NVidia vs Radeon

[TofuMofu]

Heya

I've been out of the loop for a bit and now looking to purchase a graphics card again.

So, lately, which is best, NVidia or Radeon and which would be best for under R3k?

Thanks!

 

[GforceD]

For under 3K Radeon, plus the new ones are supposed to support the new mantle API the everyone seems to be getting excited about so you may get a little more bang for you buck there... but personally I've always been a fan of Nvidia.
Consider some of these
----------------------Nvidia--------------------------------- ATI

Geforce GTX 660 2GB DDR5------ GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7770
Asus nVidia GeForce GTX760------ ASUS R9 270X


Personally I would look at R9 270X - you can setup crossfire on it with other older ATI cards

the 7770 is by far the cheapest

 

[Totempole]

I've currently got an AMD Radeon, but I personally prefer NVidia. AMD Radeon certainly offers you better performance for your money, but I've noticed that V-sync isn't as good. Even with V-sync forced on, I still notice occasional tearing which would never happen with an NVidia card. Not only that, there have been numerous other compatibility issues with a some games.

NVidia is by far the most stable option, but If you're not too concerned about V-sync, AMD Radeon is still worth considering. I'm referring in particular to the Radeon 5/6/7 series, not sure how the latest R9 ones are.

@GforceD a GTX660 will annhialate an HD7770, but it costs a lot more as well.

 

[Archer]

NVidia is by far the most stable option

You're living at least 5 years in the past, driver stability is essentially the same from both camps, and has been for ages.

 

[Rudimental]

AMD has price/performance if fps is just what matters to you.

Nvidia has a richer ecosystem for stuff like recording, streaming, tweaking AA/AO/Vsync/etc...

 

[EmileS]

When I came here I thought there is going to be a fan-boy war

The GTX760 (Nvidia) and the R9 270X are your 2 options in that price bracket. The R2 270X being slightly cheaper, but the GTX760 slightly better (and around R300 over the R3000 budget). I'll suggest reading reviews on both and then decide on what you like. After you decided going for a R270X (or GTX760), we can then talk brands (MSI, Gigabyte, Sapphire, PowerColor, etc.).

 

[TofuMofu]

I decided to go for the Sapphire Radeon R9 270X

Thanks for all the responses.

 

[Totempole]

You're living at least 5 years in the past, driver stability is essentially the same from both camps, and has been for ages.

I wish I was. My friend's GTX460 has far better compatibility than my 6850.

A good example is Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing 1. (A cruddy game I know, but a good example).
It doesn't matter what AMD GPU you have, it'll always stutter heavily, yet it'll run perfectly on a
low-end NVidia Card like a GT240. Flatout Ultimate Carnage (A pretty old game, but a favourite of mine is in the same boat.)

 

[EmileS]

I decided to go for the Sapphire Radeon R9 270X

Thanks for all the responses.

The Toxic one?

 

[Pho3nix]

I wish I was. My friend's GTX460 has far better compatibility than my 6850.

A good example is Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing 1. (A cruddy game I know, but a good example).
It doesn't matter what AMD GPU you have, it'll always stutter heavily, yet it'll run perfectly on a
low-end NVidia Card like a GT240. Flatout Ultimate Carnage (A pretty old game, but a favourite of mine is in the same boat.)

Possibly crappy code?

 

[Totempole]

Possibly crappy code?

Most likely, it still sucks to be me though. My old GTX260 never had these issues, but shadows looked really bad on that card.

The new Radeon R9 cards seem impressive though. Basically outperforming a GTX660 across the board.

 

[TofuMofu]

The Toxic one?

The Battlefield 4 one

 

[abandonallhope]

The Battlefield 4 one

Does that mean u got BF4 free with your card ?

 

[ponder]

If you use linux at all stay the fsck away from ati/amd, pity though.

 

[abandonallhope]

If you use linux at all stay the fsck away from gaming altogether, pity though.

Fixed.

No problem.

 

[TofuMofu]

Does that mean u got BF4 free with your card ?

Yus!

 

[Bryn]

I just bought my brother an MSI GeForce GTX760 for R3.2k from Rebel Tech. I originally planned to get a 270X, but that GTX760 price is excellent and is a better card.

The best value for money was my current card. I bought a Powercolor HD7970 for R4.4k, and selling the free included games and outgoing graphics card brought the cost down to R3k. That card is a beast.

 

[EmileS]

I just bought my brother an MSI GeForce GTX760 for R3.2k from Rebel Tech. I originally planned to get a 270X, but that GTX760 price is excellent and is a better card.

The best value for money was my current card. I bought a Powercolor HD7970 for R4.4k, and selling the free included games and outgoing graphics card brought the cost down to R3k. That card is a beast.

Nice!