Why all the sudden hated for Nvidia on /v/?
jealous and buttmad AMD cucks :^)
>>334356983
Because muh 3.5 when you aren't even supposed to use the card for 4k
Because muh industrial sabotage that AMD probably just hides better
>>334356983
Didn't a recent driver cause cards to brick?
>sudden
Where the fuck have you been for the past like, 6 years, or so? Both AMD and Nvidia have been getting shat on for years here, and rightly so at times.
>>334356983
no money
>>334356983
/v/ users will basically argue over everything. It is all just dick measuring. Cards are like everything else, you use what will run what you want the most effectively.
>>334357227
AMD drivers have also bricked cards.
Nothing new, really.
>wood screws
>fermi
>drivers that fry cards
>3.5 GB (acceptance)
>planned obsolescence (brought even more to light with Dark Souls 3 2013 drivers being 400% faster than current ones on 400/500/600 series cards)
>more recent drivers frying cards, causing boot loops
>only releasing outdated software to appear "open" to the community
>over use of tessellation in games they support
>trying to force developers to disable features to make their hardware look better on benchmarks
It's not hard to keep going. Nvidia is really bad for the industry, but dipshits eat it up. Because they see a benchmark that shows 100fps and 99fps, but the graph starts at 98.
>>334357403
>AMD drivers have bricked cards
No they haven't.
>google search AMD driver bricks cards
And the search results are as follows.
>>334357403
Which one?
literal bricked like the Nvidia or just failsafe shutdown?
>Nvidia card on par with equal AMD card in benchmark
>new card line comes out
>suddenly the last card line's benchmark scores start plummeting while AMD scores stay consistent
Nvidia has been caught gimping older cards via driver updates before to 'encourage' buying newer cards
They must be paying a lot of money for that shit to not get mainstream attention
I guaranfuckingtee you once their new cards come out current cards are going to start performing worse for no discernable reason, it happened with Kepler, it will happen here
>>334357403
>>334357479
Forgot the image.
>>334356983
Because they make shit like Titan.
>>334357479
http://xoticpcforums.com/showthread.php?15702-AMD-CCC-drivers-brick-computer-Cant-get-past-bios-%28cant-even-use-safe-mode%29
Because AMD's top tier cards are a cunt hair away from Nvidia's/perform better on some titles, AMD has been releasing new drivers every month for the past 5 months, DX12 is basically Mantle and will give AMD cards a large boost on new titles, AMD has HBM now, HBM2 on the horizon, and AMD has them beat now in basically all categories on price to performance, which is why Nvidia had to lower the 970's price to match.
AMD is putting it's weight into the graphics arena instead of the CPU one.
>>334357628
>single thread
>no replies
How hard did you have to dig to find that?
desu just cockblocking the entire industry, say just look at jewworks
i'd be fine with them if not for that, and I do say that as a ncuck
>>334357628
>not even driver update
>his system just died
Probably overheated. Has nothing to do with drivers.
>>334357403
Apparently the previous 2 drivers may have bricked a few non-ref older model low end cards
>>334357689
>It doesn't count cause you searched with -nvidia
So you want me to pull out how many drivers have burned AMD cards then?
>>334357628
>no drivers number
>laptop
Are you the person who owned the said laptop?
Just curious.
>>334357778
Be my guest.
I trusted news site that said mass report of GPU got burned out to dead because of drivers update over a random people in a forum.
Here is another
https://archive.litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=15842.0
>>334357778
I want to you to find an actual thread with weight.
Not single threads with 1 reply, or a bunch of different chain replying with "try re-installing". Get a real topic here with evidence from a benchmarking website.
Nvidia cards have thousands of reports many of them deeply detailed on what is happening with the fault in the driver.
>>334357858
>Having a hell of a time trying to unlock voltages to undervolt my MSI R9 280x Twin Frozr card
So he physically tamper his own card and confused why it got bricked?
>>334357227
It's called planned obsolescence.
It's 2016, read a book alreads.
>>334357858
>Flashing card
Do you know what you are talking about? That is firmware. Completely different and not recommended for end user to do.
It's like connecting the battery terminals on a DSi to mod it.
>>334357227
The problem was with two monitors, if you have one monitor and have problems you most likely have a borked Windows installation and should run a sfc /scannow
Fucking Windows keeps breaking even when you don't install anything or hard reset it.
>>334357778
I personally know a guy who's 980TI got bricked
>These nvidiotshill trying to spread fud and getting BTFO
This is gold.
>>334357983
>blaming windows
>for Nvidia code
>2016
>having problems with 2 monitors
>>334357947
>fucking with voltages on a Twin Frozr
MSI specifically makes the Lightning line for this kind of nonsense
>>334358065
>specifically makes
No, they don't. screwing with firmware has the owner at fault with them. Next time read your warranty.
