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Hello, I can't find the specific thread on this sub-forum but one of the users complained about his newly acquired Sapphire R9 390, most importantly he wasn't really happy with the drivers.

With RX 480 around the corner, I am now concerned about purchasing an AMD graphics card.

In the past I heard that their drivers are pretty bad but after a couple months I heard AMD improved their drivers by a lot.

So which one is it, AMD users? Is everything fine and dandy? What are you happy and not happy with when it comes down to AMD drivers?

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AMD drivers are better than Nvidia drivers right now.

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Only had minor annoyances caused by my odd-ball setup, but they're pretty solid overall

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AMD drivers are usually not that good at lounch, but they improve performance more over time than Nvidia does.

 

A easy exsample would be the 780ti vs the 290x, the 780ti was the better card when they both were new, but later the 290x became the better card.

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Does anyone remember that one vid where Linus said "Don't walk in and ask who has the better drivers because that will start a flame war"?

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2 minutes ago, Ryoutarou97 said:

Does anyone remember that one vid where Linus said "Don't walk in and ask who has the better drivers because that will start a flame war"?

From how much I've seen, this forum doesn't have that many fan boys so it should be all good. :D

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13 minutes ago, Totalimus said:

 

In the year I've had an AMD card I've had zero issues.

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@Aruxx @Kryptyx Sorry but what is funny? Have you any experiance with both Nvidia and AMD drivers right now? Or are you just fanboys?

If you had any experience with both drivers you would know that AMD's drivers are better right now and have less problems.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

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2 minutes ago, Totalimus said:

From how much I've seen, this forum doesn't have that many fan boys so it should be all good. :D

Oh it has trust me, both sides are after me often because I tell what is up and don't sugarcoat it like they do.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

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Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

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I was happy with AMD drivers, For both my 6850 and R9 290. I've never tried Nvidia drivers, so I can't really compare them.

 

However, I'll be trying Nvidia drivers for the first time today, when my GTX 1070 arrives.

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1 minute ago, Brandonsr said:

I was happy with AMD drivers, For both my 6850 and R9 290. I've never tried Nvidia drivers, so I can't really compare them.

 

However, I'll be trying Nvidia drivers for the first time today, when my GTX 1070 arrives.

Glad to hear! Enjoy that beast. :D

Alright then, I guess I will stick to purchasing RX 480. There aren't any better options for me either way, since 1070 is out of my budget.

I'm just sad that I won't be able to use shadowplay. :(

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5 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

@Aruxx @Kryptyx Sorry but what is funny? Have you any experiance with both Nvidia and AMD drivers right now? Or are you just fanboys?

If you had any experience with both drivers you would know that AMD's drivers are better right now and have less problems.

I do have experience with both drivers and have found Nvidia to be more stable, personally.

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They have there ups and downs just like any other company. A lot of the bad driver claims come from user error. Not cleaning drivers before installing new ones.

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4 minutes ago, Totalimus said:

Glad to hear! Enjoy that beast. :D

Alright then, I guess I will stick to purchasing RX 480. There aren't any better options for me either way, since 1070 is out of my budget.

I'm just sad that I won't be able to use shadowplay. :(

That's one thing great about Team Green: nothing AMD has can come close to NVIDIA Shadowplay.

On the whole, though, both are as good as each other right now.

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Drivers are drivers. I personally don't understand why people think that AMD drivers are broken as hell. It's perfectly fine. The only thing to consider is if you want Nvidia's features.

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I have had good stability with AMD drivers for last 6 years, only annoyance is that right now it's nagging me to update the driver every time I start up my computer and I can't find option to turn it off.

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3 minutes ago, Kryptyx said:

I do have experience with both drivers and have found Nvidia to be more stable, personally.

Yeah, but that does not mean that they are the most stable overall for all users or the best performing. AMD is slightly ahead right now.

They are both not that good.

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1 minute ago, aakopa said:

I have had good stability with AMD drivers for last 6 years, only annoyance is that right now it's nagging me to update the driver every time I start up my computer and I can't find option to turn it off.

Why wouldn't you want to update the driver?

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58 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Yeah, but that does not mean that they are the most stable overall for all users or the best performing. AMD is slightly ahead right now.

They are both not that good.

The reason I marked your post as funny is because it is the exact type of post that starts a fanboy war.

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6 minutes ago, Totalimus said:

Why wouldn't you want to update the driver?

Because I don't have time to update my driver multiple times a month. I do it every quarter and thats it.

And I don't like installing beta drivers.

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1 minute ago, Kryptyx said:

The reason I marked your post as funny as because it is the exact type of post that starts a fanboy war.

Well it is a fact, so yeah.  A good way also to start a fanboy war is to mark something as funny. So just keep that in mind .

But yeah it is a way to start a fanboy war, but I think that most of both sides of the fanboys, knows that I could not care less about the brand.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

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9 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Well it is a fact, so yeah.  A good way also to start a fanboy war is to mark something as funny. So just keep that in mind .

But yeah it is a way to start a fanboy war, but I think that most of both sides of the fanboys, knows that I could not care less about the brand.

As someone who uses both AMD and Nvidia, nether can claim to have good drivers. Both ship bad drivers, and both ship drivers that are better.

 

OP, AMD has improved only in their ability to get drivers out quickly. But that's better than nothing. Nether company can brag about their drivers right now.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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2 minutes ago, App4that said:

As someone who uses both AMD and Nvidia, nether can claim to have good drivers. Both ship bad drivers, and both ship drivers that are better.

 

OP, AMD has improved only in their ability to get drivers out quickly. But that's better than nothing. Nether company can brag about their drivers right now.

Oh I did say at some point in here that both drivers are not that good. Yeah they both ship bad drivers, shit happens.

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

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1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

Oh I did say at some point in here that both drivers are not that good. Yeah they both ship bad drivers, shit happens.

 

47 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

AMD drivers are better than Nvidia drivers right now.

No they're not. Just because AMD has gotten better, that does not mean they have beaten Nvidia. Both are just adequate.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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