how worth is it switching to AMD.
Posted by gamieaws@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 115 comments
so im planning to upgrade my RTX 3050 8GB to an RX 9060XT. But im questioning whether missing out on DLSS and other nvidia features are worth it to switch to radeon. Because i wont be able to choose the 5060TI because the price is 580$ in my country whereas the 9060xt is available at 435$. I feel like NVIDIA's feature itself is not worth the insane price difference of 150usd itself but what do you suggest? Im a 14 year old so my decision has to be good because this amount of money is not something to be spending on something i'd regret.
ThatRedditBotGuy@reddit
In terms of performance, both GPUs should be pretty equal.
In terms of features, it depends entirely on the user. Nvidia has features that tend to benefit users who do specialised creative/media/design/etc work, so I wouldn’t imagine you would make much use of those.
In terms of DLSS, first of all if you won’t play games which support DLSS usage, then this feature will also be unused. You will have to find out if the games you’ll play support the usage of this feature. The 9060XT does have FSR4, which is a really good feature, but less games support it though.
Finally, games tend to be better optimised for Nvidia GPUs than AMD GPUs, while linux tends to work better on AMD GPUs.
But the price difference makes the choice much easier, so I wouldn’t imagine just go with the AMD GPU and not worry. The performance should be the same, and it is unlikely that you will benefit from most of the “features” that Nvidia has.
TDLR - I would just go for the 9060XT, the price difference is too large, and the features aren’t worth it. It shouldn’t be a “just in case” decision, I think AMD in this case would just be the better option as you’d be getting basically the same performance with a $150 difference.
And don’t forget, the most important thing is to AVOID BUYER’S REMORSE! Once you make your decision, don’t forget that these are both great GPUs and there isn’t an objective right or wrong. After you buy it, just make sure to stay away from anywhere online that will tell you that you made the wrong decision.
PossuTryffeli@reddit
I have come to the conclusion that I will most likely never buy Nvidia GPUs. The main reason is Linux compatibility. For me AMD GPUs are cheaper here in Finland.
AMD GPUs also usually have more VRAM compared to the same priced Nvidia GPU. I don't mind not having any "advanced" features because I never needed them in the first place. I would strongly recommend AMD.
itsforathing@reddit
I still think AMD is the better choice, but nvidia did announce something about vram compression which drastically reduces vram utilization.
They also announced that the 5070 would have 4090 performance so take that with a massive grain of salt.
NVIDIA: here is this magical massive improvement that we won’t explain but you should definitely buy it and also buy our stocks
A random steam employee last week: I updated a Linux kernel to prioritize vram usage to the current task and delegate regular ram to background tasks to improve performance on vram limited cards, here’s actually data and facts to prove it
2.5x fps on an rx 6400 4gb (in CS2 I think)
PossuTryffeli@reddit
I would love to use this VRAM optimization with my GTX 1650 but because of Nvidia's proprietary drivers, I can not. I can't switch to open source drivers either because that would hurt my gaming experience even more.
Aggravating_Plate612@reddit
The Nvidia vram optimization isnt going to be in the gtx series. Probably it isnt going to be even in rtx 20 series looking on how nvidia did with the frame generation thing
itsforathing@reddit
You should look into open source drivers on a Linux OS, there may be less of a gaming impact than you’d think.
dubyakay@reddit
I don't think Nouveau works well for gaming. It's good enough for the DE.
Makoto29@reddit
Good point here. For other less well informed people I will refer to this Link: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/FeatureMatrix.html
Code names are listed here: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html
Basically, Nouveau devs are trying to reverse engineer the features of the various GPU's and that's a hilariously bad way to get the drivers done. It's actually respectable to see it generally working so well for what it is.
