Why would you purchase AMD over Nvidia?

[Mush Brain]

In recent times, AMD have moved miles ahead in terms of driver reliability, though not quite near Nvidia's quality control, though we have all had NV driver troubles here and there.

 

Nvidia and AMD have had a generation of power sucking./hot/loud GPU's.. for Nvidia the most recent being Fermi.

 

AMD and Nvidia slug it out in Compute performance whether that be NV staying with their locked down CUDA, or AMD pushing the envelope with the open Open-CL and demolishing the GeForce GPU's.

 

Nvidia has PhysX which is awesome in certain titles, though you could say scarcely used, they also have ENVC using the x264 hardware built into the GPU (Kepler onwards), they also have ShadowPlay which is a fancy name for this hardware acceleration.

 

AMD simply offer less in my opinion, though if the price is right, i do purchase them, my latest being the R9 290 4GB from Sapphire, ok it runs hotter than a Vindaloo in India, and sucks power more than a Supercharged V12, but it is a capable card and has drivers that often than not work...

 

What is all your opinions?

 

NO BITCHIN'

[connorpiper]

To avoid the Nvida "Jump on the bandwagon" thing.

Better prices.

 

I would consider both, but right now, Nvidia is my choice. (Efficiency and reduced heat output is very important to me) 

[Interfectorem]

I honestly don't care, whichever one has the best performance and comes at a reasonable price, right now, I would probably go with the 970, but it's not time to retire my R9 270 yet

Also, I've never had any problems with AMD drivers.

[Archangel1994]

AMD tends to be better value for money by a long shot but the GTX 970 wrecked the R9 290 until a big price drop came. Also AMD mostly makes GPU's that are not big heaters. My 7870xt for instance was really cool and one of the best value for money cards when I bought it

 

Edit: Things like the R9 290 and HD7990 were a bit extreme but usually AMD is not far off Nvidia when it comes to reference coolers. I mean I regularly saw 780Ti's running at 75-85 which is hardly far off from the R9 290

[Deletive]

Cuda vs OpenCL. Whichever has the advantage when I'm looking will probably get my money.
 

Or whichever interests me the most.

[EzioSan]

if you want to heat your  room

the game bundles are nice  & they are cheaper

[LukaP]

I take nvidia because for some reason, im their "fanboy". i know there are advantages to AMD, but ill rather give 20$ more, for the same, or even slightly lower performance, but have nvidia. no particular reason. 

 

i reccomned AMD to people where it applies though

[Lays]

Never had any problems with either brand.

 

 

I switched from 2 780's to a single 290x lightning, I liked both experiences equally.

 

The lightning runs absolutely everything my 780's did at close to the same framerate, and TBH it's about as cool and quiet as my 780 EVGA ACX's were.

(Downgraded for money and a smaller form factor)

[H4X3R]

When AMD and nVidia have their latest stuff out (eg 6XX series and 7XXX series, 7XX series and r7/9 XXX series) then AMD usually is a much better buy. I am sure the 390X will wreck what nvidia has at the same price.

[felixthemaster1]

Nice game bundles

Cheaper

Great company. Ppen products unlike money hungry Nvidia (For example, freesync.)

Prefer eyefinity over surround

 

That being said, Once the 970 came out, I view that as a viable option too.

[Lays]

When AMD and nVidia have their latest stuff out (eg 6XX series and 7XXX series, 7XX series and r7/9 XXX series) then AMD usually is a much better buy. I am sure the 390X will wreck what nvidia has at the same price.

 

Usually whoever has the most recent products is winning "the race" so I think it matters less about brand preference, and more about who has the newest best thing.  But usually when one company releases something, not to long down the road the other one releases a new thing as well.

[felixthemaster1]

I take nvidia because for some reason, im their "fanboy". i know there are advantages to AMD, but ill rather give 20$ more, for the same, or even slightly lower performance, but have nvidia. no particular reason. 

