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As someone who has bought AMD cards for the past 5 years for gaming, I switched over to Nvidia this time. You've overlooked that Maxwell / 980 Ti has a ton of
by x3sphere 11y ago
As someone who has bought AMD cards for the past 5 years for gaming, I switched over to Nvidia this time.
You've overlooked that Maxwell / 980 Ti has a ton of overclocking headroom. OC to OC, you're looking at 20-30% performance difference at more commonly used resolutions like 1440p and 1080p. The gap narrows only at 4K.
Voltage is locked on Fury right now and AMD isn't saying why. The best OC I've seen on one is 10% higher clocks, with Maxwell 30% is common. Huge difference considering both cards are in the same price bracket.
Lastly pricing is also an issue with the Fury cards. Usually AMD undercut Nvidia, but this time the flagship matches the 980 Ti in cost. As the underdog, AMD is going to have a tougher time winning people over at the same price point. This happens in any market.
I like to support the underdog, but I couldn't this time given the large disparity in OC performance.
- bduerst 11y agoOOB they tend not to be that different, hardware wise. I didn't care either way until NVidia pulled the hairworks stunt, which was a pretty controversial move.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoYou're illustrating my point. You're OC'ing the cards (which the vast majority of consumers don't do), but even after taking that step there's only a 20-30% gap (and less at the more important resolution of 4K). That's a significant difference, but it's not huge. But it's winner-takes-all -- there's no reason to buy even a slightly inferior card.