In the feature matrix you can see how many features are actually missing, and one of them being my personal encounters of the past: "PowerManagement". For starters, that's an important part for clocking. In the extended table you will see... nothing works. Well almost. Luckily, that's an only older GPU's issue. Most likely because Nvidia open sourced at least a part by now. However I felt that when it became relevant for my GT 440 back then, but indeed not everywhere. It's a bit of a dull experience imo. "Working" is relative for Nouveau drivers. Certainly not a recommendation. Too much TODO's. That takes eternities for devs to actual finish. But it's not as basic as I remember Windows without installed drivers neither, that's the bright side.
Anyway, mainly wanted to drop the links for readers. Important insights.
dhatereki@reddit
Any advantage of vram compression will diminish long term because Nvidia will sell cards with lesser vram and devs will even be more lazy with optimization. Thats how I feel about dlss and frame gen. We are no where close to utilizing higher performance because software is slop now
aresthwg@reddit
I had the same opinion until I saw what they did with the FSR4 exclusivity. It literally works on cards they don't support, they made it work, but they refuse to release it officially, instead you have to hack the DLLs and in some games risk getting banned.
All while Nvidia did it officially for all RTX cards.
Indeed, the performance uplift on RDNA2 is not the best for example, but even having the choice is better.
If you have the money, then there's no reason not to go Nvidia, unless you want Linux of course. If you don't have the money, AMD is always better.
Errorr404@reddit
Even worse is when you realize they are doing so because they are teamed up with Sony making an exclusive port of FSR 4 for their RDNA2/3 consoles but not providing anything but crumbs to their PC customer base. The only hope we have is if Sony allows AMD to also fork that version for Desktop but with how defensive Sony is with anything that has their work I highly doubt it.
windowpuncher@reddit
At one point I was traveling a lot so I got a big gaming laptop. More like a super portable desktop. It has a mobile 4060. Very good chip. My regular desktop had a 6750 XT which is also great and a bit faster, but they're comparable.
Even when using both computers on the same 1440p, 165 Hz, 27" screen, games looked good from both. They looked and played functionally the same. The laptop got slightly fewer fps as expected but both were good. I literally didn't ever feel like I was missing out on my other AMD PC because I didn't have DLSS or Reflex, and I'm super sensitive to input lag. It makes me feel sick.
Maybe if I did some strict side-by-side tests and was really hunting for stuttering or input latency, and seriously just digging for details, I might have more of an opinion besides "both work very well". So if both cards are at the same quality and performance for the things I play, WHY would I ever buy the more expensive card?
I almost bought a 4090 for my desktop when I upgraded to a 2x4K giant stupid ultrawide screen, but guess what? A 4090 only has HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4a. A 7900 XTX was literally less than half the price and had HDMI 2.1a, and DP 2.1. This is important because the neither the older DP nor HDMI standards supported the bandwidth required to run this stupid screen at both its full resolution and frequency, where all AMD series 7000 cards are capable of at least giving me a smooth, "4K" desktop. It's also not practical to use two GPU outputs into two monitor inputs to create one giant "double" single screen, because basically the monitor switches modes and things work differently.
Literally the most expensive consumer GPU in the world at the time and it didn't even have the most recent display outputs. Come on. It's not a big deal for the majority of users for sure, but how do you cheap out on something like that when that card had the highest premium markup ever? A card capable of driving a screen like that should have the ports to actually do it, and it's not like this monitor wasn't a few years old at this point, either. Inexcusable.
ButterscotchTop194@reddit
VRAM quantity isn't as important as VRAM bandwidth and speed.
Right-Fly4649@reddit
in low low words just hit the amd gpu lottery so like hope your gpu actually works well with no stutters or driver timeout and other stuff (which happen to me with 2 of the sane cards 9070 xt) honestly i regret it to make it work somewhat decently i had to troubleshoot and im not an expert since when i used to play with my nvidia gtx 1660 i just pluged that and played as usually
itsforathing@reddit
On the flip side, once all graphics cards have 16-32gb of vram, game developers will never optimize again and everyone would have to upgrade. Maybe nvidia is forcing optimization by still releasing multiple 8gb cards
gamieaws@reddit (OP)
Heard Nvidia is making some sort of tech that makes games compress their stuff that makes vram consumption less while displaying the same quality of graphics. But I think those are still on development.