>>334358028
Chill down retard, it didn't even broke anything it would just shutdown the second monitor and it was only during installation.
After installation it was fine.
All those articles about Nvidia drivers breaking cards are from that reddit post made by some AMD shills without any proof in the Nvidia subreddit which is moderated by AMD shills literally.
Once he got asked to provide proof he stopped posting.
>>334358145
>this reply
>why
>>334357134
You don't even need to sabotage your shit, planned obsolescence is bullshit in this arena, 4K is pushing people towards new cards, 8k is on the horizon, and for the first time in decades the PC market is strong, as strong as the console market, and the consoles now have common PC components anyway - driving developers to push the boundaries on PC first and treat console like an afterthought
>>334358145
>Nvidia never fry their consumer card
>its a lie I tell you
If it was a lie then why Nvidia pull their official driver from release?
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-196.75-drivers-over-heating,9802.html
/checkmate
>>334358019
I shit on nvidia too.
Both companies suck ass, but AMD has also fucked up.
You really can't pick one over the other, it is just brand loyalty bullshit.
>>334358281
what checkmate you're not even talking about the same thing.
>>334356983
I'd like to know why is this.
I've been using AMD for 9 years and I want to get off this fucking ride of no-drivers and no AA
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/amds-new-crimson-drivers-accused-of-burning-up-video-cards/
Finally, some reliable source.
Take that, AMD fags.
>>334358294
>Both companies suck ass, but AMD has also fucked up.
Not to the point to frying your card globally and make a shameful act of pulling your driver to avoid lawsuit. >>334358281
AMD at least got fail safe measure to shutdown people PC if something bad happen, unlike Nvidia.
>>334357953
>read a book
You mean a wikipedia entry or e-magazine article? Or a /v/ post more likely? Don't act like you got that knowledge from books.
>>334358262
>690
>slower than 680
>slower then 960
>>334358330
>Got my 290X lightning 8 months ago
>No drivers for first 4 months
>Drivers practically every month or so after that
>Everything runs great, with AA
I expected A but I was pleasantly surprised when I got B
>>334358389
>Nvidia pushes Tessellation heavy gaming
>AMD cards have trouble with these
>Nvidia pushes 64x tessellation in their games
>can't disable it
>AMD provides a way to lower and disable Tessellation several years ago
>Nvidia still won't give this feature to their users
I've seen 40-60% gains in framerate just disabling that shit.
>>334358430
>He doesn't notice the Titan.
>>334358389
>AMD at least got fail safe measure to shutdown people PC if something bad happen, unlike Nvidia.
AMD have had bad drivers brick cards just like Nvidia.
They also have had CPU not only fry themselves but the motherboard they are attached to because, unlike Intel, they had absolutely not fail safe provisions at all.
>>334356983
AMD shills desperately trying to raise those market shares.
>>334358561
>Titan lower then 290/280x/970
>>334358627
>has had drivers brick cards just like Nvidia
Really? someone else posted that same comment and they got BTFO after posting dumb fucks who modified their cards and some guy with a laptop who had no replies.
>CPU
This is about graphics cards nigga, don't move goal posts.
>>334358389
>AMD at least got fail safe measure to shutdown people PC if something bad happen, unlike Nvidia.
fuck you I had my HD4950 fried without warning, and when I RMA'd (was only 3 months) the next thing coming in also got fried after 5 months.
>>334357425
What's wrong with wooden screws? You're not fucking with your card like a dipshit are you?
>>334358627
This isn't a CPU discussion, Mr. "a socket change a year keeps the goyim in fear!"
guys, is the vulcan amd/nvidia combo possible now? i can't wait to make my meme card the physics card
PCmasterrace redditors and poorfags.
>>334356983
Because they lied and do poorly.
As a Nvidia owner, next card is AMD
>>334358773
>wooden screws
Nvidia faked their event with the Fermi cards, you dumb fuck.
http://semiaccurate.com/2009/10/01/nvidia-fakes-fermi-boards-gtc/
All the benchmarks and "realtime" shit they did wasn't real. It was more bullshots by them.
>>334356983
Nvidia is bad, AMD is bad, Consoles are bad, handhelds are bad, mobiles are bad, everything is bad.
/v/ - pick your poison then complain about it anyway
>>334358627
>http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-crimson-software-might-cause-locked-fan-rpm-at-20.html
>tamper with your card
>it bricked
>B-BUT MUH DRIVERS
NVIDIOT BTFO.
inb4 retard posting an anonymous thread from a forum.
Meanwhile Nvidia literally pullout their drivers from their site because it legitimately bricked their GPU and scare of lawsuit.
AMD just let their driver up because they know those people who their card got bricked are people who tamper their cards.
