Nvidia vs AMD

[WaelT]

When it comes to choosing GPUs, there is a lot of things to compare.

For example, Nvidia has G-Sync, while AMD has Free-Sync, CUDA vs OpenCL, Gameworks vs !? DSR vs ?! 

 

My question is, does AMD have a similar technologies to Nvidia's ? Also, do they make a difference in real world ? Does applications like Photoshop and video editing software support both ?

 

What would you choose between these two and why?!

[Whorax]

no. no no no

 

This topic has gotten the shit beaten out of it repeatedly

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Gameworks, tressfx?

Amd has vsr, works about the same as dsr.

Support for those cards will depend on the software itself. You'll need to check.

[manikyath]

i personally go nvidia, for both consistency, and because with the power cost in my area its actually profitable to get the more expensive, more energy efficient card...

 

aside from my personal preferences, its all up to the specific case. generally AMD will be better price/performance wise, where the nvidia side has other features interesting to some, like lower power usage, and some advanced driver stuff (i cannot properly connect my pc to my tv with an AMD card, very isolated case tho.)

[Cvdasfg]

When it comes to choosing GPUs, there is a lot of things to compare.

For example, Nvidia has G-Sync, while AMD has Free-Sync, CUDA vs OpenCL, Gameworks vs !? DSR vs ?! 

 

My question is, does AMD have a similar technologies to Nvidia's ? Also, do they make a difference in real world ? Does applications like Photoshop and video editing software support both ?

 

What would you choose between these two and why?!

A few things..

 

 

First of all this is going to get locked so just a warning lol. They always turn into fights and get locked.

 

Second of all depends on budget. High end rig is Nvidia low end or cheaper is AMD ( currently).

 

If there is one program your looking at tell us which and we can tell u what cards better. I find adobe products like Nvidia better but thats just my experience. 

[Morgan MLGman]

i personally go nvidia, for both consistency, and because with the power cost in my area its actually profitable to get the more expensive, more energy efficient card...

 

aside from my personal preferences, its all up to the specific case. generally AMD will be better price/performance wise, where the nvidia side has other features interesting to some, like lower power usage, and some advanced driver stuff (i cannot properly connect my pc to my tv with an AMD card, very isolated case tho.)

Well, the driver stuff seems untrue, let's take a 2 years old 780Ti into consideration, the driver support for a 710$ card barely 2 years ago is terrible and it's getting smashed by a GTX 970 that's half its price cause Nvidia decided to fuck Kepler and only optimize well for Maxwell.

Now look at my R9 290X, it's also 2 years old and it actually gets better with every driver update to the point when I beat a GTX 980 score in userbenchmark not to mention it's faster than GTX 780Ti, GTX 970 etc.

When Pascal comes out, there just as well might be the same situation when a GTX 980Ti will get beaten by equivalent to a GTX 1070 for half its price.

[manikyath]

Well, the driver stuff seems untrue, let's take a 2 years old 780Ti into consideration, the driver support for a 710$ card barely 2 years ago is terrible and it's getting smashed by a GTX 970 that's half its price cause Nvidia decided to fuck Kepler and only optimize well for Maxwell.

Now look at my R9 290X, it's also 2 years old and it actually gets better with every driver update to the point when I beat a GTX 980 score in userbenchmark not to mention it's faster than GTX 780Ti, GTX 970 etc.

When Pascal comes out, there just as well might be the same situation when a GTX 980Ti will get beaten by equivalent to a GTX 1070 for half its price.

well, i'm not talking about the driver performance when talking about drivers.

i'm talking about it actually being a quick and smooth experience to set up my TV as a 59.7Hz display.

[App4that]

well, i'm not talking about the driver performance when talking about drivers.

i'm talking about it actually being a quick and smooth experience to set up my TV as a 59.7Hz display.

You can do the same with Crimson. AMD is catching up fast.

[manikyath]

You can do the same with Crimson. AMD is catching up fast.

eh, i should probably try out crimson with my HD 5770.

i'll give amd a pass if they got vsync to work on the dang thing...

[App4that]

eh, i should probably try out crimson with my HD 5770.

i'll give amd a pass if they got vsync to work on the dang thing...

The VSR is pretty bad ass, vsync is actually helpful, the game profiles are a dream.

Crossfire is still a nightmare I'm trying to wake up from.

[manikyath]

The VSR is pretty bad ass, vsync is actually helpful, the game profiles are a dream.

Crossfire is still a nightmare I'm trying to wake up from.

well... my HD 5770 is currently held together with custom brackets because it tore itself to pieces from running without any form of vsync for 4 years.

the gigabyte coolers back in the day werent all that amazing either.

[Prysin]

i personally go nvidia, for both consistency, and because with the power cost in my area its actually profitable to get the more expensive, more energy efficient card...