itsforathing@reddit
They also claimed the 5070 had the same performance as the 4090
ndaonreddit@reddit
with fg x4 🤣
AlligatorTaffy@reddit
I mean, I’ll go against the grain here. NVIDIA isn’t going to be the best value, but you’ll get the better experience. The writing is on the wall for frame gen and ray tracing in games. It going to happen. More and more titles are leaning into it. I recently swapped from a 7900XTX to a 5070TI and couldn’t be happier. I don’t have to fight Adrenaline, I don’t have to use 3rd party tools to “add” features like Optiscaler, etc. The card just works and gets out of the way.
I’d say, if you are already considering the switch, not doing so won’t put your mind at ease. If anything get the 5060TI and run it through whatever metrics you want that make you feel good. If it passes, keep it and sell your old card locally. If it doesn’t perform like you want, return it within the return window.
WetBreadstickMan@reddit
I have an AMD card and honestly miss some of the random software Nvidia had - like the one that adds a really high quality background blur to your webcam (same one that had the freaky eye contact thing).
Probably not something a lot of people use but if you do, take it into account!
WindsWalker@reddit
I went from a 3070ti to a 7900XTX and I get constant crashes. RMA'd the card for a 9070xt and I STILL GET CONSTANT CRASHES. I did a bunch of research and it barely helped.
The amount of posts about AMD cards crashing/ the adrenaline software is endless. Go with Nvidia, it just works.
mysistersacretin@reddit
I went from a 3070 to a 9070XT and suddenly had constant crashes, couldn't find anything online that would help. Tried lowering my RAM speed in Bios from 3600 to 3200 and that solved everything. No more crashing. I have no idea why my RAM OC worked fine with a 3070 but not a 9070XT, but that's what it was.
AlligatorTaffy@reddit
Thankfully I didn’t have driver issues, but AMD is dropping the ball with support. Not even a watered down FSR 4. Then the talk of them dropping support for Diamond on the 9070XT for the “next gen” cards.
Just done with the drama owning an AMD card. NVIDIA is the devil I know, so I expect the rough parts. But there’s a reason they are like 95% market share.
Anvh@reddit
That was one of the rare few times, fsr4 also doesn't run that well on older cards but would have been nice to have that option.
Nvidia seems to have new limited features with each generation and also dropping support for features
WindsWalker@reddit
As much as I hate Nvidia these days, they have the most reliable drivers.
I wish Intel would make top their cards but we'll see with time
Cute_Customer420@reddit
Nvidia's Framegen is too nice to have, and its pretty much going to become the norm in all gaming. You can go from like 50 to 300 fps (or whatever you want). Of course, this only matters if you have a monitor higher than 60hz, otherwise there is no point
Latency is becoming a non-issue.
Imagine how much money you would normally have to spend to get an upgrade like that in raw performance? in that way, the premium is worth it.
miroljubni-rom@reddit
Amd is apparently going to be releasing multi frame gen soon - https://www.guru3d.com/story/amd-fsr-4-multiframe-generation-nears-release-with-sdk-changes/
Nek0maniac@reddit
framegen is only good, if you already have a workable level of fps. If your game is running at 25 fps, it will still look bad with frame gen - just slightly smoother. Not saying, that AMD does it better, but framegen itself is not a magical cure all, despite how Nvidia wants to sell it as such
Cute_Customer420@reddit
I mean yeah, its a win more type of situation. Normally at 25 fps i wouldn't even consider playing a game, it's actual headache inducing. But if i turn on framegen the latency might be pretty bad but at least it would be playable.
miroljubni-rom@reddit
The 9060xt is going to be a huge upgrade to your current 3050. You'll love it.
FeelingOdd1302@reddit
I'll be honest, I was basically amping myself up to buy a RX 9070 XT since the launch of that card, by chance I found a used RTX 4080 for £30 more than a new 9070 XT which was the same performance but obviously had all the Nvidia features.
