over AMD in their personal rigs?

- Linus uses 2 GTX Titans in SLI

- Slick uses a single GTX 780

- Austin Evans uses 2 GTX 780's in SLI

- Logan from Tek Syndicate uses a single GTX 780 ti

- Paul from Newegg uses a single GTX 770 4gb

- Jayztwocents uses 2 GTX 780's in SLI

- Elric from techoftomorrow uses Nvidia

- Kyle from newegg uses Nvidia

Does anybody know why this is the case? I'd really like to know.

Well I know at least that Austin was given those cards after the fire and Logan did it solely for Skyrim and mods.

[Tassadar]

Depends on what you prefer.

 

If you want quiet cards, go Nvidia.

 

If you want awesome performance/price ratio, go AMD.