QOTW: AMD Radeon or Nvidia GeForce for your next PC?

[big_hairy_rob]

so it's who do we want to be most ripped off by...

a real dilemma that I'm still in. Cannot justify the cost of either AMD or Nvidia atm, and this has left me without a gaming system. Too little performance per £ and too little discount of previous generations mean I'm teetering on the edge with not gaming.

[AndyM2012]

I seem to buy at about every fouth iteration of Nvidia: 220, 660, 1060... so things mght have changed the next time I feel an upgrade would be worthwhile. Maybe even Intel will have become a significant player by then.

[aidanjt]

As much as I'm loathed to give nVidia a single red cent, I might end up grabbing a GTX 1660 Super at some point after it drops. Mostly for the turing nvenc engine, by all accounts it provides a reasonable quality/size ratio thanks to h.265 B-frames support, and it can obviously run rings around x265 and pretty much any CPU in terms of encoding framerate. I just haven't seen anything to suggest that AMD's VCE/VCN is anywhere near as capable in efficiency stakes, even on Navi, and the software support for it is certainly... not great.

[SlickR]

I mean the RX 5700 and RX 5700xt are the best value cards in years, so if you've got $350 to $450 to spend, these are the cards to get.

I'm just hoping for a reduction in prices so I can snap an RX 5700.

[ByteMyAscii]

Nvidia Turing for NVENC most likely.
Value in this case isn't purely cost per frame.

[markzero]

My next build will probably be another SFF with an eye towards low energy use, so whoever has the best card that doesn't require an extra power plug. Bonus if it's fanless or quiet.

[ddg3595]

Nvidia for me. I especially like EVGA's graphics cards, and they only make cards using the Green Team's GPUs.

[3dcandy]

probably AMD for me.... always had better experience with them but I don't game very much any more and I use opencl a lot

[vMax65]

Currently have a RTX 2080 and previously a GTX 1070 and I cannot complain so Nvidia for me all things being equal..Yes I have to pay more but the performance and efficiency is right at the top and it blasts through all my games with ease.

If AMD do come with a GPU that can compete then of course I will give them a good look but until then Nvidia are doing the job...Granted you have to pay more but ultimately it comes down to my own budget and I will always buy the very best GPU for the money I have to spend be it Nvidia or AMD..

[Spreadie]

My GPU history has favoured Nvidia far more than AMD, but mainly because their cards offered most appeal for my budget at the time of upgrading. I look at both camps every tine I consider an upgrade and I'll do the same next time.

However, given the fact that I have a 1080 Ti, "next time" will likely be some way off and maybe, just maybe, Intel will also be worth considering.


/tongue in cheek mode

[vMax65]

I just watched the Digital Foundry review of the GTX 1660 Super which provides performance at the level of the Titan X Maxwell which launched at $1000 four and a half years ago and now for $230 you get the same performance so I just do not understand the constant hate on both sides and the Nvidia versus AMD argument...yes at the top end you will always pay more but at the low and mid range you are getting a lot of value as opposed to 5 years ago...the performance to cost is actually very good at the low to mid level...Bottom line buy the best you can afford be it AMD or Nvidia...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1OQ2c5jEs

[Euphonium]

I don't anticipate upgrading for at least another 2-3 years, but I usually buy nVidia. I had bad experiences with ATI back on the day, but if nVidia continues to keep its prices so high I'll probably see what AMD & Intel are offering first.

[Usernamist]

AMD 100%, unless something happens and Nvidia starts offering high value/£ cards again

[DanceswithUnix]

so it's who do we want to be most ripped off by...

a real dilemma that I'm still in. Cannot justify the cost of either AMD or Nvidia atm, and this has left me without a gaming system. Too little performance per £ and too little discount of previous generations mean I'm teetering on the edge with not gaming.

There are still some bargains out there, I used to pay £130 for good mid end cards that weren't that far behind the high end (4200ti, 6600GT, GTX460) and although the high end has gone mental the likes of the RX 570 means you can still game happily at that price bracket. I paid more for my Vega 56 so I could do decent VR, a capability those old cards never needed, but you still don't need to spend the really silly money to get that level.

[cheesemp]

Most likely AMD Radeon since they tend to get supported (in terms of feature additions and extra performance in drivers) for longer than NVIDIA does their GPUs. Along with usually being better value for money of course.

It's unlikely to be for at least a few years now though, as I bought a Vega 56 last year in anticipation of it going along with a new system that still hasn't been bought and built yet, but will be based around a 3950X CPU.

This to me is critical. My Rx480 continues to get new features even years after release. Nvidia stop adding anything to a card once a next gen is out. I don't buy for one generation, but something that'll do me several years. I also prefer the AMD drivers...

[pvtbanner]

Built a new system in a Lianli Dc-O11 case, with the intention of water cooling that I havent gotten around to yet. Got a Sapphire 5700XT reference card which has been excellent so far for me. Never crashes or gets too loud, which is a surprise as there are no fans in the case yet. Might replace it next year if AMD release an RT card, but next thing on my list is a Freesync monitor.