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So, new tech is faster than old tech...GTFO. Never expected that.
NVIDIA goes out of their way to make sure games run better for their customers.
Meanwhile AMD has not released a driver since last year.
you talk so much shit it isn't funny....theres been at least 5 drivers since last year or more
I'm using AMD's site as a reference.
Can't say it any better....
One worrying thought. If NV continues to play with Game works and nothing changes, what will stop AMD from trying to even the odds, take gloves off and do the same? They can get lock some tech and give it to chosen devs too. Imagine the Battlefront suddenly dropping frames on NV hardware...
This would require having two gpus to actually play games with eye candies from both camps.
I went to the site, selected "latest Catalyst driver" and was presented with the same download option - a driver from December 2014.which goes to show you don't know shit or how to use there site.
I went to the site, selected "latest Catalyst driver" and was presented with the same download option - a driver from December 2014.
What am I missing here?
You mean that beta driver for GTA5 while Nvidia manages to release WHQL drivers for a game not even a day old? That really isn't helping AMD much right there.
Ah, I see. You guys are trying to say the non-WHQL beta driver for GTA V is the real driver. The patch notes are hilarious. There are more known issues than fixed issues. Literally.
It's not helping your argument either.
*sigh* f*n b*ys
Ah, I see. You guys are trying to say the non-WHQL beta driver for GTA V is the real driver. The patch notes are hilarious. There are more known issues than fixed issues. Literally.
Welp, I guess that's why it's a beta driver.
You can say fanboy here, this isn't the Steam forums.*sigh* f*n b*ys
You can say fanboy here, this isn't the Steam forums.
Anyway, I have no allegiance to either GPU manufacturer. I've owned more AMD/ATI cards than Nvidia cards, and I'm interested in what 390X will bring to the table. That being said, I go where the support and performance is, and that place is Nvidia.
If AMD can produce better drivers and better hardware, then I'll gladly purchase their products. Proprietary fur and hair technology or a vendor specific ambient occlusion method aren't what's holding AMD back, AMD is. They need to step up their game in order to compete. Sadly, it doesn't look like they have the manpower or financial strength to do so.
Is this really a huge surprise? The Witcher 3 is bundled with NVIDIA products, uses NVIDIA GameWorks tech and CDPR has a very close relationship with NVIDIA. If I was a betting man, I'd guess that AMD doesn't have the same access to the game that NVIDIA does.Time and time again, a game comes out and Nvidia is always right there with an optimized day one driver. Today its Witcher 3, and the SLI scaling is fantastic.
Meanwhile at AMD, Crossfire is broken in the game and driver is nowhere to be seen.
Zealots on both sides of fanboi wars are useless, but I do know one thing: Nvidia supports their products. And boo hoo gameworks, if a company spends millions in R&D to give themselves a competitive edge, do people REALLY expect them to just email AMD the source code? Get a grip.
Is this really a huge surprise? The Witcher 3 is bundled with NVIDIA products, uses NVIDIA GameWorks tech and CDPR has a very close relationship with NVIDIA. If I was a betting man, I'd guess that AMD doesn't have the same access to the game that NVIDIA does.
It sucks, but that's the state of the industry right now.
Andrew Burnes@nVidia said:We are aware of performance and stability issues with GeForce GPUs running Tomb Raider with maximum settings. Unfortunately, NVIDIA didn’t receive final game code until this past weekend which substantially decreased stability, image quality and performance over a build we were previously provided. We are working closely with Crystal Dynamics to address and resolve all game issues as quickly as possible.
Please be advised that these issues cannot be completely resolved by an NVIDIA driver. The developer will need to make code changes on their end to fix the issues on GeForce GPUs as well. As a result, we recommend you do not test Tomb Raider until all of the above issues have been resolved.
In the meantime, we would like to apologize to GeForce users that are not able to have a great experience playing Tomb Raider, as they have come to expect with all of their favorite PC games.
Please be advised that these issues cannot be completely resolved by an NVIDIA driver. The developer will need to make code changes on their end to fix the issues on GeForce GPUs as well. As a result, we recommend you do not test Tomb Raider until all of the above issues have been resolved.
I really don't care how the sausage is made. Not my problem. All I know is support was there day one.
And it doesn't change what I said that pretty much every major game release will have an Nvidia optimized driver on day one. Call Witcher 3 an exception, but it doesn't disprove the rule.
Let's put it this way: If we took the last 30-40 AAA releases and we compared the game specific driver release date for both Nvidia and AMD, which do you think would be there day one 99+% of the time? And which would be seen weeks or months later? This isn't even an argument.
AMD needs to step up with better drivers, better support to developers, better support for OpenGL. Yes, OpenGL: it's the "cheap" solution for small teams. By "small", I mean 2 to 5 guys and gals who're sinking their credit card balances into a dream.
Competition is good, but AMD has not been competing for a long time now.
I wasn't making an argument. It's simply the way the industry is, like I said. Fortunately, I expect we should have a bit better experience once Vulkan and DX12 start to take over.
Yes, they actually have been competing just fine. They're not that far behind. They haven't had first-place performance for a bit now, but they're not lagging far behind. And no matter how poor a job you think they are doing at competing, competition is ALWAYS better than no competition. No matter what. There would not be a single positive effect of AMD going under.
Some of you seem to think that a company either needs to be THE best in their field or they need to go out of business. Does anyone here understand how markets work?