Not to instil FUDD but, quite frankly I'm not bullish on AMD actually supporting their cards, they already have said the 7000 series is DOA meanwhilst Jensen as greedy as he is for AI slop money, he is psychotically obsessed with keeping Nvidia the 99% of the gaming GPU market, with driver support still being given to the RTX 2000 series.
Personally, if you can get a used RTX 3080 for $300~ these days, that's what I'd aim for.
Urdnot_Flexx@reddit
DLSS features aren’t worth a $150 premium, especially since the 9060XT and 5060ti trade blows performance wise. Get Radeon in this situation, imo.
Lil_Hater112@reddit
Such a shit take, amd fans can never understand how shit their software is and have to make orhers buy amd😂😂😂 decreasing marketshare of amd is literally bcs AMD users switched to nvidia and realised how shit AMD is
DuBistEinGDB@reddit
Only if you never care about caring updated for your card ever again
Drenlin@reddit
Not sure what you're on about but one of my kids is still running an RX580 and the most recent driver updates are from this year.
They also open source their drivers so you can still find people adding performance fixes to cards from like 2010.
PHIGBILL@reddit
He's probably on about FSR features, but that wouldn't even affect a 9060XT, as you've said, in terms of updates, AMD are pretty good, even more so due to the open source side of things.
Drenlin@reddit
Kinda hard to harp on AMD for that anyway when it's something Nvidia has been well known for doing for a long time now 😕
windowpuncher@reddit
The open source drivers are only for linux, to be fair.
Granted, I love linux. When you first start it is a bitch when something doesn't work but this is one of the few things AI is actually good for. Helping to solve stupid niche problems when regular searching doesn't yield anything helpful. I'd still first suggest someone totally new to read a beginner's tutorial/guide. It's not a ton of content but there are still plenty of key differences, and knowing the operating principles makes everything easier.
Just don't install steam as a flatpak because those are sandboxed and you can't store games on your other drives without a bunch of fucky workarounds.
PloksGrandpappy@reddit
I switched to AMD after being with Nvidia for 4 GPU's over a decade. Zero regrets. Plus I used the extra money I saved to get an X3D chip. It's been an awesome CPU/GPU combo and I'm completely on board with team red going forward. You won't miss the software or features once you're gone.
Salt_Reputation1869@reddit
I love my AMD card. I would buy AMD again.
Soul_lolol@reddit
I'd say you should buy the 9060xt if you can return it because amd has the worst software experience of all time but it seems to be 50/50 on who gets lucky and who doesn't. Maybe you wont have constant driver issues and if thats the case the 9060xt will be a fire buy, but if you do you can just return it
wubbadubdub_zzz@reddit
If you game at 1080p then up scaling is pointless.
DRMNER11@reddit
If you don't mind buying used cards the 3080 is a good option, they often go for not much more than $300 and it's faster than both the 9060 xt and 5060 ti
gamieaws@reddit (OP)
Sadly if I wanna go 3080 I needa buy a new psu
SylverShadowWolve@reddit
16gb or 8gb?
gamieaws@reddit (OP)
16 bro I would never buy an 8gb
TetePepeF@reddit
get the 9060XT but make sure it’s the 16 gig version. i personally would pay an extra 50 for the extra 8 gigs of vram
gamieaws@reddit (OP)
I would never buy the 8gb vram that's horrible.
boz271@reddit
Nvidia has a game promo with pragmata so you could consider that but if you don’t care about that game and you don’t think the features are worth it then go amd.
peterparker9894@reddit
Chances are the regular 9070 is priced close to the 5060ti I'd get than since that's in a completely different class compared to the 60 series cards.
Caddy666@reddit
haven't bought nvidia since the 970. haven't missed anything, tbh. had nvidia for years before that.