>>334358897
>as a Nvidia owner, next card is AMD
>>334358748
Google "AMD crimson driver fan bug"
>>334359001
>having fun changing your card in each year because Nvidia is too jew to add new technology and only care about gamewurk.
I hope you are not using Geforce Titan.
>>334359050
>AMD crimson driver fan bug
>no cards bricked
>systems shutdown
>>334356983
Because they are jealous poorfags.
>>334359050
Give me something like this from said driver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRo-1VFMcbc&gl=ID&hl=id
SOMEBODY CALLED 911
>>334359107
There are people that claimed their cards were fried. You can claim they are lying. We aren't going to get anywhere here.
>>334359082
Yeah, you would rather buy rebranded crap and bitch at devs and muh unfair nvidia because your card does poorly in most dx11 games. inb4 muh dx12 meme...
>>334359208
>people who claimed cards are friend
>check account names
>1 post
sounds reasonable to me
>>334359210
>but muh dx12
LMAO >>334358262
Once again, I hope you owned a Titan because the tears would be delicious.
>2 years old $999 card got btfo by 4 years old $400 card.
>>334359082
it's absolute fucking horseshit that that card is performing the way it is when the single gpu 980TI, which was supposed to be a titan light, outperformed it in every way.
Now 2x 295x2 is the only logical way get a 4 gpu setup
>>334359210
>rebranded
I always find it funny when someone uses this term. The only part that is "rebranded" is the main chip, everything else redesigned to be more efficient and faster.
>>334359249
>IT'S A NVIDIA CONSPIRACY, I TELL YOU!
Okay then...
>>334359297
>it's absolute fucking horseshit that that card is performing the way it is when the single gpu 980TI,
Easy answer, they jew'd out with the tech.
>>334358262
The 290x is the best card ever made.
>>334359331
>conspiracy
Well considering the vast majority of users in the threads did not have an issues. I find it was probably people yet again screwing with their cards.
But hey if you find 1 problem with AMD and fan at it long enough maybe it will be as big as the 99 Nvidia currently has.
>>334359189
>the card literally sparked and burned.
kek.
Who the fuck cares about AMD shills... AMD will go bankrupt in the next couple of years, then Intel can buy ATI for two bucks and shut them down.
>>334359374
I'm very pleased with my 290 cards. 3200x1800 60fps across the board. Can do 3840x2160 as well, but still need to turn a few settings down.
>>334359440
>Intel can buy AMD
>causing monopoly for GPU and CPU market
kek
>>334357425
>>wood screws
shit i almost forgot about that
>Own an Intel CPU, never upgrade it for 6 years and still competing with the new intel line up.
>Own a Nvidia GPU, need to changed it every years because it shit against new line up.
>Meanwhile my friend still using the same GPU from the same year with no problem.
And people wonder why I go with AMD after dropping my piece of shit 670.
Using Nvidia GPU is retarded, its like owning an iPhone you actually forced to buy their new product if you want to play new games properly.
>>334358145
>it would just shutdown the second monitor and it was only during installation.
That's still unacceptable. Instead of fixing the problem, they just ignore it. I'm still on 362.00 because the initial release of 364 was a disaster.
>>334359361
And charged their customers an arm and a leg for it.
The Titan was supposed to be the equivalent of 2 980's. And this was mostly the case likely because they gimped the 980 the best that they could.
Then HBM AMD shit comes out, 290X's are selling for rock bottom pricing, the 295X2 can be had for $400 less than a Titan X, and Nvidia rolls out the 980TI - a 980 ungimped with a new PCB and 2gb's extra VRAM over the stock 980.
There were people who paid 1200 dollars for that card when the 980 was gimped
>>334356983
>Having problems with game
>NVidia releases driver for that specific game
>Update
>There is no change
>It brings even more problems with other games
>Must go back to previous driver
Every single fucking time.
>>334356983
It's being closer and closer to became monopoly.
And this is bad for customers.
>>334359610
I've been using my 680 since it came out and I can still play everything high pretty much. only recently has it started to show its age and not play things maxed out at 1080
>>334359374
An 8gb 290X/390X (just a 290x with MSI's PCB design and stock 8gb VRAM) is still the best price/performance sweet spot
>>334359718
>>It brings even more problems with other games
>>Must go back to previous driver
This happen a lot with my 8800GT, but kid wont remember that you need specific Nvidia drivers to play specific games back then.
The biggest offender was the first Assassin Creed
>>334359771
You know, if you had AMD you could disable Tessellation, and you would still be getting great frame rate.
>>334359771
Comparing 680 to 670 back then is like comparing 970 with 980.
But 6xx is age like milk unlike the AMD counterpart. >>334358262
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>>334359879
>Comparing 680 to 670 back then is like comparing 970 with 980.
