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This is my first time I went with AMD for video card (7970), and to be honest, I think I should have bought 580/590 GTX instead. I don't see any advantages of AMD over Nvidia at all, but I see a lot of disadvantages there...
1. No PhysX. And it's really bad. It is really disappointing that older generation Nvidia GPUs like 580 GTX run games like Batman, Metro 2033 and Rage with better picture quality and better performance.
2. Bad driver support. How can 2 Crossfire AMD GPUs run 20% slower than a single one of the same series in Batman: Arkham City?!
3. Noise level. Most of AMD GPUs are louder than their competitors from the same generation, consuming the same amount of power.
4. Looks. Why can't AMD make their video cards look a little bit better, just so it doesn't looks like a huge plastic box with a ridiculously small fan?
5. Yes and the fan. What's up with the same low performance little fan since 4xxx series? Is it ever gonna change (unless you buy a custom factory OC GPU I guess)?
I am not trying to be rude to people who loves AMD but there is one question bothers me since I got 7970:
Why AMD video cards, which are so much worse in general than Nvidia video cards, cost about the same?
And is there anything that AMD can offer that Nvidia doesn't?
Thank you.
1. No PhysX. And it's really bad. It is really disappointing that older generation Nvidia GPUs like 580 GTX run games like Batman, Metro 2033 and Rage with better picture quality and better performance.
2. Bad driver support. How can 2 Crossfire AMD GPUs run 20% slower than a single one of the same series in Batman: Arkham City?!
3. Noise level. Most of AMD GPUs are louder than their competitors from the same generation, consuming the same amount of power.
4. Looks. Why can't AMD make their video cards look a little bit better, just so it doesn't looks like a huge plastic box with a ridiculously small fan?
5. Yes and the fan. What's up with the same low performance little fan since 4xxx series? Is it ever gonna change (unless you buy a custom factory OC GPU I guess)?
I am not trying to be rude to people who loves AMD but there is one question bothers me since I got 7970:
Why AMD video cards, which are so much worse in general than Nvidia video cards, cost about the same?
And is there anything that AMD can offer that Nvidia doesn't?
Thank you.