Why did you choose AMD over NVIDIA or Nvidia over AMD?

[TechFan@ic]

Whilst I understand this and the results, I would hardly say they "consistently outperform".  I say this because when I compare cards I compare cards of equal value (at least here in Australia were it might be different) And for the most part the results are neck and neck.  For example a 7970 averages $545 were as a GTX 770 is $470. so comparing these to and the 7950 wins out by a few frames on average but not always. And that card is A$70 more. So in my opinion dollar/performance is equal. 

 

Your thoughts?

I'm going by the Linus benchmarks, where the 7950 outperformed the 660 Ti in every single benchmark, same thing with the 7970 & the 670. All of these cards were priced identically for the longest time.

I have no personal knowledge of Australian prices on per card basis, but the 7970 was going for 330$ just two weeks ago, in fact I ordered one, while the 770 has not dipped below 400$.

Now as for the 700 series, expect the 9000 series from AMD to be very competitive at each price point.

[TechFan@ic]

EDIT: What i meant to say is that these bencharks are always made on cards when they are no more than 2 years old, where most of us don't upgrade on a generation-basis, meaning when I buy a hi end card like 780 in 2013 i expect it to be able to run all games (not at max settings, but just run them) till at least into 2016, and how they perform in 2016 is more important to us then how they perform when they're new. And generally, nvidia does a better job at that. That's what I meant when i said the 8800 GTX caught up with the 4850 which at the time of release was a superior card. Still, both of them at the time could play all of the games maxed out, 4 years later, the 8800gtx performes juust a bit better, and to be honest even if it identically, it would be a win for the older 8800.

I tested a 9800 GTX & a 4850 against each other in Metro 2033 & Far Cry 2 the 4850 was faster in both, even though they're both "They Way It's Meant to Be Played" nvidia titles.

I did this just a few weeks ago, when one of my friends gave me a 9800 GTX.

[A/C]

I tested a 9800 GTX & a 4850 against each other in Metro 2033 & Far Cry 2 the 4850 was faster in both, even though they're both "They Way It's Meant to Be Played" nvidia titles.

I did this just a few weeks ago, when one of my friends gave me a 9800 GTX.

 

funny thing, I got the oposite results, the 4850 was an OC'd reference card from gigabyte (512mb) and the 9800 gtx+ was from asus (dark knight version)

 

the 4850 performed bit worse, and the heat acually melted away some of the plastic over the voltage regulators :O

[maxtuckerpc]

I chose a amd 7950boost because it was a beast of a overclocker and stayed cool. Also I almost always root for the underdog.

[Siberia]

I chose NVIDIA over AMD because when I was browsing computer parts for my build I curiosly watched a video on which of the two brands were better (This was during the GTX 500/HD 6000 generation). From the video it said that AMD cards had faster video encoding for faster render speeds for videos, but NVIDIA had better gaming performance, at the time I kind of made small videos but I was more of a gamer, since I was in semi-pro call of duty 4 leagues at the time, so I decided to go for my ASUS DCU2 GTX 570. And as said by someone above, the drivers were much more stable so that was a big bonus for me :D

[bennyino]

I chose amd because for one thing the 7770 was the best i could get at the time and nvidia didnt really have a competitor if i recall correctly or if it did it compited agaisnt the 7750 not 7770, it has a good price to performance ratio and my monitors 3d is only supported by amd gpus

[fojacko]

I chose NVIDIA because i found a new 660ti for £175 (opposed to the £220 it normally sells for), so i jumped at the chance.

[Judahnator]

Oddly enough, I chose Nvidia because i couldnt find a powerful AMD card that matched my color scheme.

[TechFan@ic]

funny thing, I got the oposite results, the 4850 was an OC'd reference card from gigabyte (512mb) and the 9800 gtx+ was from asus (dark knight version)

 

the 4850 performed bit worse, and the heat acually melted away some of the plastic over the voltage regulators :o

O_O , do you still have both cards ? I can give you the settings I used so we can compare.