No it's not, you just outed yourself for not knowing shit.
>>334359771
That because you can't disable the tessellation, Nvidia literally fuck up their own old line up so people bought the new one.and people keep saying I was an AMDshill for saying Nvidia did fuck up their old GPU with their driver, YES I'M MAD
>>334359440
>ARM processors not nearly there yet to compete in server, laptop and PC markets
>AMD only other x86 competition
>Implying if AMD goes Intel won't immediately face antitrust by the .gov
AMD is divested from CPU's, they sold off their semiconductor manufacturing years ago (now called Global Foundries). They just design/R&D CPU's now - Zen, for example, is going to be a Haswell/Broadwell tier chip with 8 cores at rock bottom pricing.
AMD is putting all it's weight into GPU's and mobile APU's/SoC's - what they are aiming for this gen is to knock out NVIDIA from the laptop market with HBM low power laptop GPU's
>>334359795
I don't know about you but i'm stuck with 340.52
The last time i updated was for GTAV 355.98 and:
- Skyrim got fucked. When using SKSE, character couldn't swing at times.
- Dragons dogma dark arisen: Camera and character got stuck while aiming with bow
>>334359940
>both got almost 100 core clock difference
>both got same Vram size(minus the 3.5)
>both got same memory clock
Prove your self.
>>334360149
Ah forgot to mention. I use a GTX560SE. So for NVidia it's like "you using a 5 year old card? well, fuck you".
>>334360210
at least their 5 year old card still works
>>334360149
I really don't want to know why modern graphics drivers are so terrible when the driver should simply be an instruction set on how shit like DX/OGL interact with the hardware.
They've had over two decades to get it right.
>>334360210
nvidia must be really pissed they didnt manage to fry your card when they try so hard to do it
>>334360841
they really need to learn from amd
I dislike Nvidia as a game developer because I'm artificially gimping ~30% of my users by using their proprietary tech that runs like garbage on the competition and ruins the experience for others. Not to mention, there are alternative solutions to these things that work well for all users and not just a select few.
Their anti-consumer bullshit really needs to stop. Also, adopt FreeSync, I am not swapping to a G-Sync monitor because I'm unfortunately running the Nvidia 980ti (I live in a very hot area, and I can't run AMD's cards until Polaris cuts down on energy consumption)
>>334360990
Learn what?
>>334359210
SO explain me this nvidia shill. If Nvidia cards are soooooo much better in the new generation, and the amd cards are just re-badges. WHY THE FUCK ARE THE AMD CARDS STILL COMPETITIVE.
>>334361296
>HR
SPOT THE AMD SHILL.
>>334361296
spoiler alert; planned obsolescence.
>>334361214
>AMD rarely releases drivers
>Cards are still faster than their Nvidia counterparts
This pic should be updated to show AMD as an automated car.
>>334361341
Not sure I understand this joke desu senpai
>>334361353
>TFW 2 years from now
>290/290x will be on par with 1070/1080
>>334361412
Maybe he's trying to say that HR refers to Human Ressources and therefore he's corporate and therefore he's a shill. Or something. Maybe.
>>334361374
AMD releases monthly drivers. AMD's shit runs newly released games well compared to Nvidia where new releases are practically unplayable without the driver released that morning, AMD don't need to release a new driver for every release week
>>334361214
learn to do business. if your consumers are still using your cards after 3 years, then you should've ship those cards clocked way above its specs so it won't last that long. that way you can win the benchmarks as well as keep getting them to buy your new products.
>>334361439
spoiler : Pascal is struggling with Async.
>>334361546
I wouldn't go with Pascal when AMD is releasing a $250 card that handles 1440p well at low power consumption and they're putting out their Vega HBM2 card for 4K later this year.
>>334361735
I wouldn't go with any new baby first next gen card from any brands.
Their second card will be better and more mature in hardware and drivers.
>>334361852
Buy the first gen, sell it for $50 less than what you paid, buy new one instead of waiting a year to get that boost in performance
Generally I wait until a promo deal mitigating the amount I'm losing (sold MGSV for $50 and sold my 980ti for $550 when I only paid $610 for it)
>>334361374
And it should burn. Remember that driver from the last November?
>>334361957
Any first gen will be sold out for months because of scalper.
By the time people got it the new cards will came out in less than 6 months.
I already got a card that can hold out for at least another 3 years and Async ready.
I don't want to be the same idiot from years ago who bought the first Fermi.
>>334362135
Fermi was a flawed architecture to be fair, based on what I've seen behind closed doors (game developer partnered up with AMD) it's really impressive.
I assume you're on an AMD 290/290X based on the description you gave, and if you're happy with it, by all means, ride it out and wait.
