Discussion in 'PC' started by -scheekster-, Feb 21, 2013.

  1. -scheekster-

    -scheekster- Noob

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    Is it true that AMD GPU's are behind in gaming and Nvidia is completely ahead of them?

    Reason being some dude name gamingelitist said that AMD GPU's are weak and you have to spend atleast 400 dollars on a gpu to game efficiently.

    Now idk about you but I have 2 7950's and they run amazing and I got them for 600. Instead of buying two gtx 670's for 400. Saved me 200 bucks for an SSD.

    Idk he was going on about saying they have horrible drivers, microstuttering, and AMD GPU's are very horrible.

    It seems to be rocking with my 13.1 Catalyst drivers.

    And yet I never had any of these bad issues he is presenting.

    So I call troll.


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    No AMD is still competing with Nvidia in hardware but it's the software side that is killing them.
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  3. R341ity_Ch3ck

    R341ity_Ch3ck Noob

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    ^ No reason to double information.
    I will add I haven't used AMD cards in a long while, but from my understanding their drivers are what turn people away from AMD and probably the reason why NVIDIA get's so much business.

    Though, the only thing I'd have to say AMD is behind on, is CPU. Their top of the line CPU's usually fall 2, maybe at most 4 models behind Intels CPUs in performance benchmarking. I.e. a FX8350 is about the same as Intels i5 2500k-2600k Sandy.
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  4. Qu3bus

    Qu3bus Almost Not a Noob

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    I think some of those things are based on a kernel of truth but are highly exaggerated in most cases and/or are more historical than current. We've seen games that "run best on Nvidia" according to the splash images that appear when you launch certain games and I can definitely attest that (again historically) some games run at far higher framerates under the Nvidia card than the hardware comparable ATI. That said, I have happily flip-flopped back and forth between ATI and Nvidia for years and don't really hold any strong opinions for or against either.

    The main problem is people continuing to spout off "facts" that were accurate for 3 months five years ago.
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