Emblazoned1@reddit
It's tougher for budget hardware. DLSS is really good and it's available on all rtx cards. Have you considered checking the used market? For around 300 give or take you could snag a 3080. 250 for a 3070 depending on how the market is in your country but a jump to either of those cards would be massive for you coming from a 3050. Doesn't hurt to check the market see what's out there but if you have to buy new a 9060xt 16gb is the best value upgrade here. Could also consider a base 5060 but you're stuck with limited vram.
JonWood007@reddit
First of all, I wouldnt suggest upgrading in this market. The 3050 aint great but it will at least run any game you throw at it. Just stick with what you have for now.
I mean, let's talk about the GPU market a bit. When I was younger, the market was WAY different. My first GPU was $80. For $250 you could get a very long lasting GPU (8800 GT) that lasted around 6 years. The market is radically different.
While AMD is worth it assuming you pay less than nvidia, again, we were talking like 1/5 the prices you're doing now. For that kind of money, it was FINE if an AMD (or ATI, back in the day) card had inferior features or weaker driver support (hello HD 3000 series...). I mean, you were only paying like $200 tops for them mostly, with budget models being much cheaper. So you used it a few years and upgraded to something better. At THESE prices? They're insane. And I'd probably pay the nvidia tax just to make sure I get long lasting driver support because I aint gonna wanna upgrade for a solid 6+ years at these prices.
Second of all, at 14....yeah, especially dont do it. The 3050 is a fine card. it still runs most games, even if it's not at the best resolutions or framerates. It's MILES better than what I had at the time, even if we account for the equivalents from like 20 years ago.
If you dont wanna regret anything, I'd just not buy. it's not worth it in this market. You got the 8 GB version of the 3050. That should be enough to run literally anything at least well enough to enjoy it. It might be on low, with DLSS/FSR on, but it'll run at least. Just....stick with what you got, this isn't the market to upgrade in. The only other time things have been this bad was COVID.
Shendow@reddit
Honestly I always deactivate DLSS because textures become blurry and I prefere my textures sharp over more frames.
Nomnom_Chicken@reddit
I'm wondering; are you using DLSS 1, 2 or 3 when you say it makes textures blurry?
Shendow@reddit
I have a 4080 so I think it's dlss 3? It's noticable event with quality setting, on 1440p resolution
Nomnom_Chicken@reddit
Nvidia gives you access to the latest DLSS upscaler, though. Could see if Nvidia app lets you override the game's DLSS version? 4.5 looks waaaay sharper than other DLSS versions.
ZPKiller@reddit
switched from 1660 super to 9060XT 16gb and no regrets at all, no driver issues, no crashes, games run absolutely amazing completely maxed settings, I dont care about gimmicky raytracing/path-tracing and FSR4 looks a bit better than DLSS 3, technology-wise i'd say its not worth the premium price for something similar
noNameNovember@reddit
I think it depends on what games you play, I mainly play MOBA and FPS games, where the frame gen is not something that I would turn on. And the money I saved for getting the same raw performance went for other components.
FormalProject4208@reddit
Ive had an 7800xt for 2 years now and its sweet , i dont use ray tracing , but for gaming on high settings , its great
ThatPerfectCule@reddit
The RX 9060 XT is the clear winner if you can spare the additional 150 dollars. It provides a whole lot more raw power compared to the 3050. While DLSS is excellent, FSR is equally capable of performing well in all the games that you might be playing. At this price point, raw graphics card performance matters more than anything else.
AlexNae@reddit
Not worth it, I've been using a 9070xt for about 7 months now with my 1440p monitor, it does everything at ultra settings, flawlessly.
You should only care about framegen if you're buying low teir cards IMO. "Fake frames" arent worth $150.
LaughingwaterYT@reddit
Yeah no not worth $150 extra for dlss or fg, 9060xt will be a great card
Also if you ever end up switching to linux (considering microslop is currently adding even more ai bs even after they said they will remove some) then amd has better compatibility and you will just have a better experience
gamieaws@reddit (OP)
Yeah man microslop is feeding us unnecesary stupid stuff.....
SkillFullPlayer@reddit
Also if you are interested in FG you can buy Lossless Scaling on Steam for like 5 dollars.