You're in a good position with your 290. You're beating $600 cards with your $250 GPU
>>334362295
Nah, I got 390 last January because someone something article said about how nextgen will got *10x faster than current latest card* then I remember same article before Fermi launch said similar thing like 5x time faster.
Not saying the AMD nextgen is better, both of them take at least 1 year until it really stable.
And also most of game engine and devs need to learn about those new GPU, tessellation and Physx was a massive pile of shit when its first came out.
>>334362098
Well, the picture's joke for Nvidia was about the entire Fermi generation. I'm not sure one driver fuckup compares.
>>334362491
Yeah if you're on the 390, I'd stay. If I weren't game deving on CryEngine for VR I'd have stayed on the 390 instead of going to the 980ti (Fury X is too hot for where I live)
>>334356983
What you NVIDIOTs don't realise is we've always hated you
>>334357425
>that mesh
I feel ill.
>>334361296
>20% market share and drowning
>competitive
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>334362696
AMD shills are like those manlets who treat their ugly GF like shit because they can't help but drool at that tall handsome nonchalant man, so they resort to talk shit non stop. I knew someone like that in college.
>>334363503
> I knew someone like that in college.
Take a picture with time stamp
>>334363268
>he thinks market share means that the product is better.
>>334363668
Most people probably encountered at least one person like that in their life. Even at work wife beaters are usually the short ones. Insecure motherfuckers who doesn't look the part of dominant male so they lash out at their companion.
>all the sudden
Don't do this, it is a massive newfag flag.
>>334363752
It certainly says Nvidia is more competitive.
>>334357675
never underestimate him
>>334358760
>HD4950
they never made a card called the 4950
you shills are terrible liars.
>>334363268
25% of shipped cards, ie Nvidia is selling more cards
When you look at the total install base, it's closer to 40%
>>334356983
>all the sudden
Nvidia has always been a giant dick in the ass. Right now, the only card that's actually proven to be worth owning is the 980ti and even that has annoying hardware issues. Overpriced, stupid and unreliable drivers that need to be "upgraded" every goddamn day (with every other patch causing some kind of issue), shady as fuck business practices. If it weren't for certain generations having legitimately great cards and how awesome CUDA cores are, I'd never buy Nvidia again.
Friend only builds with ATi. Cards are generally much cheaper, far more reliable, far better VRAM so no micro stutter, they run cooler, and they always come packaged with better games. Not to mention you get one driver update and that one lasts for literally months without needing a patch to make every new game work every single day.
>>334365707
Of they did... Where do you live? in Brazil?
>>334356983
>sudden
Poorfag envy.
>>334365817
Actually Steam survey says 56% Nvidia, 25% AMD.
NEVER FORGIVE 3.5GB
NEVER FORGET HOUSEFIRES
>>334364503
Why does literally no hardware manufacturer use Nvidia in their onboard custom GPUs then? Because only consumers are dumb enough to buy their flashy and overpriced hardware. Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Apple, they all use AMD.
>ATI shills shitting on Nvidia over driver issues
Holyshit I must be getting old...
>>334366042
Because AMD is very cheap. That's all there is to it. Gaming enthusiast buy Nvidia, all of them. Poorfags and consolefags couldn't care less as long as they can run counter strike and dota at a solid 60fps.
>>334366072
>ATI
You sure are.
>>334366157
gaming enthusiasts buy AMD GPUs and Intel CPUs, Nvidia is for dumb goys who think Razer is a good brand.
>>334357134
>red herring
>>334366332
Sure thing Ivan.
>>334366072
Not even an ATIfag but when you build Nvidia alongside a bro with ATI, you will become an ATI shill. It's inevitable with hard evidence staring you in the face.
How many CUDA cores do AMD cards have? Oh wait, NONE!!! Ahahahahaha amdfags btfo'd.
>>334365875
They never made an HD4950 mate
The first card with an HD#950 branding was the HD6950
The first card with an HD#9## branding was the HD5990, which was just two HD5870's
Full list of non-OEM cards of the HD4 series in performance order:
4350 - RV710
4550 - RV710
4570 - RV710
4650 - RV730
4670 - RV730
4730 - RV740
4770 - RV740
4830 - RV770
4850 - RV770
4870 - RV770
4890 - RV790
4850 X2 - RV770
4870 X2 - RV770
There were a few other rare ass cards like the 4860, but they were so low volume to be negligible
JUST
>>334365942
Workstation senpai
Steam Survey works out to 31 / 69
>>334366413
290x architecture has over 40 compute units. This output more power than CUDA could, but the only people that actually used it were bitcoin miners.
>>334366505
God damn, what card is that and why did it go up like was made of petrol?
>>334357134
An example of fanboyism at its finest. Embarrassing to be honest.
