Buying new PC: Radeon VS NVIDA

[Fluehlingslolle]

Hello,

I didn't played for a loong time (stopped ~2009) and now I ordered a computer + my first 120/144Hz Monitor, a Benq XL2411Z.

The game I will be playing is Counter Strike Global Offensive.

The only part I am not sure about is the graphics card, because of Blur Reduction and Lightboost.

I know Lightboost is for NVIDA, and I know there is a workaround for Radeon.

But what I don't know:
Are there any relevant advantages of using NVIDA over AMD when it comes down to Blur Reduction and/or Lightboost in CS:GO?

[alekasas]

Nvidia. AMD has crappy drivers.

[plex]

Nvidia. AMD has crappy drivers.

This is bullshit ^^

2+ Generations ago, i would say yes.. the drivers had more issues than nvidia

I used to be hardcore nvidia in the 8800GT days but i have sonce starting gearing more toward AMD.

Lately the AMD drivers have been rock solid and more reliable than nvidia, its obvious if you go to any hardware forum (like hardforum) and read the threads about driver crashes/issues/etc.. wayyy more issues with nvidia lately. And AMD pumps out beta drivers that add support for games quicker between every WHQL than nvidia.

I have two rigs right now, one with an original nvidia Titan and my main rig with an AMD 290x (overclocked btw)

I have had less issues with AMD and im leaning toward the June 24th release of the AMD 390x which is a full fat Fiji XT with 8GB of new HBM memory (will be amazing for VR in the near future). Plus the FreeSync monitors are cheaper which i already just purchased a BenQ that supports it.

Not to mention the price/performance ratio of the GPUs.. AMD clearly wins in that argument.

If the 390x matches the TitanX performance (or comes very close) i will be going AMD, but if the Titan X still has the clear performance crown after the release and they drop the Titan X price way down to compete with AMD then i may go Titan X.. but i REALLY want AMD to pull through with a solid card this time because i have a freesync monitor.

[plex]

Are there any relevant advantages of using NVIDA over AMD when it comes down to Blur Reduction and/or Lightboost in CS:GO?

No. Go for the best price/performance that you can get.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/04/ ... w_part_1/3

good resource for honest unbias benchmarks ^^

equal performance for the most part, but $550 for a 980 (nvidia) and $300 for a 290x (AMD)

no to mention AMDs 290x is a generation BEHIND the 980..

Based on our evaluation so far, and based on current pricing the AMD Radeon R9 290X seems to be a good bargain for GTA V. GeForce GTX 980 cards are still very expensive compared to the low prices you can find AMD Radeon R9 290X cards for currently at around $300, and with rebates prices falling below $300.

[Blackfyre]

Nvidia. AMD has crappy drivers.

Lately the AMD drivers have been rock solid and more reliable than nvidia, its obvious if you go to any hardware forum (like hardforum) and read the threads about driver crashes/issues/etc.. wayyy more issues with nvidia lately. And AMD pumps out beta drivers that add support for games quicker between every WHQL than nvidia.

HAHA!! Please tell me you're joking, I don't visit this forum often, I just saw this randomly when I came looking for my thread. The last AMD WHQL Driver came out last year in December, and since then we have received ONE beta driver! Go to any hardware forum and you'll see how much complaints we are having (WE AMD Users), including myself.

I'm not telling the OP to go nVidia, I say wait until the 390x is announced and released in June during E3. But if AMD has had ONE issue over the last year or so, it has been absolutely horrible horse sh!t drivers! People running their GPU's in crossfire had to wait 5 months since December until April of this year to receive crossfire profiles for their games, and most of them were buggy. There's the driver overhead issue which we are discussing over AT Guru3D Forums, you can go read about that there if you want, and people who purchased Freesync monitors haven't received proper freesync drivers yet.

I have been a long term user/lover of AMD GPU's. I have purchased and recommended AMD GPU's for longer than a decade. And I can say with absolute certainty, that the driver issues that have been happening over the last year or so have been so horrible that even many of us are considering going green.

