Poll: NVIDIA or Radeon
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Voted for Radeon. Don't have a real "preference," but my last two cards (~5 years) have been ATI.
The (admittedly silly) reason I chose them was because, as someone who'd been out of the loop on what's "good" for years, I found their model numbering system really intuitive. It made it easy to judge which cards were worth learning more about. (Edit: To elaborate, if I see a mention of a specific model number, I instantly know where it sits in the hierarchy.)
Nvidia's naming scheme confused the hell out of me, so I never bothered to learn what the names actually mean.
The (admittedly silly) reason I chose them was because, as someone who'd been out of the loop on what's "good" for years, I found their model numbering system really intuitive. It made it easy to judge which cards were worth learning more about. (Edit: To elaborate, if I see a mention of a specific model number, I instantly know where it sits in the hierarchy.)
Nvidia's naming scheme confused the hell out of me, so I never bothered to learn what the names actually mean.
Honestly, I have no real preference, mostly because I'm not really tech savvy enough to know the difference. Don't Nvidia cards have a RAM/processor bottleneck?
My current card is a AMD 7870, best card I've ever had.
My current card is a AMD 7870, best card I've ever had.
Definitely Nvidia, I've had nothing but trouble with Radeon drivers so I swapped to Nvidia, no issues whatsoever.
My last 3 main cards have been Nvidia, haven't had any problems and I really like EVGA's GPUs build quality. I do have a 7750 in a spare PC that I brought to work.
Sure Radeons are as good for a little less money but I stick with Nvidia just because they run a tad quieter and cooler.
Sure Radeons are as good for a little less money but I stick with Nvidia just because they run a tad quieter and cooler.
Shouldn't your current card ALWAYS be the best card you ever had? People don't usually downgrade.Daystar Clarion said:
I've had both Nvidia and Radeon cards, and been equally impressed by both. I give the slightest of edges to Nvidia for their slightly better drivers.
Running an Nvidia at the minute and really happy with it so that I guess. Didn't have a problem with the Radeon in my old laptop, 'cept that it was getting old.
Nvidia for me. I've had my fair share of annoying driver issues with AMD cards. Haven't yet had an issue with a Nvidia card.
So a handful of letters that have no discernible meaning when looked at without a translation chart makes more sense than numbers in ascending order?mad825 said:
OT: I buy AMD because I like AMD products, have never had a bad one and always got more than what I paid for out of it. Conversely I've had a few NVIDIA duds. Personal experience...
Oh yeah, and I've always felt AMD doesn't bank on a name and drive their price up because of it... *cough*Intel*cough*
Nvidia; more and more developers are starting to use PhysX. They also tend to release drivers more regularly. At the end of the day though, there really isn't much of a difference.
lol, I am the exact opposite. Radeon cards confuse the hell out of me, and I never know which is more powerful than the rest (except for their top cards). Nvidia cards are always easy to understand: 5 series, 6 series and the higher up you get the better the card (680>670>660 etc etc).mad825 said:
My current card is Radeon, and while I've only had minor performance issues the Fan on it is problematic. Every couple of hours it will make a horrific screaming noise and I have to manually fix it. I've tried taking it apart to find the problem but I can't seem to figure out what causes it. My computer case is constantly open due to this and I'm hoping to trade in for a Nvidia card once I get my tax return.
I've had a Geforce 6600, Geforce 7800GS, Geforce 8800GTS and a GTX280 and up until that point I had preference for either ATI or Nvidia. However I got a ATI HD5970 2-3 years ago and it is now the card I have had the longest by a years or more, and I'm pretty sure the next card I'm getting is from ATI/AMD as well. I can't really explaing why, I've just been more satisfied with this than I have been with any other card.
Radeon drivers have been a pain for awhile now, but if you can get past that the cards are generally a ton cheaper for similar performance. I just made a new computer and had to go AMD because you could pay nearly double for an Nvidia of similar capabilities. I'd rather get the AMD, get a better cooling situation, and overclock it to make up the difference.SlaveNumber23 said: