AMD or Nvidia?

I have Nvidia, but AMD supports (it's easier for games to run on it) more and more games recently.

Oredered the radeon 7970 today. thanks for everything.

I love how AMD and Nvidia is like the Playstation and Xbox fanboy war for PC gamers.

I'm currently using AMD, and I really like it better than Nvidia, which I use on my other computer.

However I will say the Nvidia update system is so much easier. It takes a lot of time to download AMD updates from what I've found.
You have to download the utility to detect the card or download them manually, then it has to download the install Catalyst, then update from Catalyst.

Nvidia's process is much shorter, but I do like AMD overall better.

Catalyst control center is horrendous. Nvidia has PhysX drivers, ATI/AMD has Eyefinity, 95% of people aren't going to be using eyefinity, go with nvidia.

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Intel HD XD LOL Jokes Nvidia ;}

Nvidia by far.

You get what you pay for... (Springs to mind)
Don't go for the cheaper option only to save a bit of money.. You WILL Regret it.

Don't put up with the fail that is catalyst control center/drivers. If you don't want to run a ton of monitors like a clown who loves monitor bezels up in his image then avoid that terrible marketing gimmick that is Eyefinity.

Buy the real deal! Don't substitute!

Enjoy the Premium experience that all Nvidia users take for granted. The ease of updates, quick bug-fixes and constant driver updates that increase performance in those games that matter.(The newest ones)
Enjoy the beauty that is Nvidia Phys-X. (instead of slowing down the core engine of a game by processing physics on your CPU)
Enjoy using the optimal game settings with minimal effort thanks to the new Geforce Experience utility. (which integrates flawlessly with the drivers and provides seamless auto updating functionality for the drivers too. that also includes beta drivers if you would like them)

All the kids on this forum are probably going to scream "fanboy" at my post.

I assure you I am only speaking from a vast experience with both companies. I used to do what the majority of gamers do and cheap out on the AMD alternative and then act like I wasn't suffering and missing out.

I have long since preferred my Nvidia cards due to the numerous issues my friends and I have experienced. Some of which still stand by AMD and then drool when they see my lesser Nvidia card cranking out better looking games due to the little things like Phys-X and Nvidia driver optimisations. (AMD users claim Phys-X isn't worth the money)

At the end of the day... Its your money. But believe me when I say what I say to all of my friends who are looking for an upgrade... "Buy an Nvidia card. You WON'T Regret IT!"

Peace to the AMD Fanboys, I mean no disrespect, Say what you want but I will still be happier with Nvidia's products than AMD could ever hope to achieve with the majority of its customers.

"I read some stories about AMD's cards dying really fast. Is this true?"

No.

Either brand is fine. Both are good. And both have had their problems. People making claims about such-and-such brand card having bad drivers or high failure rates or whatever other propaganda they have been spoon fed are either trolling or just ill-informed idiots regurgitating things they have read because they don't know any better. The only advice to give credit to are the people who aren't making blanket statements about how one brand is better than the other, because they are the only ones who actually know what they are talking about.

NVIDIA

I have a friend that had a nvidia and after 1/2year it died. He change it for an AMD. After 4years, it is still running cool. I had nvidia since ever, but last year i bought AMD(cheapest), and im satisfied with it. Go for AMD, give it a try.

I have one NV card since 2001(no issues with it) and I have only NV cards because they have better drivers for linux; but if I will buy for M$ I will choose AMD :)

NVidia

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

As a linux user who likes games I would definitively go for nvidia

You should do poll about it to see the results easily, but from my experiences I am strongly recommending NVIDIA (3 cards without problems) over AMD (1 card with lots of problems).

Okay, So i just got the Radeon 7970 and installed it , and im loving it, see: this

I had an AMD but the driver support is not so god like the driver support from Nvidia

I would pick Nvidia for sure. I had ATI before AMD took them over and was sorely dissapointed in their drivers.

I've had nvidias my whole life.
I've had my 9800gt sice it came out a long ago. I am still able to play all games on med/low (exept the ones with dx11 support only cough crysis3 cough bulls** cough*). But i had to make a oven reflow december 2012 and another one just yesterday but it's still going strong.
But i will be upgrading my pc soon, not to a top of the line but to a better config, and i will be buying a 7770 GHz Edition.

Like some people have said, go for the hardware with the best performance for you budget. Fanboys will be fanboys...

BTW, what do you guys think, going from my current PC:
Intel E5400 OC'ed @ 3.60GHz
2x 2gb ddr2 od'ed@ 900MHZ
Nvidia 9800gt 512mb

To my future PC:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
2x 4gb ddr3 1600
Ati HD 7770 GHz Edition

AMD ofc.

Wichever you buy never go for asus, 2 cards 2 coolers failed in 1 year.