I'm buying the last part for my rig and I need help choosing between AMD and Nvidia for a GPU.

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

Hello,

I'm working on my first ever PC build which is going to be used mainly for art and design stuff, but I will also play some games on it. A lot of people have been telling me that AMD is better right now, but over on the Adobe forums it's mostly all pro Nvidia because of CUDA implementation in Adobe software. I plan to buy this thing today, hopefully in the next few hours.

PSU will be 550W+ (haven't picked one yet)
Xeon e3 1230v3 and ASUS H97 motherboard
Monitor resolution will be 1080p but I might add a 1440p in there for my art stuff
Don't care who the maker is as long as it's a reputable company with a good RMA process just in case, and I also want the card to be cool (hot room in summer), and as quiet as possible.

If you could send any kind of benchmarks with your opinions on it to validate them that would also be awesome.

EDIT: Forgot to add that my budget is around $350 Canadian.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

how much can you spend on one

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

Budget would be useful

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

Sorry I forgot that, around $350 Canadian.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

r9 280x

Jacob McIntosh · Aug 12, 2014

[strike]I would go for an R9 290. They are a bit over $350, but their performance increase over a 770 (~$300) is worth it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr929oc4gd[/strike]

After I posted you updated to Canadian dollars, so...

GTX 770.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx770dc2oc2gd5

thespaceduck · Aug 12, 2014

It might start a small war, but here is what I noticed today ( been on the site the whole day )
A good portion of the questions is about problems with AMD cards and an other good portion of the questions is about which nVIDIA card to get.

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

I've basically been stuck in a battle between 280x vs 770, or 270x vs 760.

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

$349 after rebate:
http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-geforce-gtx-770-1110mhz-5d-84874-1248.htm

As good as you can get on Nvidia if Cuda performance is important, and will also play any game at 1080p very well.

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

thespaceduck :

I'm not sure how accurate the AMD issues are but I have heard AMDs track record isn't awesome when it comes to drivers.

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

RobCrezz :

Funny you linked that one of all because I was eyeing the 760 version of it for a long time before I decided to consider AMD, and then ask on the forum.

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

Jacob McIntosh :

Sorry, I forgot to do that when I first posted.

JackNaylorPE · Aug 12, 2014

If you are using the Adobe Suite of programs, specifically premiere or other video editing programs, CUDA rules.

Read thru this site

http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

geofelt · Aug 12, 2014

Your usage does not seem to me to require the fast gaming graphics cards that others are recommending.

I might suggest a middling nvidia card with the CUDA cores that your app can use.
I like EVGA for their support.
Here is a GTX750ti for about $150 US:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024
It has 640 CUDA cores.

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

geofelt :

Might be a struggle to potentially play games at 1440p though on that one :lol:

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

a 770 will be fine imo

Guest · Aug 12, 2014

I was going to go with an EVGA 760 or an ASUS 760 originally, but then I considered going 770 so it lasts longer. Then I decided maybe AMD might be better and ended up here. I'm not a pro, I'm a beginner, but I plan to use a lot of the Adobe Suite and maybe Vegas, but I'll probably try Premiere and see if I can learn it cause Vegas is hard and super technical. I'm an artist, so I'm just looking to build something that can handle Adobe Suite well and help me along. I will also be recording my screen using Fraps or something similar for speed drawings and tutorials.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

nvidia tend to be better outside of gaming aswell, the 760 can run games on high at stable fps, but for 1440p and for ultra settings in games, the 770 is better

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

I would go for Nvidia to be honest, cuda has been used in adobe for ages, but AMD support is pretty new.

geofelt · Aug 12, 2014

There are two types of games; fast action shooter type and slower strategy type games.
If you play fast shooter games, then a strong and expensive graphics card is in order.
For slower strategy games like CIV-4 then even integrated graphics may be playable.

JackNaylorPE · Aug 12, 2014

Again, although Adobe now supports OpenCL which makes them run better than before on AMD cards, OpenCL does not have either the widespread support or performance of CUDA. Read the various articles on the above site to learn why, to learn how (770 has no native CUDA support for example and must be "enabled" manually), and the newest card is not necessarily the best card.

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

geofelt :

Not all strategy games are like Civ-4. I wouldnt like to play Rome 2 on integrated graphics!

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

I can run shogun 2 maxed out on a hd4000 with a i5 3210m

RobCrezz · Aug 12, 2014

legend001523 :

At what FPS?

Shogun II is 2 years older than Rome II. Anyway, we are veering away from the point. If he says what types of games he wants to play, we can see if the 770 will be a wasted purchase.

legend001523 · Aug 12, 2014

40-50, on small unit size but I have a mod that makes it bigger at the same fps lamost, but I lf I havr like 25 siege units hitting the same place, it drops to below 20, I not a wasted purchase as it will last longer

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