>/v/ overwhelmingly prefers nvidia cards
>/g/ overwhelmingly prefers AMD cards
explain this shit
>>45557701
amd are more open about their drivers
one board actually uses a GPU, the other doesn't
>>45557701
We don't
>>45557701
That's not true. It's entirely dependent on preference... AAAAAAND whether you prefer housefires or to have no drivers :^)
>>45557701
I'm fairly certain it's actually close to 50/50 moving around a little bit when stuff gets released and prices change.
People only buy amd because they can't afford Intel
>>45557717
>>45557721
Those.
>>45557721
but OP was talking about graphics cards not CPUs
>>45557739
>implying AMD isn't objectively better especially now that they're working on the amdgpu driver
>>45557701
freedumbs mainly I think.
Nvidia is pretty much Linux' archenemy, whereas AMD are much more lenient.
That said, for some reason, nvidia cards get 10 bit on linux but amd cards don't, so I'm thinking about switching for my next purchase.
>>45557750
>implying they are
>implying amd can program drivers for shit
/g/ simply follows the hobo
>>45557767
It's an open source driver they'll write, you stupid piece of shit. It's going to be based on (though highly modified) current kernel drivers.
>>45557788
>implying he knows what any of those words mean
M-M-MAH CUDA CORESSSSSSSSSS
>>45557783
do you comprehend the art of reading?
>>45557701
/v/ is about gaming.
Nvidia cards are better with gaming.
/g/ is about budget computing.
AMD cards are cheaper "graphics cards" for dick wheels who can't afford intel chips with onboard graphics.
Yes, I know this reasoning only holds water if you assume people who are on /g/ aren't on /v/.
Because if they were, they'd support Nvidia like the rest of /v/.
/thread
>>45557701
/v/ buys into hype/feels
/g/ buys into facts/realz
>>45557817
Also, AMD and intel both have better driver support for Linux, and not a whole lot of gamines are being played on linux. Even with muh wine.
>/g/ knows how computers work
>/v/ doesn't know how computers work
Hence the people who dont know how computers work buy nvidia because they dont understand how they are getting fucked out of their money for inferior hardware
>>45557783
how AMD not hobo gpu tho?
its priced to perform like shit
Only AMDPOORFAGS on /g/ prefer AMD junk with no drivers
/g/ prefers highest performance, lowest power consumption and quietest Nvidia graphics cards with the best drivers
>>45557817
but the r9 290 and 290x are the best values in gaming
and the 290x is the bets videocard for 4k gaming
nVidia and Intel are better in every way.
They're more efficient, more powerful but more expensive so poorfags are desperate defending them
>>45557783
That sign should read
>Don't buy from any hardware vendor, enemy of your freedums.
>>45557835
radeon/10
>>45557841
>100+Mb download for Catalyst Control Center
>Better Linux and OS X support
>AMD junk with no drivers
>junk with no drivers
>no drivers
>drivers
>>45557849
>mfw the fastest card for 4k gaming is the 295x and it's half the price of the titan Z
oh but congratulations on spending more money than me, that just makes you a retard fanboy
>>45557835
/thread
>>45557865
>implying I have a gaymen pc
off to >>>/v/ with your electrical bill
>Nvidia cards cant render video (shitty drivers LOL)
>Nvidia cards cant run OpenGL
>Nvidia cards cant run on linux (SHITTY DRIVERS AGAIN!)
>Nvidia cards cant solve complex mathematical algorithms to mine a crypto-currency
literally the only thing a nvidia card can do is run a directX game and nothing else hence why the luddite faggots on /v/ like them so much
if you are using a GPU for ANYTHING other than DirectX games you are using an AMD GPU every......single....fucking.....time
>>45557845
>4k gaming
I giggled. I'd worry more about the average user. The rest of your machine has to be equally impressive for that card to even matter. That's not what /g/ is about. If the faggots over at /v/ are worried about the highest quality they'd do their research.
