AMD or Nvidia?

7970 ghz > gtx 680

Nvidia

Just go for a normal 7970 with good cooling. Its cheaper and performs the same.

Matrox or Intel! :D

Nah, I'd go with nvidia, a bit pricier but often worth it due to PhysX support

I would get an AMidia card I hear those are good.

Nvidia FTW -
1) Brought out and uses real PhysX, AMD just fakes it.
2) Friendly game development tools to produce better higher performance games quicker by developers. AMD adds confusion for developers and they normally end up bug/glitch ridden for the first releases.
3) Drivers updated regularly to improve latest games performance. AMD just releases bug fixes.
4) Might cost a bit more, but best performance, currently top of market.
5) Better support/tools/services.

You get what you pay for...

Here we go again...

Look at the Nvidfanboys, the 7970ghz edition is the best bang for your buck on the market currently stop trying to lie to people because you're fanboying.

I guess the stories you have heard haven't any reliable source.

Amd kinda gets in the market because of its price as i see it.

If the money is not a problem people usually go with nvidia, intel, etc. It's always better to benchmark and picking up the best performance instead buying it because of the brand.

nVIDIA

Didn't we have a poll system not so long ago? That'd be kinda useful here.

I really dont think there is much in it tbh when comparing equivalent amd and nvidia models, just comes down to performance through driver support and extra stuff like amd's new tress fx which runs like crap on nvidia cards and I presume vice versa with nvidias physx on amd cards (dont quote me)

I know a lot of people bash AMD but from personal experience I would choose AMD over Nvidia. I've owned around 6 different AMD cards over the last 10+ years between 3 different PC's and I have never had a card die or malfunction in any way. Even if a card dies most of them come with a double lifetime warranty so you'll get a factory new one for no charge, you can't really beat that.

I've had nothing but trouble with Catalyst drivers. I use Nvidia simply because of great driver support. And, well, EVGA.

Never had any problems with my AMD card.

Thanks for all the replies!

for me it's nVidia

nVidia for my whole live! i swear on it... because my two amd cards died after a year... my GTX 460 runned for 3 years now and now i sold it. At the moment a GTX 660 from Asus is working for me and im so happy :D

nvidia
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I have an ati card for more than 8 years on my sisters pc, its used to be mine, no problems at all never.

1. 670 (+- In many tests) = 6970
2. Nvidia physx + optimized driver
3. 670 nice overclocked
4. 670 - 170 WATTs (80 watts consumes less.)
   6970- 250 Watts
5. Most games are better on Nvidia(AMD drivers are always delays and they wet).

I got an Asus Ati 7970 (4 -5 months) no driver problems or anything like that for the moment. On the top of all they say Nvidia is better (who knows). But in your case it seems AMD is the way to go, unless you hae money for an Nvidia Titan.

I have a Nvidia card and never had any problems with it (its going close to 5 years now). amd cards i previously owned died or had malfunctions in them. I got refunded or got a new card from AMD when the card died within a year so that is nice on their part. But if you do not want all that running around to get a refund or a new card i suggest go with Nvidia.