Why do the majority of people prefer Nvidia over AMD?

[Consta]

I need opinions on the subject, personal experiences you had with both sides, I am in no conflict of choice between the two brands whatsoever; I would simply like to hear why green is most of the time in the front lines whilst red is the "if you can't afford Nvidia" option.

 

Thoughts?

[Killervolt]

Nvidia's high end cards are technically better most of the time, also maybe marketing is better? I'm not sure however, it's not AMD vs Intel.

[PlayStation 2]

Long story short, lots of more fanboys on team Green than team Red, and marketing.

That doesn't make team Red's fanboys any better.

 

AMD does a shit job at marketing. Nvidia does a great job at it.

 

With the exception of the 980 Ti, Nvidia's cards aren't too competitive unless you play x game.

[WORM]

Game support IE Nvidia Gameworks, plus its just a better GPU, i have a 980ti from zotac, AMP extreme edition

[jpow007]

Honestly I have no clue. I think on one of the WAN shows Linus said he just prefers some of the things that Nvidia offers that AMD hasnt caught up with or support. What those are I am not sure. I picked Nvidia Solely because its all anyone talks about. I'm not a fan boy but I have always had good success with Nvidia and I live by "if something ain't broke, dont fix it" lifestyle. 

[Flowey]

I went with AMD since not only was their card better in performance/$ in the range I was looking, but also because they pretty much are what keeps the industry going in terms of gaming GPU, since without competion their is no need for evolution

[S1lent_5am]

I go wither either it all comes down to what I can afford at any given time. 

[Daegun]

Nvidia has great marketing, lower power consumption (at least with maxwell), gameworks, quicker optimizations for games with drivers, then all of the old stereotypes sticking around, like AMD having terrible drivers.

[Cvdasfg]

Not to be that guy but no matter how civil you ask the question someones going to start a flame war.

 

To answer your question before it gets locked basically AMD in the "high end" department is lacking.

 

Nvidia Is MUCH better assuming you pay the premium, along with the fact that nvidia drivers seem better, and they "buy" out games a lot more ( gameworks, optimized games for them, ect) Put that together with shadowplay, geforce, and the other benefits and theres on reason to pick AMD. 

[GordosTacoShop]

Same reason people preferred Luigi.  Taller, thinner, and his legs flutter all cute like when he jumps.  

 

Also, Nvidia brand has a longer history in the GPU market (1990's,) where the AMD brand is still relatively new (2006.)  

[Consta]

16 minutes ago, Flowey said:

I went with AMD since not only was their card better in performance/$ in the range I was looking, but also because they pretty much are what keeps the industry going in terms of gaming GPU, since without competion their is no need for evolution

Isn't it always a matter of 3-4 FPS between the two best graphic cards from both sides? Could we say it's a matter of elitism or "fanboysm"?

 

13 minutes ago, GordosTacoShop said:

Same reason people preferred Luigi.  Taller, thinner, and his legs flutter all cute like when he jumps.  

 

Also, Nvidia brand has a longer history in the GPU market (1990's,) where the AMD brand is still relatively new (2006.)  

Isn't it that AMD took over ATI because they were about to go bankrupt, but AMD saw potential in them?

 

13 minutes ago, Cvdasfg said:

Not to be that guy but no matter how civil you ask the question someones going to start a flame war.

 

To answer your question before it gets locked basically AMD in the "high end" department is lacking.

 

Nvidia Is MUCH better assuming you pay the premium, along with the fact that nvidia drivers seem better, and they "buy" out games a lot more ( gameworks, optimized games for them, ect) Put that together with shadowplay, geforce, and the other benefits and theres on reason to pick AMD. 

So I guess AMD and Nvidia are cool and it's just the people making it seem they're at "war" but in reality each minds its own business?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

It's like how you have a bunch of University students that argue Macbooks are miles better than Windows powered laptops even though in reality all they're doing on the thing is web browsing and word processing. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

I think the mining craze really hurt AMD. It pushed their GPUs to ridiculous prices and kept them out of the hands of gamers who might have developed a real loyalty to them after seeing how powerful their R9 290/290x/280x were when those cards came out. A lot of potential 280 / 280x / 290 / 290x buyers got pushed to the inferior 760 / 770 / 780 and the sligthly superior 780 Ti.

