Are You Jumping Ship?

Are you switching GPU brands?

  • Yes, AMD to NVIDIA

    Votes: 41 18.6%

  • Yes, NVIDIA to AMD

    Votes: 20 9.1%

  • No, sticking with AMD.

    Votes: 27 12.3%

  • No, sticking with NVIDIA.

    Votes: 132 60.0%
  • Total voters
    220
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I'm curious: for your next video card purchase for your main gaming PC, are you jumping from from AMD to NVIDIA? NVIDIA to AMD? Or are you sticking with your current brand? Please select an option in the poll and if you are so inclined, include an explanation for why you are switching or not.
 
Haven't had an Nvidia card since AGP days, but my Radeon HD 7870 is just struggling too much at 1920x1080 with modern games, AND the GTX 1070 is too bloody irresistible.

I have two secondary systems that are also due for an upgrade...these will probably get a midrange card of some sort and I'm watching to see what happens here by year's end. One is used as a sort of HTPC box, and for that one I'd really like to stick with AMD.
 
Making the switch from Nvidia to AMD to try FreeSync. That said, if it weren't for that I wouldn't be ditching my GTX 970 for a side grade. If Nvidia were to support VESA Adaptive Sync, I don't know if I'd even look at an AMD card again.
 
I simply go for value vs. performance or whatever I can get a good deal on. Right now I'm running AMD, prior to that I was running Nvidia, now I'm on the fence. I was leaning towards the RX480 or even a 1070 but due to supply and issues and pricing, and the announcement of the 1060, I'm waiting to see what my dollars are best spent on. I have zero brand loyalty.
 
Waiting Til how Vega performs before I decides.. but probably stick with Nvidia if 1080Ti out performs
 
Not sure yet, running 7850 currently and it's going to be rx480 or GTX1060. I'll figure it out in the next few weeks tho i'm sure!
 
Yet another 7xxx AMD series card to Nvidia convert here. Passing my trusty 7950 on to a family member and movin' on up to the Asus Strix GTX 1070 which is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. It just felt like the right time with the significant jump in performance.

I'm not particularly loyal to either graphics card manufacturer and I've jumped back and forth over the years with my purchases. However, if all things are relatively equal, I generally go with AMD because I feel like they're the underdog and the last thing I want to see is any one manufacturer have a monopoly of the market.
 
I purchased two GTX 1070's and will be selling my Nano. Still have a Radeon 7950 though which is still kicking. I hope the DirectX 12 games comes out and AMD gets more market share and will eventually switch back when they have something a bit more competitive.
 
Switched from a 2gb Powercolor 7870+ to a Gigabyte 1070. I would have been fine staying with AMD if they had released a high end competitor. Thinking about going to a 1080 now.
 
I am still using an Asus HD7950 Top. I wanted the 480 to be around 1070 performance. Until DX12 EMA is a proven performer, I'm not interested in a dual card setup. So that rules out the 480. And Vega looks like a no show until first qtr 2017. I didn't want to wait that long. So for me, there is no option but Nvida.
 
I don't understand why they can build the 7950's with a 384 Bit memory bus while the new RX480 is stuck at 256 (even though there's memory compression). My assumption is that the RX480 would have better 1440P performance if it had a 384 big memory but (w/ memory compression).

I used to remember AMD cards having 512 bit memory bus's, looks like we are regressing and not sure why..
 
Chuckiefresh said:
Yet another 7xxx AMD series card to Nvidia convert here. Passing my trusty 7950 on to a family member and movin' on up to the Asus Strix GTX 1070 which is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. It just felt like the right time with the significant jump in performance.

I'm not particularly loyal to either graphics card manufacturer and I've jumped back and forth over the years with my purchases. However, if all things are relatively equal, I generally go with AMD because I feel like they're the underdog and the last thing I want to see is any one manufacturer have a monopoly of the market.
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Yep I'm the same way. Went from 7950 to 1070. Almost felt kinda bad because the 7950 was a fantastic card that held up really well over the years, but I gotta have my 120Hz smoothness.

I admit I'm a bit partial to AMD (being the underdog, and because my first build had a Radeon x1800xt) but I was looking to upgrade and AMD just doesn't have anything in the performance range I'm interested in.
 
No to all choices! Sticking with both :cool:

Now one does not have to only have one or the other.
 
funks said:
I don't understand why they can build the 7950's with a 384 Bit memory bus while the new RX480 is stuck at 256 (even though there's memory compression). My assumption is that the RX480 would have better 1440P performance if it had a 384 big memory but (w/ memory compression).

I used to remember AMD cards having 512 bit memory bus's, looks like we are regressing and not sure why..
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Its all about cost.
 
Maddness said:
True. But I have only 1 PC. If EMA is a proven winner, then yeah. Why not.
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Sometimes I had all Nvidia, other times all AMD depending upon a number of factors. I recommend folks just get what is best for them and sometimes both works out well too.
 