 

i reccomned AMD to people where it applies though

Lol, I can see why they call you a fanboy. But fair enough, But the title asked why you'd buy AMD over Nvidia not which one you prefered.

[SeanBond]

Only two reasons I would ever buy amd, I needed to save money, or if mantle takes off and becomes something important. 

[LukaP]

Lol, I can see why they call you a fanboy. But fair enough, But the title asked why you'd buy AMD over Nvidia not which one you prefered.

people call me a fanboy? i never do fanboy stuff (like argue nvidia is better, in cases where its clearly not)

 

in that case, id buy amd if i needed bang for buck, or if my particular use case was favouring amd

[SeanBond]

Lol, I can see why they call you a fanboy. But fair enough, But the title asked why you'd buy AMD over Nvidia not which one you prefered

I am in the same boat. I would rather have nvidia because the run cooler, quieter, more efficiently. And have less rma's. Especially vs the 290's. If I can get all that, and better drivers. Then yeah I will drop an extra $20-30 for the same fps. But a lot of people don't care about that stuff.

[Briggsy]

oh boy, one of these threads.

 

I went with two R9 290's because I got piles of free games, and its like -20C here right now so my feet are always toasty warm. I heat with electricity anyway, so its a wash for half of the year. also, because I like to switch brands each upgrade if the performance is there.

[SirSquid]

The only reason I stick with Nvidia is game streaming to android (amd where's my free stream?).

[LukaP]

I am in the same boat. I would rather have nvidia because the run cooler, quieter, more efficiently. And have less rma's. Especially vs the 290's. If I can get all that, and better drivers. Then yeah I will drop an extra $20-30 for the same fps. But a lot of people don't care about that stuff.

thats not even the reason for me. the power consumption is similar, noise is similar temps are similar... (between same class cards)...

 

I dont really mind RMAs since my dealer is awesome... i HATE geforce crapsperience with passion. but i will still take nvidia over amd... the same reason as why i still use a pencil to draw my designs, even when im versed in solidworks and 3ds max. i just like it like that

[Notree]

Whichever has the best price performance at the time of my purchase I buy. It happened to be a 7970 vs 670 when I bought my last card.The 7970 was cheaper and faster. My card before that was a GTX570. I was gonna jump on a GTX970 but with the AMD rumors of their new cards using HBM memory I might as well wait to see how they perform. As of right now price/performance would have me purchasing a 970.

[harrynowl]

For me its the fact that AMD generally offers a better card at the price point I typically shop at. (£150-200).

 

E.g. I got a 7950 over the 660ti, and I'd choose a 280x over a 760.

 

I also chose a 6870 over the 560 (6870 was about £15 more).

[Mush Brain]

For me its the fact that AMD generally offers a better card at the price point I typically shop at. (£150-200).

 

E.g. I got a 7950 over the 660ti, and I'd choose a 280x over a 760.

 

I also chose a 6870 over the 560 (6870 was about £15 more).

7950 is considerably better than the 660Ti, wise choice you made sir.

[ForsakenLive]

Everytime I buy GPUs, AMD ends up being cheaper, so I go with them.

Currently the GTX 970 has amazing value, so depends on the pricepoint too.

[felixthemaster1]

people call me a fanboy? i never do fanboy stuff (like argue nvidia is better, in cases where its clearly not)

 

in that case, id buy amd if i needed bang for buck, or if my particular use case was favouring amd

I'm not calling you anything, I'm just going on what you said. My bad, I misread, I thought you meant people call you a fan boy hence why you put it in quotes

[harrynowl]

7950 is considerably better than the 660Ti, wise choice you made sir.

Yep, 6870 was quite a bit faster than 560 too, especially when overclocked

[LukaP]

I'm not calling you anything, I'm just going on what you said. My bad, I misread, I thought you meant people call you a fan boy hence why you put it in quotes

haha its ok. keep thrusting, trusty slick