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[Ferretinabun]

Which graphics card does DA:I run better on?

 

I think I remember someone saying the game was far less troublesome on one than the other, but I can't remember which...

[ORTesc]

Nvidia. You get what you pay for.

[Deathangel008]

budget?

[Ferretinabun]

Let's pretend money's not an issue (for the sake of argument).

[Deathangel008]

R9 290X. only a few % slower than the GTX980, but much less expensive. or a GTX970 if you want Nvidia, but it is ~10% slower than the 290X and more expensive.

[bateluer]

I've been running it without issue on my 290X since release, and the game does support Mantle. If you had an AMD CPU, Mantle would be quite worth the effort. AMD cards usually offer more bang for buck; Radeon R9 290s hit 200 USD recently, with usual pricing between 230-250. Nvidia card with similar performance runs about 100 dollars more. 

[Ferretinabun]

Awesome, thanks for the help.

 

Time to shop... 

[Jaron Oberyn]

Nvidia all the way. AMD cards are usually louder, hotter, and take too much power compared to nvidia. 

[archav3n]

I'm running R9 290 on 1440p. Mixture of Ultra & High. Steady 50-60fps even in Storm coast. My next upgrade will be SLI for sure. But I'll wait for R9 39x and see how Nvidia respond 1st

[cotheer]

For this game, AMD.

[Ravenfeeder]

For this game alone AMD. More generally the Nvidia 970/980 are currently better. The AMD reply to the current Nvidia dominance is coming early in the new year I think. I went with a MSI Nvidia 970 when I made the choice a month ago. Power, Noise and Heat were all concerns for me as well as raw processing.

[eastkaraturcompany]

AMD without question for this game.

 

Otherwise they are roughly similar but Nvidia's newest cards are much more power efficient (run cooler and consumer less power).

 

Conclusion: If you're buying a laptop or have a micro-atx then go for Nvidia, otherwise AMD.

[Greetsme]

I always had AMD until the day I had to borrow a Nvidia because my AMD had failed.  Forget speed.  The shading, color, shadows and general look of the graphics is far, far superior with a Nviida card.  Needless to say I didn't bother renewing my AMD and went for a new Nvidia, and never looked back.

[Abaddon_86]

nVidia, always nVidia. Especially the drivers are just so much better than those of ATI/AMD...

[Elevon]

Nvidia. You get what you pay for.

 

Total FUD,as an AMD and Nvidia user myself  the game does run a bit better with AMD,also remember you have the option of using Mantle as well if you have a  NGC video card with latest drivers.

 

Amazes me all those clueless Nvidia fan boys out there.

Obviously CPU wise  will be better with Intel.

 

Having said all that you'll get better performance from either side once we get some patches and newer drivers out.

[Elevon]

nVidia, always nVidia. Especially the drivers are just so much better than those of ATI/AMD...

 

 

Nvidia gave me the most issues with drivers,especially my 560Ti which I still have,remember  a while back  the freezes ,lockups while browsing(big thread over at geforce.com, on that back then) before I even got to game,took Nvidia  well over six months to fix it,I had to use my  other AMD  PC in the mean time.

 

End of the day no company or driver is perfect so YMMV  on either side.

[Zippy72]

Right now? AMD users are reporting less issues than nVidia. Driver updates will possibly change the answer.

[Abaddon_86]

Nvidia gave me the most issues with drivers,especially my 560Ti which I still have,remember  a while back  the freezes ,lockups while browsing(big thread over at geforce.com, on that back then) before I even got to game,took Nvidia  well over six months to fix it,I had to use my  other AMD  PC in the mean time.

 

End of the day no company or driver is perfect so YMMV  on either side.

 

As it happens, I had the same card a while back. Didn't have any of your issues. Don't want to lable you as someone who doesn't know what he's doing, but it is really difficult to **** up a nVidia setup. So you probably had a card with some inherent defect.

At that time, nVidia was also the only one who delivered perfect cards for HTPCs. I don't know whether ATI/AMD has become less shitty about it by now, but last time I checked, their drivers still looked as horrible as ever and wouldn't allow me to easily change things at all (HDMI splitting, HDMI bitstream audio flawed, resolution and refresh rate flawed, no gaming 3D, 3D for movies subpar). With nVidia, the driver interface is intuitive and looks good. Can't say either of that for AMD. Just horrible in comparison.

