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Still using a 1080Ti FTW3. RTX looks more like a beta product, while AMD doesn't offer anything to top the 1080Ti. Will see what pops up next gen.
I recently obtained an MSI RX Vega 64 for ~£270 GBP, on to which I installed my existing Raijinktek Morpheus II, so my gaming desktop is fine for now. However, I am hoping that AMD will launch something like RX 5600 or RX 5500 series of cards soon, since I'd like to replace the ageing card in my mATX living room PC.
In terms of a choice, I don't really find Nvidia compelling presently in terms of price, which is still too high, or software, which doesn't seem to have evolved with the times in terms of UI or functionality. They still generally tend to have reliable drivers, for the mostpart, but it doesn't make up for lacking in the other areas.
I'd like to think that Nvidia, with all their cash, would focus some of their R&D on improving their driver suite, but it feels like they don't want to because they don't have to. Even the latest "budget" offerings, such as the 1650 and the incoming 1650 Ti, are priced higher by-and-large than one would reasonable expect to pay.
In case it feels like I'm being biased against Nvidia here, AMD is far from blameless. Even with their price cuts, the RX 5700 and 5700 XT are only price-competitive to Nvidia's offerings because Nvidia's prices are so high. I understand why they did this (i.e., to make decent margins on the cards for fund future updates), but it's still a bitter pill to swallow.
If things go the way they are, I'll just continue to upgrade to last-generation tech at much cheaper prices on a regular two-three year cadence. With very-few exceptions, I'm not inclined to play new games on launch date, so I don't tend to find my system power lacking in any way, shape or form.
Toying with upgrading my 1070 for a 2070 Super. Not quite convinced though.
Who knows what my next card will be ? I know it will be 2nd hand tho because there's no way I'm paying what they are asking for new models.
For price above all else, I'd go AMD in a given market segment - they don't care so much about power usage, driver quality etc, but they're cheaper.
Certain situations benefit from the new NVENC encoder on 1660+ GPUs, so if it's someone who will leverage that, it'll always be nVidia (basically streamers and people who game+record).
Personally I have a 2080Ti, because I don't like to debate these thingsI added an eVGA water cooling unit to it when one of the FE fans started to buzz, and that's really given it some breathing room for clocks etc to stay nice and high while gaming.
Whichever has the most performance within my budget when I'm due to upgrade. Beyond that I don't much care.
I'd love it to be AMD just because Nvidia have totally ruined the market pricing for mid to high end GPUs these last two generations. Ryzen has sorted pricing out in the cpu space so now we need more high end GPU competition.
I'm more likely to go with NVidia, as I occasionally play around with Blender, and the Cycles render can make use of NVidia hardware quite effectively, but tbh, as I am aiming to upgrade another year from now via a full build, I will easily be swayed by whichever of AMD or NVidia provides the best card for gaming around the £300 ish price point, when that time comes.
When my 1080Ti fails to perform as required, I'll go for whatever is best value. I don't care who manufactures it.
My 980Ti is still overkill for gaming at 1080p60 so I won't be upgrading this year. I'll need a new CPU/mobo/RAM and a higher resolution monitor before I can justify a new GPU.
On top of that, AMD doesn't have a high-end card that I like the look of and nVidia's RTX cards are ridiculously overpriced, so I expect to wait at least one more generation, possibly two, before I buy.
Got a 1080, so for now I'm good but who knows, will see when the moment is there but could be either one
Probably AMD as a can't afford Nvidia, witht hat AMDs recent pricing worries me.
Rx 5700
Recently bought an 8gb RX580 so I won't be buying another for a long time.
I just popped in a new MSI Seahawk EK (non X) RTX 2080Ti after one of my GTX 1080's took a cr@p. Had hoped to wait tell next generation but that's life sometimes.
G-sync display, so guess it'll be Nvidia when I get around to it. Unless of course I also upgrade my monitor at the same time again, then it'll be whoever produces the best performing GPU for the games that I play, at a price point I can stomach.
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