[A/C]

sadly no, sold the 4850, and gave back the rest, now i have a 6850 windforce and 560-ti hawk edition

[meatdeluxe]

I went AMD as i'd never had any issues with the ATI brand and my current card was bought at a time when I knew quite a bit less than I do now. I took a friends advice as he was also doing a new build. My next card will most likely be nvidia

[pcexplosion]

I looked at nvidia cards but for the price amd always wins,I want an nvidia but amd has the best prices I have never owned an nvida

[Reuben]

I chose Nvidia because the GTX 780 is the fastest single-GPU card besides the $1000 Titan, has PhysX, CUDA, Adaptive VSync, GPU Boost 2.0, and other coming things such as GeForce Experience and Shadowplay. My brother is also buying a Shield, so if I bought a Radeon card it would be kind if a dick move as nobody else in my home has a gaming PC.

[brownninja97]

Free games made a massive different in my eyes.

[legopc]

the 560ti was the most expencive thing the store had to offer 

[trevorsom13]

AMD, because price to performance is off the charts.

[Mines_Skyline]

I used to have NVIDIA cards till now, but currently I have an HD 7950. Great bang, and great bang for the buck (Bang for the buck alone is not enough for me, must also provide actual bang). The biggest reason, I think, was the Never Settle bundle.

[tigerclaws12894]

I choose AMD right just because I want to support them, plain and simple. The cards from both teams are so similar in terms of perf. per $ so...yea, I choose AMD b/c they're dealing with hardships atm.

[Alcatraz]

I chose Nvidia because it was better for ME PERSONALLY. There is no "best company". I wanted a dual card configuration, and Nvidia has a hardware implemented solution for monitoring frame times etc., which AMD will not be implementing for some time (no way it will be on the 9000 series). Also, cuda acceleration benefits the programs I use, and PhysX (I know it's kind of gimmicky and all hype from Nvidia) is something that would bother me if I didn't have it. I would buy Nvidia again because shadowplay is bitchin and GPU boost 2.0 is cool. When people say AMD is a better value as a matter of fact, that really bothers me. Nvidia has more features than AMD, so the value depends on how valuable those features are to you compared to the cost and frame rates. I bought my brother a 7950 however because he will never implement a crossfire setup and the never settle bundle was important to him.

[TechFan@ic]

I choose AMD right just because I want to support them, plain and simple. The cards from both teams are so similar in terms of perf. per $ so...yea, I choose AMD b/c they're dealing with hardships atm.

^ Good guy tigerclaws12894 .

[GamerDude]

I buy from both, but I favor AMD over nVidia.....my first gaming card was an Abit 4200 Ti 128MB, but I replaced it with a Radeon 9700Pro within weeks due to the good word of mouth about the 9700Pro. And ever since then, I've bought more ATi/AMD card than nVidia. Now, I have four systems (my fourth is on loan to my bro), main rig's in my sig, 3x HD7970's. The 2nd rig is the only nVidia GPU system I have now with 2x GTX670, 3rd has a HD6990 + HD6970, while my 4th rig has a trusty Sapp HD5770 VX.  My next cards? That's easy, if I feel my present 3 cards isn't up to snuff, I'd prolly snag 2 or 3 HD9970's....I have a feeling a HD9970 would be faster than a GTX780, slower than a Titan....and best part is, it'd cost lower than the GTX780. AMD has been pricing its cards aggressively, so a HD9970 should be cheaper than a GTX780. That's what I think anyway, gonna wait for its release and benchmark numbers...

[iRRuSiioNZz]

i went with nVidia because AMD doesn't have anything to rival the GTX 780 yet

[Tiniduske]

I always buy nvidia cars for my system, better support with linux in my opion.

My cards that i ownd

- unknown 9600gt 512mb (gived it away to my brother in law i think)

- gigabyte 9600gt 1gb (still in my old system witch can't handle the heat from the 470)

- asus 470 (not in use butt still got)

- asus 670 directcu || (trade + 50 euro fore the 680)

- asus 680 directcu || (current one)

 

i do own 2 amd cards but that is for my VMware ESXi server witch diden't passtrough the nvidia cards

[Morpheus]

AMD gave way better value

[N7_Zer0]

My GPU history:

 

ATI 3D Xpression (MACH64 GT)
3dfx Voodoo3 2000
Hercules 3D Prophet II Ti (Geforce 2)
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
BFG 6800 GT OC
EVGA Geforce 7800 GT OC
EVGA Geforce 8800 GT
XFX HD 5770
XFX HD 5850 Black Edition
Sapphire HD 7850 OC
EVGA GTX 680 Superclocked Signature+ (current)
Sapphire HD 9970 (future)