GPU help

[Lachlan02566]

Im looking at buying a new graphics card just wondering between a radeon and a rtx just hoping to get some help

[Leng]

Hi,

 

I am also looking to make this decision. Some tips for you to get replies: You need to provide more information, otherwise no one will be able to help you. What are you using it for, video editing, streaming, working from home, browsing social media? What are your current specs in the computer, post a list from pcpartpicker or something like that. Are you looking at budget priced cards, top tier or somewhere in between? The answer will be different for different price points. 

 

The general consensus is this at the moment as far as I know with my limited knowledge:

AMD cards especially at the higher tier provide better performance per dollar or euro or whatever currency you use. 

NVIDEA RTX cards are better if you want to stream using NVENC and want to make use of Raytracing which the cards are named for.

 

AMD Radeon cards are generally a cheaper option right now with great performance, in the higher tiers.(5700XT for instance) You may get replies from smarter and more experienced people if you give more information!

[BTGbullseye]

5 hours ago, Leng said:

NVIDEA RTX cards are better if you want to stream using NVENC

FYI, NVENC isn't realistically any better than AMD's VCN 2.0 anymore, and VCN can be used in OBS just fine, so you aren't limited by vendor for streaming anymore.

[Haro]

28 minutes ago, BTGbullseye said:

FYI, NVENC isn't realistically any better than AMD's VCN 2.0 anymore, and VCN can be used in OBS just fine, so you aren't limited by vendor for streaming anymore.

True but nvec brings surprisingly good encoding quality with really little to no affect on performance

[BTGbullseye]

3 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

True but nvec brings surprisingly good encoding quality with really little to no affect on performance

Same for VCN... That's the point. There is no realistic difference between the two right now.