Contrary to the post above, I can safely say that AMD Drivers USED to be solid, and they used to release many betas and fixes and hotfixes and patches every now and then, but over the last year it has been getting worse and worse with every driver release.

[aeliusg]

Nvidia. AMD has crappy drivers.

Lately the AMD drivers have been rock solid and more reliable than nvidia, its obvious if you go to any hardware forum (like hardforum) and read the threads about driver crashes/issues/etc.. wayyy more issues with nvidia lately. And AMD pumps out beta drivers that add support for games quicker between every WHQL than nvidia.

HAHA!! Please tell me you're joking, I don't visit this forum often, I just saw this randomly when I came looking for my thread. The last AMD WHQL Driver came out last year in December, and since then we have received ONE beta driver! Go to any hardware forum and you'll see how much complaints we are having (WE AMD Users), including myself.

I'm not telling the OP to go nVidia, I say wait until the 390x is announced and released in June during E3. But if AMD has had ONE issue over the last year or so, it has been absolutely horrible horse sh!t drivers! People running their GPU's in crossfire had to wait 5 months since December until April of this year to receive crossfire profiles for their games, and most of them were buggy. There's the driver overhead issue which we are discussing over AT Guru3D Forums, you can go read about that there if you want, and people who purchased Freesync monitors haven't received proper freesync drivers yet.

I have been a long term user/lover of AMD GPU's. I have purchased and recommended AMD GPU's for longer than a decade. And I can say with absolute certainty, that the driver issues that have been happening over the last year or so have been so horrible that even many of us are considering going green.

Contrary to the post above, I can safely say that AMD Drivers USED to be solid, and they used to release many betas and fixes and hotfixes and patches every now and then, but over the last year it has been getting worse and worse with every driver release.

I agree. I see a sinking ship, frankly. Either their guys are working on the most awesome driver suite we've seen yet for the 390X or they're going down. And I think it's the latter.

[Jourgensen]

The 390x will be so expensive, with lots of potential technical problems (like almost every now amd chip had..), seriously you should'nt wait that card, it will be like an experimental cards for the fanboys. I could bet it will be the amd titan, almost as expensive, noisy, power hungry, but potentially very powerfull thanks to the hbm memory... if its not still with gddr5...

But if you want another amd cards it runs perfect, everybody is an electronic engineer in internet your know, people are posting so much bullshits, there is problems on nvidia too, even on some intel products.
If you don't want any problems you don't take no high end products, middle-range are usually older chips so its fixed.
AMD is better at mid and lower range, but in high range nvidia got a technical advance in terms of power efficiency and noise, for now.

[Sparky]

The 390x will be so expensive, with lots of potential technical problems (like almost every now amd chip had..), seriously you should'nt wait that card, it will be like an experimental cards for the fanboys. I could bet it will be the amd titan, almost as expensive, noisy, power hungry, but potentially very powerfull thanks to the hbm memory... if its not still with gddr5...

But if you want another amd cards it runs perfect, everybody is an electronic engineer in internet your know, people are posting so much bullshits, there is problems on nvidia too, even on some intel products.
If you don't want any problems you don't take no high end products, middle-range are usually older chips so its fixed.
AMD is better at mid and lower range, but in high range nvidia got a technical advance in terms of power efficiency and noise, for now.

middle range is usually smaller chips, not necessarily older chips. You also generally see the biggest price performance improvements out of nvidia and intel when they release a new architecture. AMD is more aggressive about cutting prices on existing products, when they're no longer competitive.

[Glide]

I agree. I see a sinking ship, frankly. Either their guys are working on the most awesome driver suite we've seen yet for the 390X or they're going down. And I think it's the latter.

Maybe they're taking this long because they're finally adding multi-threaded DX11 support to their drivers?

[plex]

Everyone here must be a shill because i haven't had one single issue with my 290x since the release date when i bought it.. i regularly update to beta and/or WHQL drivers and get most of the latest games on pre-order.

Not sure what planet you guys are from but im sticking with AMD for the price/performance. nVidia people are probably just mad because they pay $250 more dollars for the same performance