Which GPU do I Need?

[Bhav]

I don't get why people still think Nvidia have better drivers. 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, Bhav said:

I don't get why people still think Nvidia have better drivers. 

It's largely a subjective experience observing people from both sides. People have problems with AMD drivers. People have no problems with AMD drivers. People have problems with NVIDIA drivers. People have no problems with NVIDIA drivers.

 

And when people do have problems with drivers from either side, they tend to take the extreme of "OH MY GOD I WILL NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN! TIME TO SWITCH!" It's software, and you're running many other forms of software on your PC. Things are not always going to work properly. Proper programming is not a simple endeavor at all. 

[Emillionaire]

It's hard to find impartial opinions on this as it is often based on personal opinions. 
The team red or team green debate is a never ending debate as both brands are very similar.

In the last end it is just based on experience and preferance. Try watching some showdowns, or comparisons on youtube. 
I came to my decision by owning both. Both cards are good. Maybe check out the 390. (not sure of the price, or fps diffrence.) 
I started out with the R7 200 series, and now i am at a gtx 970. Based on preferance, and my personal opinion. 

(Hehe, takes me back to WoW choice between the Horde and the Alliance. ) 

Of couse, my inside fanboy will reveal my own opinion: 

My friend has a R9 390 and a FX-8350. His GPU has more Vram (8GB), where mine only has 4 (3.5 hehe), but still my pc outruns his with better fps, more stable fps and overall performance. (Rendering, High-end games and so on.) 

 

God i have had many discussions with my old teacher about which was the best.

[App4that]

1 hour ago, Bhav said:

I don't get why people still think Nvidia have better drivers. 

I've run both and I'd say that. As in the last six months, both. But it's not something to buy one over the other over. The 3 drivers Nvidia put out before 365.10 were horrible. Both companies ship crap drivers, it's just marginally better on the Green side. So technically Nvidia does have better drivers, as I almost lost a graphics card when the Crimson driver locked my fan speed at 20% I'd say it's not entirely subjective ether.

 

But like I said. I would not purchase or advise a graphics card based off of the drivers issued over the last year by both companies.

[FRN]

I haven't seen how the 380 performs in person, but I've seen the reviews and so far it was all positive. For that price range and performance, I would gladly grab the 380 over the 960. Drivers are drivers, a manufacturer can release an update and screw up but you always have the ability to down grade the driver to a lower and much more stable version. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

5 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

It's largely a subjective experience observing people from both sides. People have problems with AMD drivers. People have no problems with AMD drivers. People have problems with NVIDIA drivers. People have no problems with NVIDIA drivers.

...and, fun fact...most of the time it's not even the graphics driver that is the issue.

[Cyracus]

If you can wait until the 1080 drops, 980TIs will be available for 250ish from people upgrading 390-390xs for maybe under 200, or if you decide on an AMD card and can't find one in that lot AMD should be announcing soon and their fanboys will do the same thing with their cards, at least that's how I'd do it