Competitive-Ad4655@reddit
got 9070xt, 9850x3d - never been happier. Recommend amd all the way. :)
DrZeroX3@reddit
Double the vram? Id say go for it.
Curun@reddit
Do you have the spare funds to deviate from the 95% popularity? To risk going with the fringe?
Itchy_Independent484@reddit
I’d recommend a clean windows install over ddu to make sure that there’s nothing lurking in the registry that’ll mess with Adrenalin. I actually prefer my Amd rig over my Nvidia rig (9070xt over 5070ti).
freshhooligan@reddit
I got a 9070 and a 9700xt cpu and gpu (I probably fucked up the names , naming conventions are stupid) and I couldn't be happier. I play in 4K high settings 144 fps (limited by my display)
HyruleanKnight37@reddit
The gap between FSR and DLSS in upscaling is not that big anymore. I'd suggest you watch HUB's comparison video for better context, it's really hard to tell them apart unless you have them side by side or know where to look for imperfections. DLSS4.5 isn't perfect anyway, it has just as many artifacts as FSR4.1
Where the two mainly differ is in support, though ever since FSR4 released it's been featured in almost every new AA and AAA game, and the few games that supported FSR3.1 got retroactive support too. Much older games that are still stuck on FSR1/2/3 or never had any form of FSR to begin with (but had DLSS) can have FSR4 modded into them using Optiscaler. Optiscaler is extremely easy to use, but not recommended in games with anti-cheat software- not that you'll be using any on a 9060XT.
If you care about anything else, like Path Tracing, Ray Reconstruction, FG/MFG, etc then you'd be better off with Nvidia. That said, a 5060Ti is probably not getting much done with PT and RR anyway, and imo MFG is kinda shi*. FG is quite usable but not worth the massive price hike.
tiga_94@reddit
FSR 4 is a-okay and it can be forced into any DLSS game with optiscaler
Nomnom_Chicken@reddit
My issue is that a guy in his basement does what AMD is seemingly extremely unwilling to do. It's free and all, but still I'd much prefer an official version of that. Seems silly that you "have to" rely on such a tool.
itsforathing@reddit
Optiscaler is really saving AMD at the moment. I’m sure AMD as a company would still do fine without it but it’s helped Radeon’s reputation since FSR4 has such little native support compared to DLSS4
FReeDuMB_or_DEATH@reddit
The lack of support from AMD is their biggest drawback IMO. You're almost guaranteed to be left behind once the new version of FRS comes out.
Nomnom_Chicken@reddit
I wouldn't recommend an AMD GPU to a friend, there's always a massive asterisk. I'm not sure that it's even a good idea to recommend buying one, when you're just some random account on the web. My most recent Radeon was a 6800XT and I have no plans to ever buy a Radeon again. It's just not worth it.
Radeon; worse features, worse support for those features (by AMD themselves, and game developers). In my experience, also their drivers are generally worse too. The amount of issues I had with the 6800XT alone is higher, than all my \~15 Nvidia cards total. There's a good reason why Radeons are, and need to be cheaper.
Even if you're younger, do you want to spend your time troubleshooting, or playing games? Troubleshooting can be a learning experience, but if you're not into that - do not buy a Radeon.
Powerful_Physics1780@reddit
I recently built a system and went with the 5060ti over the AMD. Only reason I went nvidia was for compatibility with an older gsync monitor. I'd just go with the AMD in your case. Save the difference and put it elsewhere.
minos-and-v1-kissing@reddit
It’s usually much better bang for your buck to get an AMD card. The only reason to go Nvidia is if you really care about path tracing, because they’re still undeniably dominating in that field. Even with ray tracing though, AMD has slowly caught up.
Charrbard@reddit
Well morally damning now.
Single-Kiwi2278@reddit
My 2 cents: raw performance, best bang for buck radeon probably does 90% that nvidia does Nvidia for ease of use and for games that you use upscaling/other advanced features.
