Do you prefer Nvidia or AMD?

[Guest]

great to see another galax supporter but I wouldn't say amd is a budget option they have high end (fury x) and lower and (270x?) Just like nvidia

I mean like with NVidia, we have cards that go all the way up to 900 USD And 1k including K|NGP|N

I love galax, I love they're designs, Since my friend works with them, its kinda hard to hate them, especially when you get a GPU that can overclock like a beast 

[Quinnbeast]

3dfx Voodoo Banshee for life!

 

Pah! I'll see your Voodoo Banshee and raise you my first 3D card - Videologic Apocalypse 3D (PowerVR chipset). God damn, I nearly shat the bed the fist time I played Quake 2 with that sucker in.

[Briggsy]

Don't really have a brand preference between Nvidia and AMD in the long term, so can't vote one way or the other (should be a neutral option). I usually do a buttload of research before upgrading, and I buy the architecture I feel is the best value at the time. I've been using AMD for 2-3 years, and was using Nvidia for a decade before that. I didn't see any value in buying AMD before they launched GCN architecture, and I don't see much value in Nvidia's Maxwell architecture at this time. Pascal may change my mind about Nvidia's value proposition, but currently there's just uncertainty for me surrounding Nvidia. 

[Timmahnz]

I buy whichever gives best bang for buck in my price range. 

 

2 years ago I was looking at a 770 or R9 290, got the 290 because it was $50nzd cheaper and on par with the 770.

[GloriousPain]

I prefer AMD for their more open approach but they do have some pitfalls

[Egad]

nVidia right now, because while they undoubtedly have their evil moments, I do benefit from how they used their market position to put CUDA out there as the standard on modelling and rendering applications.  I want to see CUDA replaced by something less directly controlled by nVidia, we're only where we are because nVidia cracked some skulls.  Before that the entire professional applications market as a Balkanized mess.  CUDA did a lot to make my life better.  

 

Hopefully Khronos can push out OpenCL and CUDA can fade away gracefully.  

[Shakaza]

After trying out cards from both AMD and NVIDIA, I have no particular preference. I don't care which brand I choose as long as whatever I get produces the kind of performance and graphical fidelity I desire at the time of my purchase. I don't really care about the features either brand provides since I rarely use them at all in my general usage scenarios, so it's really just an arbitrary decision based on the needs/wants I have at the time. So, if two cards in the same price bracket offer practically equivalent performance, then I make the decision randomly, not according to a brand preference.

 

That said, I cannot choose one or the other as my answer to the poll. I would prefer that you add a third option.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I picked AMD since their cards are better deals now. 

[rattacko123]

Which company do you prefer overall?

I would say I like AMD's GPUs. I've had a better experience with them, and the drivers seem to be more reliable. Nvidia software seems to be slow and buggy and crashes alot.

The actual GPU hardware is technically superior to Nvidia, but Nvidia is really good at optimising. I don't use any of Nvidias software anyways and I use opencl more than cuda, so yeah definitely AMD. I also prefer the more open ecosystem of AMD. Pricewise, AMD is the better choice overall.

[Humbug]

It's a dynamic thing. Who has the better product at a given time. I was on Nvidia for a long time. Now I would say AMD, with The GCN technology and overall driver quality etc. Both in the high end and low end. For the last 2 years my R9 290 has been stellar for silky smooth gaming and rock solid stability. Also people who bought a 78xx to 79xx range GPU in 2011 are still getting great improvements and new features from AMD's driver team today, I appreciate that. So right now I pick AMD. Except for the 980ti which I would choose over the Fury X if I was in the market for those models.

As you can see from the above I think both companies are fairly good and competent. It's more a question of the individual product comparisons.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Prefer AMD for the Brute Force with many strengths.

Prefer Nvidia for the recording software and realistic Performance Vs Power Used.

 

 

Point being...

Prefer anything thats got good Price>Performance, and thats usually my deciding factor, both control panels are easy to use.

[Trilkzy]

Depends what cpu... If intel go nvidia if amd go amd

[JoshB2084]

I like both of AMD and Nvidia. I had GeForce 4 Ti4200, 7300GT, and 8600GT, then I had to change to AMD APU motherboard. *sighs*

[DigitalHermit]

I prefer what I can afford.

[PlayStation 2]

This is really a price choice more than brand choice

but if i have to say a brand, amd it is

[Suika]

I prefer the brand that makes the most people upset.

[79wjd]

I prefer the brand that makes the most people upset.

You know, it's funny...I was going to post the same exact thing. haha 

[Clyne]

If it wasn't for their advertising approach/marketing things and focusing on power consumption and not raw power, i'll buy Nvidia.

[vanished]

I've used nvidia both by choice on my personal machines and before that on the family machine just because that's what it had for the last... wow, I guess about 13 years all told, and never had a single issue, driver, software, hardware, or otherwise.  Excellent experience.  I've also owned a laptop with AMD graphics... I've sworn to never buy an AMD graphics card as a result.

 

I know there are people who've probably had opposite experiences to this, but that's my story for why I like nvidia.  That said, I won't ever argue with someone if a benchmark clearly shows an AMD card outperforming nvidia in perf/$ or just overall; despite my strong feelings I like to think I'm no fanboy and will willingly recommend the better card for any particular person's situation., whatever it may be.

[Mattr567]

Im unbiased but forced to use Nvidia because of CUDA.

 

my old Geforce3 Ti200 still holds a special place in my heart though.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Bang for buck? AMD.

 

If price wouldn't be an issue, I'd go with whatever was best performance-wise (currently that would be nVidia, but if AMD released something better, I'd go with that)

[Speedbird]

NVidia because ShadowPlay.

[Tangtawan]

In my country, 90% uses Nvidia while the rest are AMD.

The price/ performance here is insane.

You can get a GTX980 here for as low as 15xxx Thai Baht

While the R9 390X is 19xxx Thai baht.

980 is more powerful and yet cheaper, so no one is using AMD here

[Guest Ranterbach]

Nvidia for features, but honestly whatever performs best at a certain price point. 

[Avalen]

AMD usually for the better price/performance, but now since I'm on the highest-end I use Nvidia.