>/g/ prefers AMD cards
I've never read more potent literary bullshit in my life
It's true that /v/ shills nvidia hard though, the entire board has Mr. Huang's dick so far up their ass it's affecting their brain
I'll just leave this here
>>>45547710
>>45557903
well of course they do why would those little retards think they are l33t haxorz and since they think they are they come to the board for that shit we are a computer illiterate, retard magnate and those retards love them some green nvidia cock up their tender assholes
>>45557911
>mfw the 290x is half the price of the 980
>gets higher fps regardless in any higher resolution
the real question is, why do people overpay for AMD? Are the shills on /v/ really that effective?
I've always preferred Nvidia, but thanks to AMD I made over 20k from mining in a single year so I honestly can't bring myself to hate them.
If I had bought a 5870 instead of a 470 when I built my first rig I probably would've been a bitcoin millionaire by now.
>>45557938
Meant to type overpay for nvidia
whoops, the shills have got to my brain :^)
>>45557701
I just buy thinkpads.
>>45557944
teach me your ways
>>45557948
WHY DO I KEEP LAUGHING AT THIS STUPID FUCKING MACFAGGOT FACE
FUCK
I NEED AUTISM PILLS
>>45557892
4096x2160 reporting in. What GPU do I get?
My monitor's extremely wide gamut, so I want 10 bit support.
I've been an AMD user for years but switched to NVIDIA because I prefer having a usable stable driver which works with the latest X.org release as well as the latest kernel version
I might switch back if AMD's open source strategy shows some great success, but so far I'm happy with my NVIDIA GPU
>>45557992
I know that feel man
the fucking ebin face cracks me up too
>>45557993
This is more of a "price range" style question rather than a "I have a huge ass monitor, and would like the best resolution" question.
Even the older GTX 600s are capable of a 4k resolution.
I read somewhere about a monitor that uses two HDMI inputs to attain a 4k output, but I'm not sure if that was just snake oil, or a specific card configuration or... what. I was half asleep when I read it.
>>45558086
I'm running a HD 7950 DC2T right now to give some perspective. Honestly, it does most of the job fine, maybe something about 30% more powerful would satisfy me.
The main issue is not having 10 bit output support. It seems like you either need an NVidia GeForce card on Linux, or an AMD FirePro / NVidia Quadro and those *literally* cost 10x as much as comparable Radeon/GeForce cards.
>>45558157
>HD 7950 DC2T
Asuuming you aren't doing hardcore gaming, you could probably check out some of these options https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink
>>45557788
That doesn't change anything, you stupid piece of shit.
GFX driver development is basically compiler development nowadays and AMD has proven enough times that they can't do compilers.
>>45557701
/g/ understands technology. /v/ is a bunch of kids who pay for proprietary software
>>45558340
I'd like to be able to at least run, say, WoW at max settings.
>>45557865
Well, you say that. But "for 4k gaming" would imply that you spent a crazy amount of money on getting a decent 4k setup. And if you didn't, then I don't see the point of the argument, as I play on 2k
>>45558410
>/g/ understands technology.
HAHAH not even close, but no cigar.
>>45558525
Good 4K displays these days go for as little as 600€, though, depending on the size.
>>45557849
If poorfags are defending it, doesn't it mean that the efficiency is meaningless since you save more money overall anyway?
>>45557701
/v/ is stupid as shit, just play 4craft sometime and you can see it in person. It's fascinating to watch them quibble.
>>45558712
>600€
>little
>>45559044
My 4K monitor cost 1600€. I'd consider a third of that price little.
>>45557845
>tfw getting r9 290x for 150$ from best friend when he gets a new card
>>45557701
Nvidia is for gaymen, AMD is for who actually cares about technology.
