Making the Switch from Team Red to Team Green

[Fear Fuzion]

On May 27th I'm making the switch from my current AMD R9 270X to the NVIDIA GTX 1080 and I was wondering if there is anything I should be aware of as I make the switch from AMD to NVIDIA? Thanks

[laminutederire]

2 minutes ago, Fear Fuzion said:

On May 27th I'm making the switch from my current AMD R9 270X to the NVIDIA GTX 1080 and I was wondering if there is anything I should be aware of as I make the switch from AMD to NVIDIA? Thanks

You should be aware that the wise choice is to wait a bit for AMD'S reply. Even if it isn't as good it could make Nvidia lower the prices.

As for technical stuff, I don't know

[ImBleu]

You'll be losing AMD's Mantle and Freesync but will gain access to:

 

Shadowplay - Amazing if you want to record your gameplay with no hit to your framerate

Gsync - Nvidia's freesync, only on expensive monitors

GameWorks - Makes Nvidia cards outperform AMD cards on GameWorks titles, like The Witcher 3 (HairWorks)

Nvidia SLI - AMD's Crossfire, requires a bridge unlike AMD

CUDA - Boosts performance in workflow environments, similar to OpenGL

Nvidia Shield Streaming - Play PC games on a handheld or tablet through in-home streaming, Nvidia style.

 

And Geforce Experience, which will give you driver updates and allow you to change the LEDs on your (stock) GTX cards.

[Rune]

Don't forget Nvidia's Ansel soon.

Welcome to the greener side of life.

[Imakuni]

9 minutes ago, Fear Fuzion said:

On May 27th I'm making the switch from my current AMD R9 270X to the NVIDIA GTX 1080 and I was wondering if there is anything I should be aware of as I make the switch from AMD to NVIDIA? Thanks

Wait just a tiny bit more for the aftermarkt models.

 

That's really all you need to know.

[DrMacintosh]

Nvidia has nice proprietary software that devs hate. Its cool for the games that use it though. In all reality, you pay for the Nvidia name. The cards are meh for the money compared to AMD. 

[Kryis]

20 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

You should be aware that the wise choice is to wait a bit for AMD'S reply. Even if it isn't as good it could make Nvidia lower the prices.

As for technical stuff, I don't know

Also worth waiting since there will probably be a 1080ti at some point which depending on the price might be worth it compared to the 1080 and whatever AMD throws into the ring.

[ivan134]

Nothing really. Just use DDU to uninstall AMD drivers and you should be good. 

[laminutederire]

25 minutes ago, Kryis said:

Also worth waiting since there will probably be a 1080ti at some point which depending on the price might be worth it compared to the 1080 and whatever AMD throws into the ring.

Yeah, especially given the 1080 is basically shaped like the 980, there are a few points where it is doing like the 980 and it will be strengthen with a 1080Ti version, which will logically lower the price of the 1080 altogether.

(Personnally I don't understand the fuss around that card, we really don't know much about what will be in the shelves. There already are specs leaked about performances under what was being presented. The difference isn't that important but still, it's probable, and until we have the exact cards,  we can't know if it is as advertised. Besides Polaris will be release this summer and AMD'S Vega in the fall, which will probably trigger the 1080Ti release)

[Kryis]

2 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Yeah, especially given the 1080 is basically shaped like the 980, there are a few points where it is doing like the 980 and it will be strengthen with a 1080Ti version, which will logically lower the price of the 1080 altogether.

(Personnally I don't understand the fuss around that card, we really don't know much about what will be in the shelves. There already are specs leaked about performances under what was being presented. The difference isn't that important but still, it's probable, and until we have the exact cards,  we can't know if it is as advertised. Besides Polaris will be release this summer and AMD'S Vega in the fall, which will probably trigger the 1080Ti release)

 

Pretty much, wasn't the event 1080 a heavily OC'd one? Also, the GPU was a GM104, just like the 980 was GM204 so it's safe to assume there is a 1080ti with GM100 like 980ti GM200

[byalexandr]

Wait for Polaris 10. It should provide 390X performance for less than $299, and use less than 150W of power. Or wait for Vega, I can almost guarantee that puppy will mess up the 1080.

