WHICH GPU is better for WHAT?

[ThomasMiz]

which GPU do you think is better for what games/graphics engine? for example, i was told AMD's GPUs are better for DirectX than NVIDIA's.

 

I was wondering, i mostly play Terraria, made in XNA with C#. Which graphics card would be the best? Answer: Answer what? YOU tell me!

[Aytex]

neither are better for neither. its just on the game's engine and the current drivers.

yes there are some situations on which one is better than the other but in general its just drivers and the engine.

 

a r7 260x

[Nexxus]

Answer is either of them are fine and will produce enough FPS that any difference you are looking between them is largely negligible if what you are saying is even true.

[catzambia]

better for directx?

[FaZe Booce]

neither are better for neither. its just on the game's engine and the current drivers.

yes there are some situations on which one is better than the other but in general its just drivers and the engine.

 

a r7 260x

If it is around the same price, a 265 is a better option.

[soaringchicken]

Well, mantle is not even a thing any more so there only is DX12, besides, the marks where AMD did better than Nvidia were synthetic, meaning they weren't real world tests. Either way the better card, is going to perform better most of the time no matter what engine etc. 

[Dietrichw]

uhhh it is the opposite. AMD fairs better in OpenGL and such, while Nvidia fairs better in DX11. AMD has a lead on DX12 for now but that is in limited testing.

[TetraSky]

Terraria? You could run that on intel graphics easily...

 

Also, it really depends on your budget. But a 750ti or R7 360 are probably the cheapest you should go as far as GPU goes. Anything below that has terrible price to performances ratio.

 

@ThomasMiz Also do remember to Follow your topic, otherwise you won't know when people reply to it, unless they quote you or mention you, like I did.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Dude it's terraria. Intel dgpus can hit 100+ fps on that game.

Who cares?

Fun game btw, but still.

[xAcid9]

I was wondering, i mostly play Terraria, made in XNA with C#. Which graphics card would be the best? Answer: Answer what? YOU tell me!

Both AMD and Nvidia is not optimize for that game.

 

Get this.

[ThomasMiz]

Terraria? You could run that on intel graphics easily...

 

Also, it really depends on your budget. But a 750ti or R7 360 are probably the cheapest you should go as far as GPU goes. Anything below that has terrible price to performances ratio.

 

@ThomasMiz Also do remember to Follow your topic, otherwise you won't know when people reply to it, unless they quote you or mention you, like I did.

 

 

Dude it's terraria. Intel dgpus can hit 100+ fps on that game.

Who cares?

Fun game btw, but still.

 

nope. i have a GTX 765m and it runs at lower than 60 (varies between 50 and 60. 60 being not-that-usual and sometimes 40 but VERY unusual). i would accept that if it were minecraft. please understand everybody, terraria DOES need a good GPU.

Make fun of SLI against Crossfire instead :]

meh i'll just buy a GTX TERTAN

[TetraSky]

nope. i have a GTX 765m and it runs at lower than 60 (varies between 50 and 60. 60 being not-that-usual and sometimes 40 but VERY unusual). i would accept that if it were minecraft. please understand everybody, terraria DOES need a good GPU.

Make fun of SLI against Crossfire instead :]

meh i'll just buy a GTX TERTAN

A GTX 765m... So this is a laptop?

If so that might explain it but then I have no idea why you're even asking about which GPU is better considering you can't exactly upgrade a mobile GPU.

 

But really, Terraria is still playable at such "low" frame.

Did you enable Frame Skip in the video options? While for me it made the game smoother to have it On, for my friend it made it nearly unplayable, so try turning it on and/or off again, experiment with it.

You can also try to reduce the in-game resolution to 720p or something. (Because really, everything is way too small when it's set higher than that anyway...)

 

I'm personally getting a constant 60fps, but it still drops a little when there's a lot going on on the screen (like the Frost Moon's bullet hell...)

[Curufinwe_wins]

I have a 660m and constantly cap out vsync so there is no excuse.

Also hd530 might as well be as powerful as a 660m so the point remains valid.

[ThomasMiz]

A GTX 765m... So this is a laptop?

If so that might explain it but then I have no idea why you're even asking about which GPU is better considering you can't exactly upgrade a mobile GPU.

 

But really, Terraria is still playable at such "low" frame.

Did you enable Frame Skip in the video options? While for me it made the game smoother to have it On, for my friend it made it nearly unplayable, so try turning it on and/or off again, experiment with it.

You can also try to reduce the in-game resolution to 720p or something. (Because really, everything is way too small when it's set higher than that anyway...)

 

I'm personally getting a constant 60fps, but it still drops a little when there's a lot going on on the screen (like the Frost Moon's bullet hell...)

 

I'm playing with the "Optimized Settings" the NVIDIA driver recomended. doesn't run too bad, but please, dont tell me i can run that with Intel HD Graphics ;_;