>>45557701
/v/ is a bunch of underinformed gamers easily swayed by Nvidia's propaganda. /g/ knows that, for cards in the same generation (7000 series vs 600 series, R9 series vs 700 series, etc.) AMD usually wins on anything that's not 720p with 4096x FXAA. However, I will admit that for someone buying a card right now the 900 series is hands down the best option, as they're cheaper than the R9 series yet perform equal to or better than R9 cards while using less power.
>>45557701
Nvidia pretends to innovate when in fact they just buy out companies that already had the ideas in process.
Amd then makes everything open source. What's there to ask.
>>45557701
/g/ is made out of insane hipsters
>AMD is for when you want to know how a computer REALLY works *autism noises*
It's clear. /g/-kun hates the mainstream. /g/-kun wants to be special.
>>45557817
AMD cards have shit linux support, so most of /g/ likes nvidia
Nvidia is what parents buy their children for christmas.
>>45557701
why would I care about that?
I'm fine if I can watch my 10bit vietnamese animations
also, loonix support
>be retarded
>buy a NoVIDIA card years ago instead of a AMD one like I always do
>stop using winshitter since I'm no longer retarded
>completely useless, can't even pass it through to virtual machines on my VT-d enabled system
I made the mistake once, don't do it. AMD > shitvidia
>>45560358
Why don't you use a real OS?
>m-muh freedom xD
>/g/ is one person with one opinion
>listening to anything /v/ has to about technology
Used amd for my whole life. Switched to nvidia. Never going back. Gamer here.
>>45557835
>>/g/ knows how computers work
ayy lmao
>>45557701
>>/v/ overwhelmingly prefers nvidia cards
>>/g/ overwhelmingly prefers AMD cards
>explain this shit
/v/ cares about performance.
/g/ cares about muh freedumbs.
>>45557701
are you high? AMD's Linux support is the worse you can get
>>45560571
>tfw Linux support is way better on nvidia cards
You don't buy hardware. You buy game optimisation. Friend has a better amd than my nvidia, still lower fps and lag in the same game with the same settings. If you are not gaming buy amd. Cheaper and freedom.
/g/ buys meme hardware
>>45557701
I'm pretty sure /g/ is in complete disagreement over which video card to use.
I prefer whatever card is best for the price at the time I am buying and will serve my needs, maintaining cross-platform compatibility.
The last two times that's been Nvidia.
If AMD has better offerings when I buy another card, I'll go with them, but unlike seemingly everyone else I don't have pointless brand loyalty... The AMD driver situation in Linux has been a major turn off for me however.
>>45557862
>amd
>good linux support
what have you been smoking nigga?
>>45560399
because what you call a real os is in fact a shit fest disguised as an os
Regarding graphics accelerators for PCs, ATI mostly cooperates with the free software movement, while nVidia is totally hostile. ATI has released free drivers.
However, the ATI drivers use nonfree microcode blobs, whereas most of nVidia's products (excepting the most recent ones) work ok with Nouveau, which is entirely free and has no blobs.
>>45557748
The point remains the same.
>>45560728
AMD might be more cooperative, but I care more about performance than software freedom, and Nvidia's proprietary drivers offer that far beyond either the open or proprietary offerings from AMD.
If I could have performance AND freedom that'd be nice, but... AMD seems like it's getting better, maybe in a few years.
>>45560681
It's true. Nvidia works poorly on Linux. See http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_nvintel_316&num=1 for benchmarks.
(No, no one cares about the KDE skinned Windows box you get by installing non-free drivers)
It's simply marketing and heavy shilling on gaymen forums and maybe on /v/ itself. I still remember when the 7970 was released and there were people shitting over it because of the price. After four months nvidia released one of the most shittiest card ever made in the last years, the gtx680 who costed more that the 7970 and performed about a 10% less than the older amd card. Surprisingly the card did sold well and there were even people who changed their 7970 for a shittier card with factory overclock, promoted as "uber ultra nvidia turbo boost". When things like that happen I think that nvidia fanboys are similar and even dumber than applefags.
>>45557845
>and the 290x is the bets videocard for 4k gaming
Except that's completely wrong, from an overall performance, price, power consumption, and temperature standpoint.
