Do AMD GPUs work better with AMD CPUs?

[Navitus]

I've heard some say it's best to pair an AMD GPU with an AMD CPU. I know pairing an Nvidia GPU with a Ryzen would work, but is it somewhat lessened? I'm not sure fin this is true or not, but I've already ordered a GTX 1080 Ti that I plan to pair with a Ryzen and I want to know if it's not going to be used the best way it can.

 

[DRagor]

Pure myth. Nvidia will work with Ryzen the same it would work with Intel CPU.

 

[Atomicdonut17]

No, there's no optimization or improvement between Ryzen/AMD CPUs and AMD/ATI GPUs, nor is it that way with Intel/NVidia. It's a pretty gnarly myth that gets people to usually go all Red or Green/Blue.

 

[Rookie_MIB]

That would be determined by the games you're playing. It seems that there are some situations where the DX12 games are running better on AMD's DX12 API implementation. Nvidia seems to have better DX11 API setup.

 

[captaincharisma]

its a myth that is playing on peoples ignorance. like when people with iphones think an they will work better or only work with an apple computer

 

[shrapnel_indie]

CPUs are GPU brand and model agnostic...
GPUs are CPU brand and model agnostic.

Games may be a different story as NVidia funds games to be NVidia optimized and AMD does too [EDIT]for their own GPUs to a lesser extent. Outside of that, the software/drivers pays attention to the amount of cores and features available without regard to brands. (GPU drivers only worry about the GPUs they're made to support, CPU drivers (where applicable) only worry about bringing CPU features/optimizations on-line for that specific CPU.

 

[spdragoo]

http://www.techspot.com/article/1374-amd-ryzen-with-amd-gpu/

http://www.techspot.com/article/1374-amd-ryzen-with-amd-gpu/page6.html

Pretty much as everyone else is pointing out (i.e. no extra benefit to pairing an AMD card with an AMD CPU).