Jeep-Eep@reddit
If you can get the 16 gig version, it's worth.
Good-Hand3050@reddit
I mean, I built a PC recently switch from Nvidia to AMD, imo it's better, the software ecspecially iwl. + The Dlss isnt super worth it unless you're a enthusiast, realistically unless you got a 4k monitor you wont see a diff from using all yhe special settings. Take my thoughts with a grain of salt tho
Muah_dib@reddit
Honestly, I tested both (a 9060 XT and a 5070), and I stuck with the 5070. Aside from the AI via CUDA and Tensor, the rendering using Nvidia technologies (I won't list them, it would take too long) is significantly more advanced and efficient. The image is better looking, and the FPS difference is negligible. The card also runs cooler (whereas my 9060 XT had three fans and my Ventus 5070 only has two). In short, I advise you to stick with Nvidia, especially considering what's coming in the near future... but it's up to you. 🙂
Ill_Difference_4039@reddit
that's like comparing the 5060ti to a 9070, whole different league
Wuler@reddit
5070 is a completely different class of card. The 5060ti is the one the 9060xt trades blows with.
If he is against spending 150$ more for a 5060ti he isn’t going to have the budget for another 400$ or more for a 5070 over the 9060xt.
DecentProperty7266@reddit
At 14 maybe just get a ps5 or wait for the steam machine price
FuckMyLife2016@reddit
You're 14. So if you're only gaming with some streaming here and there, go with AMD 100%.
But if you're one of those smart cookies who are into personal AI/ML projects, you gotta pay the Nvidia tax.
skyfishgoo@reddit
depends on which distro you prefer.
some distros ('buntu based) make nvidia drives a point and click affair so it less of a burden to manage.
but if you are using pretty much anything else, then switching to AMD will make life a lot easier.
that's what i did even tho i use kubuntu.
ConsistencyWelder@reddit
FSR4 is now good enough that I don't think you should worry about it. You get better performance for less money with AMD, so go ahead. My last 4 cards have been AMD and they've all been champs.
-lethifold-@reddit
Dlss, fsr, frame gen all that crap means shit. I have used 5070ti and now I am using 9070xt. On both platforms upscaling causes quality loss so I didn’t and don’t use it if I am not obliged to. and let’s be honest, we are buying these expensive cards to play games in native not in some kind of ai shit.
So my choice is the bare computing power per buck and not some kind of software boost or brand conception.
Hungry_Freaks_Daddy@reddit
I love my 7800xt. First AMD since the 4850hd
Towel4@reddit
Asking this question to Reddit is insane, lmao
OrganicPudding8006@reddit
Why?
Ucw2thebone@reddit
Jumped from a 3080 to a 9070xt and am happy with the decision. Got the card at MSRP (luckily) and it’s a great piece of hardware for what I paid.
itsforathing@reddit
Dude same, my 3080 10gb struggled at 1440p ultrawide while my 9070xt is happily chugging at 75-98% utilization when I cap the fps to my monitors 120hz refresh rate.
And all that vram is really enabling my addiction to cosmetic mods.
I made fallout 4 feel like a brand new game with new HD textures and lighting at the small cost of 15.1/16gb of vram utilization.
I’m starting to understand why modern games lack optimization, pretty graphics are demanding and it’s taking more and more effort to make visual improvements with the fairly minimal hardware improvements recently
yllanos@reddit
If you are going Linux, it might be worth it
InfinitePilgrim@reddit
Switched from nvida to a 9070XT, I don't miss anything at all
darnelljr@reddit
Just get a nvidia card. Amd sucks imo
voidlotus316@reddit
Get 9060 xt 16gb or find a second hand 3080 for around 300.
SweetBacon923@reddit
Isn't 5070 price starting around $550-580.
itsforathing@reddit
I would get the 9060xt (make sure it’s the 16gb version) over the 5060ti most days even if the cost was closer. Maybe at $40 I’d pick the 5060ti but for $150 it’s no question at all.
