I run an HTC Vive and want to move from nVidia to AMD shortly. For nominally competitive cards, is the performance in elite dangerous VR equivalent? Since we have an Xbox One version (which runs AMD), is the performance somehow better because of optimizations in the engine toward the console GPU?
NVIDIA to AMD : what's the difference?
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I went from AMD (ATI actually) GPU to NVIDIA. I love AMD CPU's and will be buying Zen, but I never felt love for GPU's since the buyout by AMD.
It isn't that it's better of worse, it's different. AMD works fine for the most part, but some games of mine had horrible bugs that took months to fix, if at all. They are cheaper, but my last AMD card was a HD 8970.
My current hardware in sig block. I run the Vive at 1.5 SS and all but bloom and blur (they are off) in high / ultra.
It isn't that it's better of worse, it's different. AMD works fine for the most part, but some games of mine had horrible bugs that took months to fix, if at all. They are cheaper, but my last AMD card was a HD 8970.
My current hardware in sig block. I run the Vive at 1.5 SS and all but bloom and blur (they are off) in high / ultra.
there is no amd Card with proper power for vr... even if you tried to run two with crossfire you would be surprised because it doesnt really work with VR...
also amd has always Driver Trouble, Needs way more power etc... amd is <Removed> since a number of years now!
you want to enjoy Elite with proper sampling of 1.5 or more you should buy a 1080 or at least a 1070
also amd has always Driver Trouble, Needs way more power etc... amd is <Removed> since a number of years now!
you want to enjoy Elite with proper sampling of 1.5 or more you should buy a 1080 or at least a 1070
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I kind of like the tweakability that comes with Nvidia's driver and the tool Nvidia Inspector, but it's severely limited on DX10 and higher as these game engines work a bit differently compared to their DX9 and earlier counterparts. There's still no anti aliasing compatibility bit for Elite Dangerous, for example.
For ATI cards there was RadeonPro, but the guy who programmed it abandoned his project when he went working for Raptr. As far as I know there are no more tweak tools for Radeon cards.
If you don't do much driver level tweaking you can get whatever you want.
In regard to AMD's upcoming Polaris driven graphics cards the company released this statement two days ago:
https://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/radeon-rx-480-2016may31.aspx
Rumor has it the new cards will perform in the 980Ti range (I believe that when I see it), but at a very low price point. $199 for the 4GB version of the card (and another 50 bucks for the 8GB version, iirc).
There's something else though that is of some concern to me. Usually games run fine on both AMD and Nvidia cards, however when there is the occasional misbehavior, it seems it takes AMD longer to fix it. High profile games get fixed in no time by both manufacturers if need be. It's the less popular games like Elite that seem to be treated as orphans by AMD.
For ATI cards there was RadeonPro, but the guy who programmed it abandoned his project when he went working for Raptr. As far as I know there are no more tweak tools for Radeon cards.
If you don't do much driver level tweaking you can get whatever you want.
In regard to AMD's upcoming Polaris driven graphics cards the company released this statement two days ago:
https://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/radeon-rx-480-2016may31.aspx
Rumor has it the new cards will perform in the 980Ti range (I believe that when I see it), but at a very low price point. $199 for the 4GB version of the card (and another 50 bucks for the 8GB version, iirc).
There's something else though that is of some concern to me. Usually games run fine on both AMD and Nvidia cards, however when there is the occasional misbehavior, it seems it takes AMD longer to fix it. High profile games get fixed in no time by both manufacturers if need be. It's the less popular games like Elite that seem to be treated as orphans by AMD.
I don't agree with this at all. There are a mere half dozen games that require a beefy card to run in VR and of those games, all of them can run just fine with lower settings. When I was using an R9 290X 8GB ED and ETS were the only games that had issues running with high or ultra settings in VR. Asetto Corsa ran fine. Also, all the games released on Oculus home can run on damn near anything, the graphics are so basic. I'm worried that it might be a trend to dumb down VR graphics so that the games will ruin on any crap video card.
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AMD has claimed this level of performance but given the fact that the Fury X can't match a 980Ti 99% of the time, and the 480 is supposed to be slower than the flagship card, plus the specs they have release so far indicate that the new card will be slower then the R9 390X. There is no way the new card will come anywhere near the 980Ti and nVidia has already indicated a new card and price-point for this level of performance with the 1070, which looks like a very good offerring.
Nvidia are the masters of computer graphics it,s that simple. Not bagging Radion cards but the reality is if you want the most hassle free experience from your graphics card Nvidia are and have always been the best to put what i.m saying in context i,ve been buying Nvidia since there very first card and every gen since, and i can honestly say they have never let me down.
For the sort of money top of the line cards are no selling for i simply wont risk buying anything else.
For the sort of money top of the line cards are no selling for i simply wont risk buying anything else.
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^ this and more. When u say cards... do y mean crossfire? AMD have never supported their cards/drivers or crossfire very good, i see no changes. Ive had AMD 15yr plus, last 2 we're 2x280X's - just sold them and got a 1080 FE - no heat issues, no power demands , the 5 200mm fans i needed to keep the bottom 280X under 80c sit idle. You want real performance or paper performance? stay with nvidia
^ this and more. When u say cards... do y mean crossfire? AMD have never supported their cards/drivers or crossfire very good, i see no changes. Ive had AMD 15yr plus, last 2 we're 2x280X's - just sold them and got a 1080 FE - no heat issues, no power demands , the 5 200mm fans i needed to keep the bottom 280X under 80c sit idle. You want real performance or paper performance? stay with nvidia
Well that is probably Radions one big advantage over Nvidia, the card will keep you warm in winter great for you northern Europeans, however here is the land of Oz Crossfire should be renamed bushfire.
Yeh its great in winter! Turn heating off n 4get about it while you blast 100fps outa bf4 and 1000watts out the back of your case and wonder why you went deaf lol in summer might aswell 4get it, either toast one of your cards and the wall behind its fan or play candy crush till the sun goes down
love my new 1080.. 2100/5508 overclock and 74c Byeee Byeee AMD
This in completely incorrect and pure . My AMD Fury (non X) is easlly good enough for all VR titles presently. I have never had any driver troubles either.
Infact in recent times Nvidia have had far more problems with thier drivers than AMD.
AMD make very good cards at the moment, the new RX480 is an excellent budget card which will be on sale for around $200 which will be just good enough for a descent VR experience. The new Nvidia 1080 is a superb card but is very expensive and not really something most people can afford, as for the 1070 I havent seen any benchmarks to give an opinion. And the difference between my AMD fury and the Nvidia 1080 in DX12 games isn't enough for me at such a high price point (basically a 17%-20% increase in performance for 200% or more the cost).