 

Also nVidia Cards are much more power efficient and much more silent in general. Sure, they cost a few buck more, but usually you buy when there's a worthwhile offer, not just any day. So at least to me, it's been less of an issue.

 

 

All in all, it's not as bad as Intel vs. AMD regarding CPUs, but surely not that far off.

[Sanunes]

Right now there are issues with nVidia drivers and Dragon Age: Inquisition, for its the only reason I can think of when people with very similar systems have issues and don't.  My personal experience has been having better drivers with nVidia over AMD, but each have their problems.

 

My personal preference is nVidia over ATI since I saved money on my power bill because of switching to a nVidia card over my AMD, that and a higher cooling bill in the summer and a lower heating bill in the winter.  If you do decide to go for an AMD video card and not buying a new system make sure your PSU can handle the draw it will have for they can consume twice as much power right now, for instance a nVidia 970 uses 147 Watts of power but a R9 290X uses 300 Watts.

[Abaddon_86]

Right now? AMD users are reporting less issues than nVidia. Driver updates will possibly change the answer.

 

To make such decision based on a single game is fairly stupid anyways. One should look at general support and other parameters as well. And here, nVidia clearly is the better choice.

[Elhanan]

Have been running with NVidia since '96; am still content with the ease of the User-Friendly implementations. Being Techless, this is important to me.

[Elevon]

As it happens, I had the same card a while back. Didn't have any of your issues. Don't want to lable you as someone who doesn't know what he's doing, but it is really difficult to **** up a nVidia setup. So you probably had a card with some inherent defect.

At that time, nVidia was also the only one whoe delivered perfect cards for HTPCs. I don't know whether ATI/AMD has become less shitty about it by now, but last time I checked, their drivers still looked as horrible as ever and wouldn't allow me to easily change things at all (HDMI splitting, HDMI bitstream audio flawed, resolution and refresh rate flawed, no gaming 3D, 3D for movies subpar). With nVidia, the driver interface is intuitive and looks good. Can't say either of that for AMD. Just horrible in comparison.

 

Also nVidia Cards are much more power efficient and much more silent in general. Sure, the cost a few buck more, but usually you buy when there's a worthwhile offer, not just any day. So at least to me, it's been less of an issue.

 

It was the drivers after 314.22 for six months or so ,few threads over at Geforce.com back then if you care to search like this one https://forums.gefor...-read-/#3903615  and here https://forums.gefor...or-500-series-/ ,they was an even bigger thread  and even Nvidia acknowledge the issue,not surprising when  the thread got so big with angry Nvidia  users including myself.

 

Point I'm making is Nvidia has had their fair share of issues and I've been hit by them too,most Nvidia users for some reason are always in denial.

 

 

I'll point out my very  first Nvidia card was Nvidia TNT,AMD wise was ATI 9700 so got decades of experience on both sides.

 

 

Btw Nvidia have yet to fix full RGB support via HDMI,easy done on AMD side,more info here https://pcmonitors.i...s/#!prettyPhoto ,was a bit of a hassle for me to keep using third party software for my full RGB (0 to 255)display on my monitor with Nvidia card,easy done on AMD side in driver control panel.

[Abaddon_86]

I'll point out my very  first Nvidia card was Nvidia TNT,AMD wise was ATI 9700 so got decades of experience on both sides.

 

Wow, this is getting creepy. It was the exact same for me

I'm still running a 670 OC 4GB ever since then. So apperently, this is the first time that we diverged in our choice of graphic cards.

 

 

And yeah, a few problem ridden driver versions in over 20 years is essentially the same as always having **** drivers.

[Elevon]

Wow, this is getting creepy. It was the exact same for me

I'm still running a 670 OC 4GB ever since then. So apperently, this is the first time that we diverged in our choice of graphic cards.

 

 

And yeah, a few problem ridden driver versions in over 20 years is essentially the same as always having **** drivers.

 

There was more(like ones that killed video cards on Nvidia side) but I don't want to keep digging up the past and my old age ,

I'll say be careful of factory overclocked video cards ,some  have been known to cause issues in  games,some are fine but others are not stable even at default factory overclocked settings.

 

My last two factory OC cards  have been fine however,but not all of mine have been over the many  years.

 

FurMark http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ is great to  stress test your video or OC card for stability etc...

[Kidd]

I prefer nVidia overall, but from comparing my performance to that of others, it seems DAI runs better on AMD cards. Especially with Mantle, but even in DirectX11 mode as well.