Nvidia or amd for gaming, recording, and editing

[Tasuma]

Hey all! I am thinking about getting into some light video editing and game recording. I currently have an r9 380 2gb and I plan on upgrading soon. Should I go with nvidia or amd? I know in games the r9 390 does better than gtx 970 in fps but I've heard great things about shadow play for low impact recording. I am leaning towards a gtx 980(ti) so I can drive my 144hz display I will be getting soon.  1080p btw! 

[AllHokage]

NVIDIA for those purposes. Has shadow play and also is a beast at video editing!

 

AMD for raw gaming performance.

[afyeung]

Hey all! I am thinking about getting into some light video editing and game recording. I currently have an r9 380 2gb and I plan on upgrading soon. Should I go with nvidia or amd? I know in games the r9 390 does better than gtx 970 in fps but I've heard great things about shadow play for low impact recording. I am leaning towards a gtx 980(ti) so I can drive my 144hz display I will be getting soon.

980Ti and 390/970 are in completely different price brackets. For 144hz AAA gaming, 980Ti is really the only single GPU to go with. Shadowplay is also a great feature. 

[iamdrinster]

As for my experience, its better to use Nvidia cards in rendering, since most application take advantage of the cuda cores

[ImBleu]

If you already have an R9 380, an option would be to xfire it with another one - rather than 'wasting it'.

 

If you are going highend, I'd look between the Fury X and GTX980Ti. They're both pretty neck-and-neck but imho nvidia still dominates it.

[Tasuma]

980Ti and 390/970 are in completely different price brackets. For 144hz AAA gaming, 980Ti is really the only single GPU to go with. Shadowplay is also a great feature. 

 

Oh I am aware lol. But still up in the air if I wanna drop that much cash on a 980ti. All depends when I get the monitor really. If I get it sooner than prob 980ti if not then gtx 970.

[Tasuma]

If you already have an R9 380, an option would be to xfire it with another one - rather than 'wasting it'.

 

If you are going highend, I'd look between the Fury X and GTX980Ti. They're both pretty neck-and-neck but imho nvidia still dominates it.

 

I can't on my motherboard. It would be pcie 2.0 x4 D: and only 2gb vram. So yea.

[Bazilias]

Hey all! I am thinking about getting into some light video editing and game recording. I currently have an r9 380 2gb and I plan on upgrading soon. Should I go with nvidia or amd? I know in games the r9 390 does better than gtx 970 in fps but I've heard great things about shadow play for low impact recording. I am leaning towards a gtx 980(ti) so I can drive my 144hz display I will be getting soon.  1080p btw! 

It depends on your budget. If your budget is around $320 then go for the R9 390 because it has 8GB RAM which is great for video editing and can even game on 1440 with 60+ FPS. For recording I would go for OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) or the AMD Gaming Evolved program with an build in recording program. If your budget is 600+ then go for the GTX 980ti.

[afyeung]

Oh I am aware lol. But still up in the air if I wanna drop that much cash on a 980ti. All depends when I get the monitor really. If I get it sooner than prob 980ti if not then gtx 970.

What monitor do you have currently? If it's a 1080p panel, 144hz 1440p is an awesome upgrade

[Morgan MLGman]

I can't on my motherboard. It would be pcie 2.0 x4 D: and only 2gb vram. So yea.

PCIE 2.0 x4 technically supports crossfire. The second card will be bottlenecked by the bandwith by up to 15% though.

[YeroJero]

Nvidia. Not only does the NVENC feature allow for no performance loss recording and streaming but has much faster rendering if the software is supported.

[Tasuma]

What monitor do you have currently? If it's a 1080p panel, 144hz 1440p is an awesome upgrade

 

I am getting 1080p 144hz. Easier to drive for the long term and much cheaper. 

PCIE 2.0 x4 technically supports crossfire. The second card will be bottlenecked by the bandwith by up to 15% though.