[Cvdasfg]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

It's like how you have a bunch of University students that argue Macbooks are miles better than Windows powered laptops even though in reality all they're doing on the thing is web browsing and word processing. 

 

1 minute ago, Consta said:

So I guess AMD and Nvidia are cool and it's just the people making it seem they're at "war" but in reality each minds its own business?

 

 

He summed it perfectly ^^

 

They both kinda do the same thing..

 

BUT I do think team green does it better.. but technically your not going wrong with either of them. 

[Consta]

13 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Long story short, lots of more fanboys on team Green than team Red, and marketing.

That doesn't make team Red's fanboys any better.

 

AMD does a shit job at marketing. Nvidia does a great job at it.

 

With the exception of the 980 Ti, Nvidia's cards aren't too competitive unless you play x game.

So it suffices to say that each company creates new models of GPUs with a different model in mind? E.G Nvidia is better at gaming, AMD at other stuff? Basically, there isn't a side which is supreme in all aspects.

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Consta said:

So it suffices to say that each company creates new models of GPUs with a different model in mind? E.G Nvidia is better at gaming, AMD at other stuff? Basically, there isn't a side which is supreme in all aspects.

Nvidia's cards aren't better for gaming moreso the GeForce line is directly aimed at that. AMD's cards, specifically their GCN cards, are kind of all over the place. Fucking great for computational performance while still being worthwhile gaming cards.

[Enderman]

everyone has their own reasons, and some people because they are fanboys, but these are my personal reasons:

 

-software, i use shadowplay a lot and it works very well, GFE updates my drivers extremely easily, takes two clicks and 60 seconds and its done, also I really dislike red, green is more my style (although the new crimson software became a lot more appealing to me due to its aesthetic design)

 

-heat, I run my fans at 200rpm because im a silence freak, and i want to have the coolest temperatures possible at that noise level, which means buying more efficient GPU, CPU, PSU, etc

 

-noise, this is related to heat, since less heat = i can run fans slower (or off) under load

 

-money, i actually would rather spend more for a GPU that has the efficiency and features I need, im not a hardcore gamer and fps per dollar is one of my last priorities

 

-looks, my next GPU I buy will be from EVGA because of how awesome their air coolers look, and maybe just maybe ill be able to afford one of their hydro copper cards

 

-company, yeah I know a lot of people hate nvidia because this or that, but tbh I hate how AMD markets and advertises, it feels like they are trying to appeal to kids with their unprofessional jokes and attack ads

[GordosTacoShop]

3 minutes ago, Consta said:

Isn't it that AMD took over ATI because they were about to go bankrupt, but AMD saw potential in them?

I think they acquired ATI more so to pursue their Fusion program. 

[MegaDave91]

Nvidia's presence has been more prominent in a lot of the computers I've come across growing up. You can argue it's the same reason why more prefer Intel over AMD.

 

Intel is objectively better in the end high, however. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

shadowplay, gameworks, physX, gamestream, Cuda, day 1 game ready drivers, better support from game developers in optimization, better energy efficiency resulting in lower heat output and lower noise levels, better overclocking.

Support for newer technologies such as VXGI, color compression, MFAA...just to name a few.

[Marinatall_Ironside]

18 minutes ago, jpow007 said:

Honestly I have no clue. I think on one of the WAN shows Linus said he just prefers some of the things that Nvidia offers that AMD hasnt caught up with or support. What those are I am not sure. I picked Nvidia Solely because its all anyone talks about. I'm not a fan boy but I have always had good success with Nvidia and I live by "if something ain't broke, dont fix it" lifestyle. 

I agree too. For me, it's also power consumption as well. Nvidia has excellent PPW and if lowering your power consumption is important to you, then Nvidia is your only other option.

 

In this day and age, lowering your power consumption is very important since we are 1) moving towards more efficient power consumption and 2) lowering power consumption to get the same, if not, better performance (that's why more people go with Intel over AMD since they perform better for their tasks and they're energy efficient)

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