>>45560630
00000000000000/10
>>45557865
>tfw i can just buy two gtx 970s for less, and have better performance, AND less power consumption AND less heat.
>>45560787
nvidia shills anger me
>7970 comes out
>wipes the floor with nvidias current offerings
>nvidia shills spam nothing but "TOO MUCH MONEY MUH COST TO PERFORMANCE RATIO"
>skip to now
>AMD cards cheaper than nvidia while offering better price/performance
>nvidia shills spam nothing but "LOL POORFAG"
this shit makes me mad yo
but of course when you bring up that the best graphics card is a 295x they'll tell you that it doesn't matter because "nobody games in 4 or 2k"
Because Linux is good friends with AMD and mantle while Nvidia is the evil one.
>>45557717
why choose AMD has both.
>>45561083
Except that nVidia still has a pretty good price performance ratio, first with the 660, and now doing great with the 970, which also has pretty much the best performance/watt ratio of any high-end graphics card bar none.
>>45557708
And shit with Linux. Shouldn't this be the other way around?
>>45561121
>first with the 660
That's a funny way to spell 560 ti, their last decent card before 970
>>45560947
>he still thinks 290s overheat
If you buy a stock-cooled 290, you're an idiot. Aftermarket 290s are absolutely brilliant.
>>45561137
open source AMD drivers work pretty well
nouveau... not so much
>>45561137
The AMD open source drivers blow away even the proprietary nvidia drivers in terms of how stable they are on linux.
>>45557701
Well I mostly see Nvidia shilling on /g/. Guess what: /g/ is full of /v/.
There's an Nvidia shilling thread going on /v/ right now.
Go ahead and laugh at the tech-illiterate while you can.
>>>/v/275154772
>>45560268
this
consolefags are finally building their first PC since the new next gen consoles suck, what a surprise that they fall for Nvidia's shilling.
~my freedumbs~
get back on ur meds grandpa the future is coming and it's shines geforce
>>45561223
RAID NOW!
>>45557701
/v/ vidya retards
/g/ ppl who understand tech
>>45561947
>/g/ ppl who understand tech
>implying anyone on /v/ knows anything
>>45561161
I don't mean overheating, I mean high temperatures. Which means unnecessary heat being dumped into your case, unless you have water cooling. Even so, that leaves your options as 1.) Spend more on additional cooling options (2.) Make other parts do additional work to cope.
Not saying the card is necessarily bad, but the symptoms of using it are definitely unfortunate.
/g/ cant even afford to buy an operating system, which is why they use $20 decades old computers that can't run anything but a free version of linux. of course they will go with the cheaper option with tons of software bugs so they can brag about how much time they spent 'fixing' it.
/v/ is full of children using laptops with shitty intel integrated cards, playing mobas and praising le gaben while thinking they are part of 'le master race', if they actually had mommy and daddy buy them a computer they looked at 50 youtube videos instead of making their own decision, and went with nvidia
>>45562349
My GTX470 runs at 90-95* under load, and has absolutely no effect on anything else in my cramped antec 300. Don't act like you have any clue what you are talking about.
>>45562367
>nvidia
>Heating issues
Sounds like someone just doesn't understand cable management and fan arrangement.
>>45562430
You don't recognize from which old meme times that comes?
>>45557962
mein neger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IERehxkII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y_GEvObFRQ
>>45562430
>>45557938
Where does it get higher fps? The 980 has beat out the 290 in fc4 in all resolutions
>>45557701
AMD is the poor mans NVIDIA everybody with a brain knows this
>>45562590
Haha, funny troll but you should be careful. Joking around like that could cause somebody to actually buy an Nvidia GPU.
>>45560671
This. Unless we are comparing specific cards these threads are pointless
>>45560671
Dear god, somebody on /g/ with a brain.
Why fanboy corporations? Buy whatever is best your for your needs at the current time. It's up to you to decide which card is best for you.