>>334366042
because AMD will actually fucking work with people and do requests
Nvidia tried doing a licensing business for custom SoCs, but no one took them up on it. At all. Zero clients.
Last semi-custom they had was the PS3, and that was pretty much an off the shelf 7800 GS
>>334356983
their drivers are gimping their old cards and now they are fucking up their new ones too.
>>334357403
>But muh AMD!
>>334356983
>nvidia makes hair tech
>looks glitchy, FPS drops by 10-20% regardless of hardware
>AMD makes hair tech
>looks great, FPS drops by single frame or two, regardless of hardware
That's why.
>>334356983
They've had really bad drivers for the past 2 months because they keep rushing their shitting game profile day one bullshit drivers instead of making drivers that actually work and improve performance.
>>334366373
Dunno mate so far I had Voodoo4 4500AGP, ATI 9700pro, Nvidia 6800GTX, ATI 4850, AMD 7850 and I've been using a GTX770 for two years and that thing is awesome.
I still have big prejudices toward Radeon drivers as I always had graphical artifacts with my radeons as well as sound problems whenever I switched my computer to the TV screen through hdmi.
>>334366843
>and is open source with MIT license
https://github.com/GPUOpen-Effects/TressFX
>>334359374
Love my 290, was worried at first but it runs everything on high.
>>334366440
>he actually had to check
How is that autism affecting your life?
ITT: people who aren't using the latest version of their BIOS with fully updated drivers and a legal copy of Windows 7 or 8
if you don't own a 970, 980 or 980ti, you have only yourself to blame.
>>334366625
Nvidia were the original Housefire memesters
>>334367013
>nvidiot making up shit
hows that autism affecting your "life" ?
>>334367013
I just know this shit off the top of my head because I was working in a computer shop in 07-09
>>334366958
9700 pro was a monster. I remember that thing. Aside from that one though, you never actually got the highest end AMD cards. You always went budget it seems. Buddy only gets the best ones available and they always rival whatever I have for a fraction of the price. This is only not true of this generation since he got the Fury X and I got the 980ti and those were the same price, but 980ti is clearly better. Don't even get me started on what happened with the 970 vs 290x. Still pissed about that.
>>334367130
>>334358760
>>334365875
I didn't. You just took the bait kappa :)
>>334367076
>legal copy of Windows 7 or 8
You're retarded if you don't use Windows 10™ family, you literally fucked up, Windows 10™ offers wonderful performance tweaks that will make your life better! Remember to not turn off our special consumer-fit commercial offers and telemetry settings to achieve the best possible performance in your games bought from Windows Store™
>not owning the strongest graphics card/cryptocurrency mining machine on the planet
>>334367275
that's not the Radeon Pro Duo
I do find /v/'s corporate dicksucking of AMD somewhat concerning. Don't get me wrong, amd are the far better option right now, but it's getting crazy. People seeing them as saviours as the industry, making "teams", saying that they can do no wrong, getting all caught up in the fanboy dogma and occasionally veering into misinformation and outright lies.
/v/ has been biased before but not like this.
>liking companies
Fuck Novidya and fuck AMD
>>334367248
>bait
No, you just lied. And then got caught in your lie and then tried to play it off as "bait". Fuck outta here.
Is there a fool proof way to see if the reason a game has technical problems is because of your PC or the game is poorly made?
Something like 3DMark but checks to see if there's anything wrong?
>>334367375
Or did I?
>>334357029
Faggot.
>>334367415
You're talking about detecting hardware issues or checking the overall performance?
>>334367347
It is but I was always a AMDfag and seeing them actually be decent nowadays is refreshing. I'm building a new rig now and I almost bought a 960 but these shill threads while cancerous allowed me to dodge a bullet since nvidia fuck their mid range cards up.
>>334367415
why dont you go back to consoles instead
I have 290 too and im more than happy. When i bought it in 2013, the driver support was quite terrible but its all good now. Not to mention the leap, when mantle/crimson drivers were introduced
I guess the best thing is, amd card can last for years
I had mobile ati 4850 before and played 2013tomb rider on high 1080p
>>334364503
It says the consumer is falling for marketing. Typical gamers, but I wouldn't have it any other way since AMD gpus are able to disable things like tessellation that gimp older cards.
>>334367518
Hardware issues.
Like a driver wasn't installed correctly for example.
>>334356983
AMD is on the verge of irrelevancy, so they are pouring tons into marketing, one of them are shills.
>>334365972
>windowed borderless
>x4 MSAA
this is a very autistic image
>>334358356
>>334358356
Lol go on the amd forums its hilarious hahhahaha
nvidias is just as bad i regret supporting either of them at the moment.