 

aside from my personal preferences, its all up to the specific case. generally AMD will be better price/performance wise, where the nvidia side has other features interesting to some, like lower power usage, and some advanced driver stuff (i cannot properly connect my pc to my tv with an AMD card, very isolated case tho.)

what AMD card did you use??

ive used a 7950 with a samsung 32" TV for a couple of years, no issues. colors display correctly. Refresh rate behaves correctly...

i am genuinly interested. because neither my Tahiti based 7950 (280) nor my R9 295x2 (dual 290x) has had any issues with my Samsung TV. And yes, it is a proper TV, albeit small screen size.

[Prysin]

The VSR is pretty bad ass, vsync is actually helpful, the game profiles are a dream.

Crossfire is still a nightmare I'm trying to wake up from.

when was the last time you used CF?

ive used it for 3+ years, no real issues other then slow drivers at times (generally 1-2 weeks waiting time on average. which is fine with me since most games are halfway broken the first week, before the devs patch stuff)

[Patrick Bateman]

lock? any way i just like nvidia more, and have always bought nvidia... but gameworks sucks ass.

[Morgan MLGman]

lock? any way i just like nvidia more, and have always bought nvidia... but gameworks sucks ass.

I've always used Nvidia until like 3 months ago, I hated Geforce Experience cause something always didn't work for me and Gameworks as you mentioned suck major ass so I decided to give AMD a try, from a GTX 970 to R9 290X and I haven't regretted it since. More performance for less money

[don_svetlio]

Seeing as I can't usually afford regular upgrades I just go with whatever gets me more for my money

[Ddave]

The VSR is pretty bad ass

 

I tried to use 1080p VSR on my 1366x768 monitor. While it is certainly "badass" it crashed after a few minutes. After I restarted my pc, I freaked out because my monitor said input not supported. Thankfully I can run on safe mode to reset my resolution. I'll be avoiding VSR for now. Just saying.

[TheCaptain53]

I've always used Nvidia until like 3 months ago, I hated Geforce Experience cause something always didn't work for me and Gameworks as you mentioned suck major ass so I decided to give AMD a try, from a GTX 970 to R9 290X and I haven't regretted it since. More performance for less money

Agreed, GeForce Experience sucks balls.

For me, personally, all I care about is game performance NOW and in the relatively near future. For example, AMD is the better prospect, as its superior asynchronous compute performance and general compute performance seems to be a massive advantage in preliminary DX12 benchmarks, something I hope Nvidia's upcoming Pascal architecture addresses. For every feature from one vendor there is usually an equivalent or similar from the other (with the exception of Nvidia GameStream). 

[don_svetlio]

I tried to use 1080p VSR on my 1366x768 monitor. While it is certainly "badass" it crashed after a few minutes. After I restarted my pc, I freaked out because my monitor said input not supported. Thankfully I can run on safe mode to reset my resolution. I'll be avoiding VSR for now. Just saying.

Odd - shouldn't be crashing - unstable OC?

[LokiFire]

I'm absolutely loving what my GTX 580 does in comparison to my now gone HD 7770, not purely speed, but drivers and features. Some games that should have ran well did not, now with a 580 it's perfect, like TimeShift.

[don_svetlio]

I'm absolutely loving what my GTX 580 does in comparison to my now gone HD 7770, not purely speed, but drivers and features. Some games that should have ran well did not, now with a 580 it's perfect, like TimeShift.

That's to be expected, 580 is quite a bit more powerful

[KamiKatze]

I buy cards based in which has the best performance when overclocked and stays quiet at the same time. Thus cards with little power consunption are preferable.

And ever since the introduction of Kepler, nvidia was leading in that segment. If AMD was to come out with compelling alternatives again, like they used to in the early Fermi days, I'd go for team red.

Software wise both conpanies have fucked up some itterations of their driver. unless you want to use a variable refresh rate technology the software features of both teams make next to no difference in real world gaming. G-sync still seems to be ahead of freesync though, at least the last time i checked.

[LokiFire]

That's to be expected, 580 is quite a bit more powerful

Quite modest... try 3-4x more powerful.

[Morgan MLGman]

I buy cards based in which has the best performance when overclocked and stays quiet at the same time. Thus cards with little power consunption are preferable.

And ever since the introduction of Kepler, nvidia was leading in that segment. If AMD was to come out with compelling alternatives again, like they used to in the early Fermi days, I'd go for team red.

Software wise both conpanies have fucked up some itterations of their driver. unless you want to use a variable refresh rate technology the software features of both teams make next to no difference in real world gaming. G-sync still seems to be ahead of freesync though, at least the last time i checked.

G-sync is also much more expensive, price/results wise the Freesync is a better choice

[KamiKatze]

G-sync is also much more expensive, price/results wise the Freesync is a better choice

As so often with Amd vs nvidia, amd is the better price/performance option. It just comes down to personal choice, whether you are willing to pay a premium for little extras.