This would be specifically for gaming. There are plenty of production software that heavily rely on nvidia cuda cores. But at 14 I’m assuming you won’t be using blender to create animation or 3d modeling software for architectural/emgineering simulations. Both of which AMD cards can also do, just not as optimized as nvidia is for it.
DLSS only gets you so far. AMD and NVIDIA compete neck and neck in raw performance (no upscaling/DLSS/FSR) with AMD usually pulling slightly ahead in each tier. And I personally can’t tell the difference between dlss on my old 3080 and fsr4 on my 9070xt.
As for the slander of AMD drivers being bad, I’ve had AMD and nvidia cards over the past 15 years and I have had worse issues with nvidia drivers.
Direct_Jeweler_7457@reddit
1: 14 year olds shouldn't use reddit
2: If you don't use dlss get the AMD one they offer better performance in exchange for worse Feature set
3: Study hard and don't be fat in high school
4: If you do video editing (one of my friends did this om fiverr at high school Nvidia will be fastee but there your bottleneck would be getting commisions so i would still get amd
Vivid-Software6136@reddit
FSR4 is at a point where its not just "good enough" its actually good. Its not as good as DLSS but when you are playing a game instead of tearing apart zoomed in screenshots its a very minor difference 99% of the time. The RT performance is also on par these days for the price. You wont be playing the newest pathtraced games, on a 5060TI anymore than you would on the 9060XT so its a wash, the fact that a 5080 and 5090 can do that doesnt really matter when you are on a 500$ budget.
I bought a 9070XT and playing Control with RT for the first time was an experience.
flyjar27@reddit
I think it depends on what games you play and whether the game takes advantage of the card. As you said, if you can't justify the $150 price difference then don't do it. Maybe when prices calm down upgrade then.
Annual-Fan-4944@reddit
FSR 4 exists so don't worry about losing DLSS
SuniOsiris@reddit
I think Nvidia cards really shine if you plan to record or live stream gameplay. Other than that go AMD if you're just gaming.
solocanadian123@reddit
People are going to says it’s just upscale tech is the main difference and although technically correct these same people never take about gaming compatibility. Amd graphics cards just won’t work with certain games on release. Build 42 for Project Zombiod is one I can think off the top my head. Amd users sometime have to wait because developers care more about getting shit to work with nvidia.
DDDX_cro@reddit
went from 3060, then 3060ti, to 9070xt. Zero problems, mad performance (VR).
Naerven@reddit
Honestly just try it. It's likely you will only use the GPU for 4-6 years anyway at which point you can switch back if you want to.
Fire_and_icex22@reddit
If you're just gaming, then yeah just go with AMD. I go with Nvidia because there is so much more that I do with my GPU
FantasticBike1203@reddit
You answered this question yourself, "I feel like NVIDIA's feature itself is not worth the insane price difference of 150usd itself", that's the only reason you would go Nvidia, if that's not worth it for you personally, go 9060xt
ThunderKats351@reddit
Only reason to go for Nvidia is nvenc encoding and overall better driver, historically speaking. Like with old GPU like RX 580 or Vega I seen people having so many issue attempting to stream while Nvidia did it without issues and I hear a lot more complain when it comes to AMD drivers and that shouldn't be a thing considering they have a way smaller share on the gaming market.
Merrick222@reddit
Just get the 9060 XT make sure it’s 16GB model though.
Ok_Comparison_2635@reddit
Dlss isn't anything amazing. Fsr is equally as good. You ain't playing with Ray tracing with your 3050 and rx 9060 isn't really good enough for rt too. So switching to rx 9060 xt is a good choice.
Flynny123@reddit
Nvidia's features are good, and better than AMDs. But AMD's are improving, and are fairly decent on their latest generation of cards, so I think the 9060XT is a good shout. Ray tracing performance is a lot closer now than it was before, and FSR4 is not as good as DLSS but now very useable and pretty decent.
I think it's a worthwhile set of trade offs and would get the 9060XT if I were you.