>buy a 560TI at release
>only play "old" games
>never upgrade drives
>no reasons to buy a new video card
I think that the newest game I played was Tomb Raider 2013(?). Got more than 60fps on ultra, with hair-bullshit off, so I am ok with this.
>>334367347
>AMD dick sucking
You misread the situation. It's Nvidia hate, not AMD dick sucking.
Until a 3rd party throws their hat into the GPU market ring, neither of these companies is going to get their shit together but, until that time comes, Nvidia WILL fuck you over. AMD is just reliable and that's worth quite a bit to consumers.
>>334367640
None of them are reliable.
They are both worthless.
NVIDIA will fuck you over, and developers will fuck over AMD.
They are both useless.
>>334366157
SIlly 16 year olds who beg their fathers to buy them shit are the types who buy Nvidia. AMD gpu's are superior in everything including price.
>>334367275
>using GPUs based solutions to mine cryptocurrency in 2016
>>334361035
>and I can't run AMD's cards until Polaris cuts down on energy consumption)
glad someone else knows this feel.
i remember every summer my amd cards would bake in 30-60 degree heat
would you trust a video card like this inside your computer to play your video games?
>>334367828
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TG3sbKevVc
![chain-5200-front[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UALMIev.jpg "chain-5200-front[1].jpg")
>>334367828
We posting old video cards now?
Had this sucker until 2008 when I had enough money to get my own PC
>>334367415
7/10 if you have CTDs or you computer crashes is because of faulty memory. If you have visual artifacts it's because of graphic card. If your computer crashes it might be a CPU cooling problem. If it smells like cooked segma, it's your APU.
>>334367828
>sapphire
ATi or bust. They all had the ATI mascot on their cards and also came with real time tech demos starring her.And then Nvidia tried to copy them by making a mascot that totally wasn't just Ruby with black hair and fairy wings and including shitty tech demos with their cards.
>>334367347
Why would I buy a 970 when my 290 gives equal performance and for so much cheaper?
>>334356983
Bad drivers for at least 1 year (at least for me). Past series cards doesn't have performance scale as good as amd cards. But what really put the last nail in the coffin for me are their scumbag marketing moves like Gameworks.
I have one that's still functioning
>>334367958
>FX5200
jesus
>>334367974
So what you're saying is, unless the game is crashing or something is burning, if I have a PC that can run anything you throw at it, when shit like frame rate dips happen it's because the game is poorly optimized
>>334367565
290 here also been gaming a lot with it lately (about 160 hours in the past month) No problems at all which is shocking to me since I push it hard and its hot here.
>>334368183
they overbuilt 290's so much it's insane
then they slapped one of the worst stock coolers ever made onto it
At least custom cards were made, unlike the poor souls that had to suffer through the dust buster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qspdnAYiiug
>>334367713
Still have a 6850 that runs games like torchlight, cs:go, still have a 7870 that runs civ V, XCOM, have a 290 that runs everything new just fine.
Never tried Nvidia but I'm sure some people have same experiences as me. I think some people buy shitty PSUs, install malware or do other dumbass shit to ruin performance.
>>334367226
Yeah, I tend to be practical with my hardware so I can spend more money on comfy peripherals but the driver issues on the radeons really pissed me off back in the days. My drivers are up to date with my gtx770 and I never had a single issue with it.
That 9700pro lasted forever though, and dat Socket 939 back in the days you could actually get significant upgrades without changing everything. Those were the days AMD/ATI ruled the gaming scene.
I'm waiting for Polaris and Zen before I make a choice for my future upgrade but desu I most likely will stick with Intel and Nvidia since the I5/GTX mix really did well for me past couple of years.
>>334368305
I have sapphire so its all good for me
>>334367226
>>334368676
>you never actually got the highest end AMD cards
9700 Pro was tippy top for about nine months mang.
And the only difference between the HD4850 and HD4870 was 125mhz and GDDR3 vs GDDR5. HD4890 was, again, 9 months later
>>334368136
Well desu I began having crashing issues not long ago. I ran all kind of benchmarks which all worked flawlessly and showed normal results. Had MemTest86 run for whole nights which didn't show any errors. I eventually got so pissed off my games kept crashing randomly, that I changed my four ram sticks. Haven't got a single issues since then. Back in the days I had issues with a crossfire of HD4850, I could see one of the cards was faulty has it kept showing graphical artifacts until it eventually died.
You just have to watch for the signs. As long as your system is stable, and 3D mark shows normak results "you can compare them online". Well then it is the game that isn't coded like shit.
I also had three APUs blowing up on me past decade, two were of the Corsair brand.
>>334356983
A 4chan board sprouting illogical hate around? Well fuck me I did not expect that.
>>334369082
>>334367974
I keep saying APU, but I mean PSU. I'm half retarded sorry.