I just bought an AMD RX480 4Gb which I have also upgraded to 8. Before that I had a GTX 760 and before that an AMD 7770. I jump between the two when it suites me and always have done. They each have their faults and advantages.
 
funks said:
I don't understand why they can build the 7950's with a 384 Bit memory bus while the new RX480 is stuck at 256 (even though there's memory compression). My assumption is that the RX480 would have better 1440P performance if it had a 384 big memory but (w/ memory compression).

I used to remember AMD cards having 512 bit memory bus's, looks like we are regressing and not sure why..
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I think nVidia has proven over and over that a wide memory bus or big peak bandwidth numbers aren't necessary for great performance. It's all about how you use what you've got.
 
I Haven't played a game in close to 3 years, and I have a mortgage to pay now - but were I to buy a card this second, it would be an nvidia card, painfully, as a recent AMD fan.

I've been with AMD since the 4xxx series, and I'm not a fan of nvidias recent practices - but performance of Polaris is no better than my launch 290 on water. Which is sad as I've had since day 1. The "amazing" value of this new Polaris card, as so many laude here, means nothing as the performance hasn't changed in nearly 3 years.
 
Poor question...check my sig. I will "stick" with neither Nvidia or AMD. Rather, I will pick from either based on cost/performance.
 
Right at this moment? Nope. There is nothing out there that is a viable upgrade for the 980ti. We'll see what Vega brings later this year, but I'm not really expecting it to be a massive upgrade over my card either. Whenever I get around to upgrading this card I'll simply go with whoever offers me the best performance at the money I'm willing to spend. Whether it's Nvidia or AMD is completely irrelevant to me, I only care that it performs well.
 
Nv pushed me away a long time ago. The vampiric buyout of 3DFX, driver lockouts requiring their crap motherboards for SLI on core2, coding parts of games for devs so that if an AMD part is used, the AMD card does all of the work, but discards the results skewing performance numbers and IQ (Batman), disabling their own cards for gpu physX if an AMD card is discovered in the same system.
I may not build another gaming system if AMD does not get their act together.
 
Ever since I had a Gsync monitor, Gsync has became a mandatory feature for me. So I can see myself sticking with nVidia for the near future.

Though to be honest, I don't think you can really go wrong with either. AMD cycle may be longer now that they do not have the capacity to develop at the same rate as nVidia, but if you're willing to wait I see no issue there.
Not like games these days require us to have the greatest.
 
I mainly play World of Warships and you can only force good AA through nVinspector. Soo AMD is kind of out of the question.

Something like the 480 is viable for relatives though.
 
Since I'm still gaming at 1080P I think I'm going with AMD because of the cheaper freesync monitors when I upgrade to 1440P.
The price difference in the monitors is enough to pay for a higher level GPU than if bought Nvidia gpu+ freesync monitor.
 
I favor silence, low power draw and as little heat as possible. These factors considered, AMD is the last choice for any hardware currently.
 
Daniel_Chang said:
Making the switch from Nvidia to AMD to try FreeSync. That said, if it weren't for that I wouldn't be ditching my GTX 970 for a side grade. If Nvidia were to support VESA Adaptive Sync, I don't know if I'd even look at an AMD card again.
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Just another decision in a long line of terrible business decisions I disagree with. Why I won't buy a Nvidia card.
 
IxGOxSOLO said:
I simply go for value vs. performance or whatever I can get a good deal on. Right now I'm running AMD, prior to that I was running Nvidia, now I'm on the fence. I was leaning towards the RX480 or even a 1070 but due to supply and issues and pricing, and the announcement of the 1060, I'm waiting to see what my dollars are best spent on. I have zero brand loyalty.
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in the same boat as you, it's going to come down to AIB prices for both cards but i'm leaning more toward the RX480 right now.
 
Same here I am not much of a gamer but I hadn't built a system for 5-6 years so when I build a computer I like to build a good one and put the best stuff in it so I have no regrets for few years. I spent about 1600 and I built i7, 1tb ssd and gtx 1080.

I would love to give amd a shot but I didn't want to spend money on RX 480 I wanted a high end card and sadly AMD has no competition there for me to chose from.

If AMD had similar performance to the 1080 and even it was more power hungry I could care less as long as it was 100 cheaper.
But no option there but Nvidia. It was more of a what the hell type of purchase for me. bought me a 1080 founders edition and call it a day. We will see what AMD has in the future but for now they don't get my money because they don't have a product that meets my needs as simple as that. I have no love for nvidia and don't like their pricing but they got us by the balls with low supply and no competition on top.
 
Just switched from the AMD 290 to 980Ti Zotac Omega Amp for $350. Double the ram should help my 3 screen gaming system.
 
Switched from being AMD user for 13 years to NVidia this weekend! Only had to get used to different menus for the different layout of the graphics control panels.
 
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