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Intel doesn’t make a gaming CPU that runs as fast as the 7950X3D. They don’t even make one that runs as fast as the 7800X3D. Plus, their competing solution cost

by dangus 3y ago

Intel doesn’t make a gaming CPU that runs as fast as the 7950X3D. They don’t even make one that runs as fast as the 7800X3D. Plus, their competing solution costs more. So I consider that lack of software to be not very much of a negative in that specific scenario. No, the Nvidia control panel isn’t a good feature to me. I want a nice application like GeForce experience where every setting is in one place, not two different apps where one of them looks like a Windows 98 program. I want easy driver updates because I play games. It’s critical I have the latest driver for the newest games. I don’t run them unattended, I just don’t want to have to go to the website every time. I want to open the app and click a button. Your experience from 15 years ago buying a DOA card isn’t relevant. As far as hardware quality, Nvidia’s best quality and customer service AIB partner EVGA quit the market because of Nvidia’s abusive business relationship. If your laptop is Sandy Bridge era it is beyond both AMD and Nvidia’s support window by now, that’s a 12 year old platform. That’s a platform that isn’t even compatible with Microsoft’s current OS. You can install the AMD open source drivers, stick with older ones, or get a new laptop.

Dalewyn 3y ago
>So I consider that lack of software to be not very much of a negative in that specific scenario. Stop moving the goal post. You asked for an example of AMD not doing software, their pricing is irrelevant. Incidentally, a 7800X3D is faster than the higher tier 7950X3D for general gaming precisely because of the lack of assistive tooling. >No, the Nvidia control panel isn’t a good feature to me. I want a nice application like GeForce experience where every setting is in one place, not two different apps where one of them looks like a Windows 98 program. Yeah, every single setting is in that "Windows 98 program". GeForce Experience has never been worth the CPU cycles it eats, it's just telemetry bloatware. >I want easy driver updates because I play games. It’s critical I have the latest driver for the newest games. If that's the case, Windows Update has you covered. >Your experience from 15 years ago buying a DOA card isn’t relevant. It is because that is a reflection of the experience I've always had with AMD: Unreliability. I don't consider any of their options anymore, always going Intel and Nvidia, because my time is worth more than that. >As far as hardware quality, Nvidia’s best quality and customer service AIB partner EVGA quit the market because of Nvidia’s abusive business relationship. Unfortunate as that was, it wasn't the end of the world. ASUS and MSI make decent products. >If your laptop is Sandy Bridge era it is beyond both AMD and Nvidia’s support window by now, that’s a 12 year old platform. That doesn't matter because I am talking about the last drivers that support the GPU in question, still provided by AMD. Those drivers only manage to drive the GPU in a very limited capacity, by which I mean it can detect the GPU but otherwise not do much better than Windows's built-in generic VGA drivers. Doing the same with an Nvidia or Intel GPU results in a fully functioning GPU, as it should. AMD can't do software, which is a damn shame given how capable their hardware could be.

by dangus 3y ago

Dalewyn 3y ago

>So I consider that lack of software to be not very much of a negative in that specific scenario. Stop moving the goal post. You asked for an example of AMD not doing software, their pricing is irrelevant. Incidentally, a 7800X3D is faster than the higher tier 7950X3D for general gaming precisely because of the lack of assistive tooling. >No, the Nvidia control panel isn’t a good feature to me. I want a nice application like GeForce experience where every setting is in one place, not two different apps where one of them looks like a Windows 98 program. Yeah, every single setting is in that "Windows 98 program". GeForce Experience has never been worth the CPU cycles it eats, it's just telemetry bloatware. >I want easy driver updates because I play games. It’s critical I have the latest driver for the newest games. If that's the case, Windows Update has you covered. >Your experience from 15 years ago buying a DOA card isn’t relevant. It is because that is a reflection of the experience I've always had with AMD: Unreliability. I don't consider any of their options anymore, always going Intel and Nvidia, because my time is worth more than that. >As far as hardware quality, Nvidia’s best quality and customer service AIB partner EVGA quit the market because of Nvidia’s abusive business relationship. Unfortunate as that was, it wasn't the end of the world. ASUS and MSI make decent products. >If your laptop is Sandy Bridge era it is beyond both AMD and Nvidia’s support window by now, that’s a 12 year old platform. That doesn't matter because I am talking about the last drivers that support the GPU in question, still provided by AMD. Those drivers only manage to drive the GPU in a very limited capacity, by which I mean it can detect the GPU but otherwise not do much better than Windows's built-in generic VGA drivers. Doing the same with an Nvidia or Intel GPU results in a fully functioning GPU, as it should. AMD can't do software, which is a damn shame given how capable their hardware could be.