[Malaki Titi]

If you want a low end card, then wait.  AMD's Polaris is supposed to blow away the R9 380.

 

If you want high end, Nvidia is the only player.

[Praesi]

Get a Gsync Display and enjoy a new Dimension of smoothness.

[gcubed]

When switching from one to the other (it doesn't matter which way you are going):

 

1. FULLY uninstall all drivers and support software for your current card.

2. Shut down and then swap cards.

3. Boot up and install drivers and support software for your new card.

 

 

[Nena Trinity]

8 hours ago, laminutederire said:

You should be aware that the wise choice is to wait a bit for AMD'S reply. Even if it isn't as good it could make Nvidia lower the prices.

As for technical stuff, I don't know

This and well removing drivers with DDU is your only way of changing from one brand to the other!

[Fear Fuzion]

23 hours ago, Rune said:

Don't forget Nvidia's Ansel soon.

Welcome to the greener side of life.

LOL can't wait man

[Fear Fuzion]

15 hours ago, Nena360 said:

This and well removing drivers with DDU is your only way of changing from one brand to the other!

Nice thanks dude!

[Fear Fuzion]

15 hours ago, gcubed said:

When switching from one to the other (it doesn't matter which way you are going):

 

1. FULLY uninstall all drivers and support software for your current card.

2. Shut down and then swap cards.

3. Boot up and install drivers and support software for your new card.

 

 

Any program I need to download to uninstall the drivers, but anyways thanks for the info!

[Nena Trinity]

16 hours ago, Fear Fuzion said:

Nice thanks dude!

I am no dude...

[Coaxialgamer]

On 5/17/2016 at 8:36 AM, laminutederire said:

You should be aware that the wise choice is to wait a bit for AMD'S reply. Even if it isn't as good it could make Nvidia lower the prices.

As for technical stuff, I don't know

this ^

 

also , wait for the aftermarket models , they will cost less , should have better cooling and power circuitry . along with special bioses.

 

And one last thing you should know : on stock bios , you can only increase the gpu's power limit by 10% , instead of the 50% on AMD .But this shouldn't be important unless you do extreme overclocking ( and if you were , you wouldn't use stock bios anyway )

[RagnarokDel]

On 17/5/2016 at 2:38 AM, ThatCoolBlueKidd said:

You'll be losing AMD's Mantle and Freesync but will gain access to:

 

Shadowplay - Amazing if you want to record your gameplay with no hit to your framerate

Gsync - Nvidia's freesync, only on expensive monitors

GameWorks - Makes Nvidia cards outperform AMD cards on GameWorks titles, like The Witcher 3 (HairWorks)

Nvidia SLI - AMD's Crossfire, requires a bridge unlike AMD

CUDA - Boosts performance in workflow environments, similar to OpenGL

Nvidia Shield Streaming - Play PC games on a handheld or tablet through in-home streaming, Nvidia style.

 

And Geforce Experience, which will give you driver updates and allow you to change the LEDs on your (stock) GTX cards.

AMD has an equivalent to shadowplay.

Gameworks run like shit on both cards, it just runs a little better on Nvidia cards.

Cuda is irrelevant for most of the population

Nvidia shield streaming is the only thing maybe. But that might as well be irrelevant as far as most people are concerned

 

Polaris 10 is going to be between r9 390x and Fury X in performances for under 300$

[gcubed]

On 5/18/2016 at 2:22 AM, Fear Fuzion said:

Any program I need to download to uninstall the drivers, but anyways thanks for the info!

 

If you are using some recent variant of Mickeysoft Windows, you only need the Windows Control Panel.

 

Uninstall using the Add/Remove Programs functionality in the control panel. It should be noted that with drivers, a reboot is usually required to fully remove the program. Basically, Windows cannot delete a file that is in use, so the Uninstall, will mark it for deletion on the next boot. So typically Windows uninstall sequence will look like.

 

Open Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs.

Select programs/drivers to remove.

Select Uniinstall.

Allow Uninstall to run.

When prompted, reboot.