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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by Plasmastorm View Post
    It's all down to whats around at the time.

    My last few cards were x1900XT - 8800GTX - 5850 - 660ti - r9 390

    Depends whats best at the time as always.
    That's funny cos I went x1900XT - 8800GT - 4870 - 6950 - r9 390 all based on best bang for buck at the time. I rma'd the 8800GT due to the heat thing killing it but Zotac replaced it no problem, I bought the 4870 and the 8800GT is still going in my brother's PC.
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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Strange indeed

    My 8800gtx died from heat after 3 years, re flowed the pcb 4x and got another 6 months out of it but then died fully.
    Same with the 5850 after 3 years. My cards get a hard life >.<
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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Forward-thinking in a GPU? So by the time that tech is useful, the card is obsolete....no wonder AMD are in trouble.
    That depends entirely on whether or not Nvidia is *actually* going to be ready for DX12 though doesn't it?

    Let's think about something that nobody in the tech press has thought about yet. What if Nvidia intends to simply shrink Maxwell for the vast majority of their 2016 lineup, leaving only big Pascal at the extreme enthusiast end? For me this is a pretty likely scenario. In fact almost nothing else makes sense.

    Even if AMD simply intends to shrink their current GCN they obviously have a lead on DX12, VR etc. This is the risk that Nvidia is running by not having the tech now. Maybe they didn't plan on really having it next year either.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Whoever offers more changes all the time, although I have to say NVidia has been the stronger recently. It's not just pure performance that matters, but features too. When I got my ATi/AMD HD5850 many years back, I loved that the drivers allowed fan speeds and frequency to be changed without any registry hacks; NVidia used to hide all that by default (back when I used a 6600GT and 7900GS). However, when a friend got his GTX970 last year, he wowed me by saying that NVidia drivers now had native game capture without having to use a third-party app like FRAPS, and that it was very efficiently gathering the frames without too much of a performance hit. I have no idea if ATi/AMD have done the same with their newer cards, but it just made me think how all the time, both companies are offering cool new features, and we're still getting relatively decent performance jumps with GPU's compared to the more stagnant CPU market. I just find the current market share worrying for AMD, since it is very unbalanced in NVidia's favour, which wouldn't be good for competition.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by =assassin= View Post
    When a friend got his GTX970 last year, he wowed me by saying that NVidia drivers now had native game capture without having to use a third-party app like FRAPS, and that it was very efficiently gathering the frames without too much of a performance hit. I have no idea if ATi/AMD have done the same with their newer cards.
    It was available in their older cards as VCE or "Video Coding Engine" before Shadowplay existed - http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/a...-7970-review/9

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    I am on the same page as Plasmastorm and Iranu. It isn't one-sided and depends on the generation you look at.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Wrinkly View Post
    AMD offers better forward thinking tech at a better price. Sadly Nvidia control the market.
    Forward-thinking in a GPU? So by the time that tech is useful, the card is obsolete....no wonder AMD are in trouble.
    Yes, forward thinking. My old 290 still gives excellent performance even at 1440p. DirectX 12 / Vulkan will only increase this performance as the hardware was designed for these new APIs. BTW I use 980Ti atm.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    For me value for money equals amount spent over the time something remains useful, using that as a basis I would say AMD.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    As a non gamer selecting a graphics card is not solely about performance for me.
    A card has to be quiet, fit the case and have the necessary ports.
    My experience with Nvidia cards is less than satisfactory, always seeming rather flakey whereas AMD, particularly Sapphire cards just work and do the business.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    For me it's AMD, since I aim for GPU's costing <400 euro, kinda between GTX 970 and GTX 980. Nvidia doesn't have anything in the middle, and I wasn't interested in 970, so I'm going with R9 390 (I also considered a cheap 390X, but ultimately went for 390 Nitro). If I had a lot more money, I would probably think about 980Ti... Or maybe just buy a second Radeon . Though I must say, that had I invested in Shield hardware (I was planning it, but didn't have the money), I would definitely have bought a GF.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by AskForDetails View Post
    I'd say AMD for most price points, sub £350ish AMD has the cake and eats it.
    However i struggle when it comes to the FURY line up, especially the NANO, for the price range of that card i'd say NVIDIA has more to offer.
    Also this is just in a desktop sense, would be interesting to see how there mobile chips compare.
    So ture but with the FURY line up you alway count new tech to be high at frist I'm sure it will as they work out any bug also keep the fab die size 28nm is petty big which limited the number chip per waffer so if they move 16nm that should the number of chip pre waffer dring down the cust

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    Linux gamer. I can buy a £100 GeForce if I want the same performance as a £300 Radeon.
    But then you could buy a riva TNT2 and run windows for even better performance

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    AfD nailed this for me. I don't think I'd mind a 970, but an 8gb 390 with DX12 and Vulcan coming up just feels a little more future proof. It clocked up nicely, too.

    I can't really say for sure though, not having owned any Nvidia tech for a while now.
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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    As been AMD for a while for me x1950pro - 3870 - 4870 -5850 -7950 -290x.

    I was between the 970 and 290x but as I am a 1080p 3D or 1440p gamer the 290x has the edge (plus I got it for £205 brand new in the new range sell off).

    My 2 general use/HTPCs are using AMD APUs as the value is epic.

    If I had money to burn and wanted absolute top end I would have to leave AMD but if the have the best value or its a close call they will get my business each time.

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

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    Re: QOTW: Does AMD or Nvidia offer better value for money?

    They both have pros and cons. They're offering roughly equivalent value. We've seen price cuts before when either side offers better value, so they even each other out. Its almost price fixing. Just choose the card that fits you best and run with it.

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