 

I know but I'd rather get a powerful single card than an already ok-"ish" card with 2gb of vram to CF. Single > CF

[Morgan MLGman]

I am getting 1080p 144hz. Easier to drive for the long term and much cheaper. 

 

I know but I'd rather get a powerful single card than an already ok-"ish" card with 2gb of vram to CF. Single > CF

The best bang for the buck you'll get by grabbing a R9 290X, it's faster than 780Ti, 970 and 390, and there are like super good deals for them. It's also a very powerful card in terms of specs, should have no problems video editing etc whatsoever.

[Tasuma]

The best bang for the buck you'll get by grabbing a R9 290X, it's faster than 780Ti, 970 and 390, and there are like super good deals for them. It's also a very powerful card in terms of specs, should have no problems video editing etc whatsoever.

 

Had an r9 290x and ran hot as balls. Wasn't even reference. But I'm not just gonna be editing but recording and I know NVENC is better for recording w/ shadowplay

[Imaginary Friend]

Nvidia FTW!

[Sakkura]

Nvidia. Not only does the NVENC feature allow for no performance loss recording and streaming but has much faster rendering if the software is supported.

 

AMDs VCE does the same thing as NVENC.

[Tasuma]

AMDs VCE does the same thing as NVENC.

 

What software uses it so I can try it? 

[Sauron]

Do NOT choose based on the brand. Set your budget, and get the card(s) that performs the best for that money.

[Sakkura]

What software uses it so I can try it? 

 

OBS

[PlayStation 2]

What are you gonna use to video edit?

[Morgan MLGman]

Had an r9 290x and ran hot as balls. Wasn't even reference. But I'm not just gonna be editing but recording and I know NVENC is better for recording w/ shadowplay

If you had an ASUS or Gigabyte then no wonders, they're shit

[Tasuma]

If you had an ASUS or Gigabyte then no wonders, they're shit

 

Msi. I live in FL so my room gets hot regardless

 

@Dan Castellaneta Gotta see. I think my brother has an adobe sub for work so I may use that. 

[Tasuma]

Well, with DX12, if you get a second 2gb 380 and crossfire the VRAM will double from what I've heard.  But, there's not too much on that yet, plus a dev would have to optimize the program/game to utilize that feature.  If you want to use CUDA then I'd suggest a 980ti as well as for other reasons mentioned above; however, any card with a 4+ gbs of vram from AMD will serve nicely as well.  Just note that both higher end paths won't be cheap.

 

I know it won't be and I will not buy anything based of rumor. Single gpu > multi if I can afford it. Simple as that. But yea, hopefully I'll be able to get the 980ti. Should last awhile.

[Fulgrim]

Nvidia Shadowplay is over-rated imo. And AMD gpu's have a video encoder on them, as well. And quality/performance wise, both AMD's VCE, and Nvidia's NVENC encoder are on par.

 

What matters is whether you wanna use their respective programs, which are cap imho. Or use something like OBS (Open Broadcast Software) which allows you to use either, and specifically alter the bitrate/quality etc of your videos. 

 

Btw, how much cash you got to throw on a card? I'd personally say to go for an R9 390 (a Sapphire/XFX/Powercolor model), for the price vs performance, but it's dependent on your budget.

[Tasuma]

Nvidia Shadowplay is over-rated imo. And AMD gpu's have a video decoder on them, as well. And quality/performance wise, both AMD's VCE, and Nvidia's NVENC encoder are on par.

 

What matters is whether you wanna use their respective programs, which are cap imho. Or use something like OBS (Open Broadcast Software) which allows you to use either, and specifically alter the bitrate/quality etc of your videos. 

 

Btw, how much cash you got to throw on a card? I'd personally say to go for an R9 390 (a Sapphire/XFX/Powercolor model), for the price vs performance, but it's dependent on your budget.

I'm hoping for a 600ish budget. More likely 300ish. Freedom units of course :3