Nvidia Vs AMD Redeon

[JACK-2]

Which graphics card is superior? Also, typo: Radeon*

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Feb 10, 2016 9:37:35 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Which graphics card is superior? Also, typo: Radeon*

Nvidia costs more but more games tend to be compatible with it and work with it easier.

AMD costs less however. If you're savvy and want to save a few bucks go for it.

I just go Nvidia and get my stuff at a great price. Win/win.

[WarMachineRhodey]

They exchange blows in different games so its best to just look at benchmarks for games you might play at whatever resolution.

Apparently there going to be an issue with dx12 and nvidia cards not performing as well as the amd cards. The nvidia engineers forgot or were told to not include something at the hardware level to take full advantage of dx12.

arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/directx-12-tested-an-early-win-for-amd-and-disappointment-for-nvidia/

Then this issue with the gtx 970 only having 3.5gb vram vs the advertised 4gb.

www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation


Amd cards though at least in the last 3 gens have had more vram vs the nvidia competing card.

Its best to do your own research especially when dealing with PC parts to find out what suits your needs

[JACK-2]

So, for Direct X 12 AMD might have some advantages? I've had some comparability issues only for some odd ball games like Sonic Generations and Binary Domain, but it seems most games run compatible with Nvidia.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Feb 10, 2016 11:58:42 GMT -5 WarMachineRhodey said:

They exchange blows in different games so its best to just look at benchmarks for games you might play at whatever resolution.

Apparently there going to be an issue with dx12 and nvidia cards not performing as well as the amd cards. The nvidia engineers forgot to include something at the hardware level to take full advantage of dx12.

arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/08/directx-12-tested-an-early-win-for-amd-and-disappointment-for-nvidia/

Then this issue with the gtx 970 only having 3.5gb vram vs the advertised 4gb.

www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation


Amd cards though at least in the last 3 gens have had more vram vs the nvidia competing card.

Its best to do your own research especially when dealing with PC parts to find out what suits your needs

Tomb Raider was definitely AMD friendly. I definitely agree with doing your research before buying anything.

I will say that I play several generations of games old and new so that is also something to consider.

[WarMachineRhodey]

I dont think compatible is a good word to use when comparing graphics cards since 99% of PC games will work on amd and nvidia gpus. The issue is not if they work but how well they perform vs eachother. When a PC game doesn't work with a certain gpu(s) is a very rare situation that's most likely to happen with very old titles.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Well both cards will work but some cards have more problems on certain games for sure, or even on different programs or emulators. Also like you said some games perform better with certain cards.


I haven't seen a game not work at all with a card (if that happens it gets fixed), but I have known games that have issues with certain brands. In the past I've generally seen it safer with Nvidia, though this seems to be changing and AMD is indeed cheaper.