Question Are there any differences with regards to performance when pairing different brands of CPU + GPU?

[klavs]

With regards to gaming PC's, I was wondering if there is any advantage with regards to brands, when pairing a CPU with a GPU.

• Nvidia GPU + Intel CPU
• Nvidia GPU + AMD CPU
• AMD GPU + AMD CPU
• AMD GPU + Intel CPU
• Intel GPU + AMD CPU
• Intel GPU + Intel CPU

Are there any differences in performance when pairing different GPUs and CPUs?

 

[USAFRet]

Are there any differences in performance when pairing different GPUs and CPUs?

No.

 

[hotaru.hino]

There's no difference, and there's no incentive to do so:

• If it was in bad faith, then people would call them out on it pretty quickly.
• If it was to provide some marketing edge, like say adding a feature that only works with a certain pairing, maybe one or two games might use it, but most will skip over it. From the combinations you listed, they would have 1/6th chance of someone even having the combination assuming equal distribution of parts. But once you weigh that chance with the actual distribution, it'll likely look worse.