>>334369082
>three APU's
wat
Also yeah I'm still using an HD4870 with graphical artifacting that developed in 2010. I'm amazed this thing hasn't keeled over after seven years.
It's weird too, it'll do this until it crashes the drivers, the drivers will restart, then the card will run fine until next reboot.
>>334369502
That's a VRAM issue. The ordered spottiness is due to the way chips are chained together.
>>334369502
I meant PSUs.
Back in 2k8, bought a new comp online with a Corsair VX550W, it blew up after a few days. They sent be another one which blew up after a month. I had another failure years before that but I can't remember the brand.
I remember that shit well because I had to go to the local computer geeks for repair who were pissed I didn't go to them in the first place, these fuckers put me the most expensive PSU they had and formated my computer, erased all my files and game saves. Charged 60€ for that alone, around 240€ total for the repairs...
Fuck these guys.
>>334369826
not him but how do you know that?
are you some kind of hardware wizard?
that's cool
>>334369502
You actually play games like that?
>>334369931
Always buy dual 12v rail PSUs and the quality made stuff. Had mine for 6 years and plan to have it for another 10 at least.
>>334370172
Well I'm still using that overpriced PSU they sold be 8 years ago. So it's all good in the end. ^^
>>334370063
I used to play round with tweakvga decades ago; forcing a card to run a 512kb video mode when it only had 256kb produced that sort of pattern. This is because bad or missing vram doesn't produce garbage after a certain offset into video memory. Chip accesses are spread across RAM in a predictable pattern.
On the CPU side, this is known as Bank Interleaving in your BIOS.
>>334368125
>yeah yeah yeah
>we love you
What the hell are those? I can't tell if they're watermarks or printed on the board. Some letters are slightly faded so they seem real.
>>334370435
Those are on the board. Note the same coloring as the sword and hemet on the top left and NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY at the top right. Usually it involves exposing the pcb to a different amount of etching chemical. There's a specific term for this when they're etching the card, but I forget.
>>334357675
If Quantum Break is an accurate indication of DirectX 12 performance (weird framerate caps and other issues aside) then Nvidia will be in trouble soon.
>>334370756
>DX12
>Nvidia
Pick one.
>>334367507
Is 290 the new 8800GT?
This thing benchmark is been hilariously incredible for an old card
>inb4 kids don't know that people only need C2D and 8800GT for years of gaming
These days these idiot fucker keep parroting on their MUH NEW nvidia GPU while not knowing they keep fucking the old one.
>>334356983
They are incredibly anti-consumer and anti-competitive. They're harming the industry and we're getting shittier cards as a result of less competition.
>>334371004
>tfw E8400 oc to 4GHZ and the 8800GT OC'ed
Good times
>>334371004
>Making affordable GPU that can outlive any of the new one for years.
Nvidia don't want to make same mistake again, so they make akillerdrivers
>>334371212
cry harder AMDcuck
>>334371004
>290
>Have 3 of them in my system
>new games run fucking amazing at 3200x1800 up to 3840x2160
I'm pretty much set boys.
Don't tell me their are people who fell for Nvidia SLI meme?
>>334371004
>8800GT
Remember when Nvidia was good?
Meh.
>>334357479
Think you will find they did.
https://gyazo.com/ed9cfb7ea89e5fb69f7b1bdbf9269910
Crimson drivers. Holly shit you are one retarded fuckwit
>>334371938
>gyazo
opinion dropped
>>334372098
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2015/11/30/amd-crimson-fan-bug/1
>>334371938
Read this you clueless fuck >>334358975
>I OC my card with a third party software
>BOO FUCKING HOO WHY MY CARD FAILSAFE OPERATION KEEP HAPPENING
This is the reason why AMD never take their "bad" driver down, it only happen to retards.
>>334371638
I've got 2 290X and I'm playing at 3840x2160. What about those games where CF scaling is shit or have no profiles? CF support sure as fuck has been quite shit lately. It's kind of picking up lately, maybe, but there are still recent AAA games with no support (R6S for example).
>>334372520
I dont need to read it as unlike you I dont buy shitty toaster gpu's.
Keep hammering those capitals out, it'll help, That or ask mummy for some tablets.
Pascal STILL isn't out. They keep working on driverless cars instead.
I was kind of hoping for an improved mobile chip which was better than the X1 as well.
Man I really hope my computer isn't gonna die, because by the look of it there won't be any reason to upgrade until late 2017...
>>334372452
>cards stop working
>after 2+ hours of using
There fault.
>>334373118
ebin
![ImageResizer[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6ihoNdr.jpg "ImageResizer[1].jpg")
>>334373118
>I dont buy shitty toaster gpu's.
Cool, you owned this then?
>>334372910
I don't play bad games.
