Switching From An NVIDIA To AMD GPU Experiences

[Geekazoid]

Hey guys,

As the title of this topic indicates, are there any of you that have switched from an NVIDIA GPU to an AMD GPU? If so, do you like the switch or regretted it?

The reason I'm asking is that for my build that I'm planning next year I may go with a AMD GPU for budget reasons, but if I do I don't want to then regret it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[FireFox]

In the old days I deeply regretted it but that was like 7 years ago but I can't really comment for now

[TEDWARDS]

I did the opposite

[Ryan Leech]

I've been using my brother's 7850 for a few days, and it is quite hard for me. I really do prefer the "premium experience" that nvidia provides, and the seamless drivers. So far I have noticed longer boot times, strange artifacts in certain situations, and the drivers/software is a mess with the AMD card. I cannot wait to get my 465 back in a few days.

[Geekazoid]

I did the opposite

What was your reason, if I may ask?

[Capitalist Jesus]

I did the opposite. I went from being able to boil water to a nice shower.

[TEDWARDS]

What was your reason, if I may ask?

I just preferred what Nvidia had to offer over the AMD cards as they always seem to be on top of every benchmark as-well as having the Ge-Force experience with shadow play. I also plan on getting a shield when it comes to the UK as-well as a g sync monitor

 

And also the metal shroud on the reference cards OMFG they look sooooooooo good, I came from a 6870 and a 6950 btw

Edited December 17, 2013 by TEDWARDS

[Morpheus]

right now nvidia > amd

[S1lentThund3r]

I went red back when my 8800GT could no longer push BF3 to my satisfaction. Never had a bad experience with them on a 4890 and now my mini 7950. Never have driver issues, dont use things like geforce experience as I set all my settings by hand regardless etc and I dont miss PhysX as I just run that off the CPU.

[Geekazoid]

I just preferred what Nvidia had to offer over the AMD cards as they always seem to be on top of every benchmark as-well as having the Ge-Force experience with shadow play. I also plan on getting a shield when it comes to the UK as-well as a g sync monitor

 

And also the metal shroud on the reference cards OMFG they look sooooooooo good, I came from a 6870 and a 6950 btw

Ah, okay. So you just prefer NVIDIA as a whole then?

[TEDWARDS]

Ah, okay. So you just prefer NVIDIA as a whole then?

Yeah, I wont rule amd out though. Its just they don't really have anything appealing right now

[Sky Daddy]

going from a 550ti to an r9 290 soon, not the best example because the 290 is going to blow my nvidia experience out of the water

[7850OC]

is a great topic (i will not intervene in the discussion because i am a super AMD fan lol)  :lol:

 

still, what cards do you have in mind from both teams ?

[Geekazoid]

Yeah, I wont rule amd out though. Its just they don't really have anything appealing right now

I will agree with you there. AMD cards just don't look as good as NVIDIA ones. I guess the thing that is kind of making AMD cards not so appealing is:

One) There designs.

Two) The fact that most AMD cards incorporate AMD's colour theme of red which, if you have a particular themed case that red would look completely out of place, is something that I personally don't like and you don't see a lot of NVIDIA cards with NVIDIA's green theme or you could say signature colour. The only company that doesn't incorporate AMD's red theme is Gigabyte. So in most cases if you want to go with an AMD GPU that is just plane black with no other colours on it, or AMD's colour theme, you have to go with Gigabyte (which aren't bad BTW).

In general AMD card brands need to take some ideas from NVIDIA card company's and make their cards look way better.

[Geekazoid]

is a great topic (i will not intervene in the discussion because i am a super AMD fan lol)  :lol:

 

still, what cards do you have in mind from both teams ?

Hmm...it is nice for a change not having a huge AMD fan come an bag out the competition, good on ya!

[Lays]

after the amd price increases, you may be better off sticking with nvidia :9

[Geekazoid]

So the general consensus thus far is to stick with NVIDIA.

This is what I figured but wanted to have an open mind about AMD GPUs.

[Geekazoid]

still, what cards do you have in mind from both teams ?

Forgot to answer this, I assume this was directed at me, yes?

[WoodenMarker]

I haven't really had problems with AMD cards. Prepare for very low power consumption at idle meaning you can ramp fans down or turn them off altogether when not gaming and very smooth overclocking that's not uncommon to just let you drag the sliders to the end and let it rip. 

There are less full features like Geforce Experience or PhysX but AMD does with what they have well. I'm looking forward to their Predator - Experience which is basically their version of Shadowplay and such. 

[7850OC]

Forgot to answer this, I assume this was directed at me, yes?

sure 

[Geekazoid]

sure

I recently had selected the GTX 760 by EVGA but due to the fact that I initially wanted to keep my build between AU$1,400 - 1,500 instead of what it was at AU$1,700 - AU$1,800 I decide that I would stick with the EVGA 660 SC or go for the XFX or Gigabyte R9 270X (because they're the best looking, silly I know).

[S1lentThund3r]

I seem to be in the minority of users then who dont need things like Geforce Experience (I know what settings I want) and Shadowplay (I dont stream nor post to youtube funny clips), as these seem to be things nVidia users consistently bring up as things they want.

[Geekazoid]

I might be completely honest here and say that the reason I have stuck with NVIDIA GPUs so far is because programs like Sony Vegas Pro designed they're software around NVIDIA GPUs first and also I find NVIDIA's control panel much easier to navigate than AMD's even the AMD's control panel may have more settings and features.

[calebr28]

Performance/Price. thats huge difference. depending on your price range you will have different advantages both ways depending on how much your willing to spend. AMD is still top scoring card like it has been top dog for past 3-4 generations. HD5970 vs 480GTX, HD 6990 vs 590 gtx 7990 vs anything from nvidia. hit and miss for support tho. If you dont see this coming. AMD is getting allot of support with newer games. so that advantage nvidia was getting wont be there much longer. but i agree with that G-sync that is an amazing option. 

but in the real world i see someone doing 3rd party drivers and support for all cards to do that. so im not too overly attached saying i would have to replace monitors and then in a few years be upset when 4k monitors are reasonable. when i have a perfectly good monitor now. to my knowledge nvidia doesnt have one thing it can offer you without you spending more and more and more money? so hows that an advantage? to me nvidia is nothing but a disadvantage.

[Alex780]

It depends on what you are doing with your card. Nvidia sucks at open cl right now.