Muh AMD housefires.
>>45561121
>performance/watt ratio
Ah yes, the latest Nvidiot marketing spiel to justify why the 970 costs 50% more than a 290 for the same performance.
>muh $5 a year extra leccy bill
>>45557817
Why the fuck do people think they can /thread themselves?
>>45563339
Because is the truth, period.
>>45560695
Not him, but why is it a shitfest? Just curious.
>>45562349
Are you a fucking idiot? A water cooled card and an air cooled card put out the same amount of thermal energy, even if the water cooled card is at 60C, and the air cooler card at 80C. Temperature just has to do with how efficiently that thermal energy is being carried away.
If you think another 40 watts of thermal energy in your case will kill you, better not stick in that harddrive RAID, those things make 12 watts of it each!
>>45557701
Go away.
>>45562735
http://www.tomshardware.de/geforce-gtx-970-power-target-boost-analysis,testberichte-241652-4.html
>implying they have even that
>>45558192
>>45562367
>>45564571
And the work that puts a recent nvidia card at 60 is the same work that would put a recent amd card at 90. And no matter what bullshit you try to spew, when given the option between more/less heat, or more/less energy consumption, it is better to pick the cooler, more efficient option.
>>45565525
Green Party pls go.
>>45565525
my 290x never goes above 70C at full load so please stop making shit up you retarded faggot
>>45557701
I use Nvidia cause reasons.
I got a cheap (£15) GTX 660 from a friend. It feels like it won't go to well with my i7 though. What card is powerful enough to not make my 4790k feel like a colossal waste of money?
>>45557845
The 970 is the best value on the market right now and by a fucking landslide. Especially if you go two-way SLI.
It's up there with the 9800GT and the 560Ti in the Nvidia hall of fame
>>45566432
I meant 8800GT
Don't generalise.
![perfrel_3840[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/kT540fC.gif "perfrel_3840[1].gif")
>>45557845
>and the 290x is the bets videocard for 4k gaming
topkek
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_980_STRIX_OC/25.html
More kikes on /v/.
>>45557701
nvidia for gaming
AMD for everything else (rice + shitposting)
>>45557886
>Nvidia cards cant run OpenGL
I remember a few years ago nVidia's OpenGL performance absolutely shit on AMD's, like AMD would have a slight DirectX advantage but nVidia would rape them in OpenGL every time.
Did this trend reverse? When did that happen?
>>45557701
Ok so i shitposted in 2 threads now because i need an answer badly and looks like i went to all the wrong threads so i will ask here. So i would need a honest opinion. I have 2 graphics cards to choose from which are: Sapphire r7 250 1gb gddr5 boost lite and the other is Asus GT 740 oc 1gb gddr5. I have read some reviews and to be honest difference is minimum (atleast to my knowledge and from what i saw which is around 3%).. My question is which card would preform better in graphics design and in newish games? No need to post other cards etc . i just need opinion between this two cards. Thanks in advance for answers
>>45557701
>2010+4
>cant affort a nVidia card
/g/ are plaged with a bunch of losers
>>45557701
>nvidia
>goes out of their way to laser out the chip so they mass fab the same piece but sell you a gimped version for more
>drivers that burn the cards
>proprietary shit like mlaa that runs like crap with the sole purpose of putting it into their engines so incompetent devs use it. don't care that it runs like shit even on their cards, as long as they run even worse on amd
>more proprietary shit like g-sync rather than using the existing standard freesync
>shills everywhere, like that faggot durante on neofag
>refuse to implement mantle because their cards are shit without their proprietary software and they don't want to compete directly with amd on an even ground
>still supporting nvidia after knowing about all this shit
shiggy diggy. the only thing they have over amd is the linux drivers and even then, amd's proprietary's drivers are still useable even with dual monitors and displayport daisychan -- i know, because i use it
I don't know who is trolling who anymore.
I always but price to performance regardless of what brand it is.
