NIVIDIA VS AMD !!!!! Which is better??!!

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I'm from Nvidia fans,all my GPUs that i had bought was Nvidia card,and haven't bought any of AMD cards.but now i think that AMD is beating Nvidia cause i see many benchmarks in games and found that many cards of AMD beats nvidia cards.but i don't know if what i'm saying is right.now, i want to upgrade to a better gpu,i have now GTX 960 i was going to buy GTX 970 or 980 but now i started to think of buying Radeon RX 480 4GB,but i don't know which is better from those three cards, i need help,which of them is better in performance in gaming.which is better to go with NVIDIA OR AMD ??!!

My PC
INTEL CORE I5 3340 ,3.1GHz
GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 2GB
KINGSTON HYPER X FURY BLUE 8GB 1600MHz
 
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Did you read any of the links provided ? I would return the card immediately. The nVidia FE and AMD reference cards both have design deficiencies, the nVidia reference cards cards are throttling and the AMD cards can pull power that exceeds both PSU and Motherboard PCI specs. I know you're anxious to play with an new card but instant gratification has serious drawbacks here.

Whichever card you ultimately choose, choose a non-reference design from an AIB partner....
You understand that you are starting a war with this title ?
GTX 1060 already leaked. Will be released within a week.
~980 performance at 120w for ~250$
Don't touch AMD. if you are not their fanboy, you will not be able to tolerate the poor driver quality:)
Also, there is exactly 1 (IMHO) shitty game in which stock 480 performs better than 970 - AoS . this game was developed with the help of AMD, so no wonder it performs better on their HW.
 
No... it isn't

1. AMDs only horse in the race has been the x80 series (280, 380, 480)

2. nVidias cards have been do much better in overclocking than AMD cards which have been limited to single digit % increases in fps whereas nvidia ranges from 17 to 31% in recent generations

3. Avoid the early reference cards and wait for the AIB partners to releases beefed up cards.

NVidia FE cards are all throttling
http://videocardz.com/60838/msi-geforce-gtx-1080-gaming-x-is-much-better-than-founders-edition

AMD 480's are killing Motherboards
https://community.amd.com/thread/202410
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Power-Consumption-Concerns-Radeon-RX-480
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10,4616-9.html

Th eGTX 960 was nVidias weakest card in the marketplace. What helped nVidia tho was that the 970 was a rather moderate proce bump and delivers a lot more performance than the 960 / 380. Performance wise, the AMD x80 has dominated the nVidia x60 for the last two generations ... rumor has it the new 1060 "takes back the title" ... we'll know in 5 days.

Patience is a virtue ... I'd suggest:

a) waiting for the 1060 to drop
b) waiting for both sides to release their AIB partner boards
c) avoiding both camps reference designs

Also, once the 1060 drops, there will be downward pressure on prices for both camps By the time the AIB (non-reference cards) ....

a) we know already the nVidias AIB cards eliminate the thermal throttling issue.
b) we will see if the AMDs AIB partners have adequately addressed the danger associated with the PCI slot draw
c) we will be able to evaluate the relative price / performance benefit of each choice
 

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Do you want to say that nvidia is better???
Between the three card that i mentioned i have choosen to buy the RX 480 4GB cause its cheaper and it performance is so close from the other two.what do you advice me to do because i:m not expert in these things
 

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You should always buy the best performance per dollar GPU you can find, this depends on the country you live many times. Right now RX480 isn't a safe buy because reference models are having some issues, IT IS a good card though. For example where I live GTX 970 is cheaper so it is a better buy.

You should also wait for 1060 which is going to be released soon.

Edit: drivers are important also, from my experience (and believe me I'm not a fanboy at all, I can list a ton of systems I have with both AMD and NVIDIA cards) NVIDIA cards seem to be more solid, better day 1 support for many games.
 


Did you read any of the links provided ? I would return the card immediately. The nVidia FE and AMD reference cards both have design deficiencies, the nVidia reference cards cards are throttling and the AMD cards can pull power that exceeds both PSU and Motherboard PCI specs. I know you're anxious to play with an new card but instant gratification has serious drawbacks here.

Whichever card you ultimately choose, choose a non-reference design from an AIB partner.

nVidia 1060 - MSI Gaming / Gigabyte G1 / Asus Strix
AMD 480 - MSI Gaming / Sapphire Nitro

As to your 'which is better" question ... I don't know cause we are 5 days from the 1060 launch date ... performance always trumps everything else. That being said, when performance is equal, other factors come into play...

nVidia has better driver support
nvidia has better multi card support
nvidia has better software / utility package (GFE, Shadowplay)
nVidia G-Sync has ULMB / AMD has no comparable feature
nVidia has PhysX
nVidia has better power efficiency
nVidia produces lower amounts of heat
nVidia overclocks better

All that being said, I recommended the 380 over the 960 because all that takes a back seat to performance and price / performance ratio. Again, that being said, I'll go out on the limb and say I think nVidia is gonna win the GTX x60 vs / R x80 battle.

The timing is too similar to what we seen before .... nVidia sat on the 780 Ti until a week after AMD released the 290x... they sat on the 980 Ti until AMD released the 390x ...

So no... I would toss all your named options in the dumper and hold off until we see how the above issues are addressed and who wins the head to head battle between the 1060 and 480.
 
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^ I'd partially disagree with the FE statement. The FE PCB design is good enough and performs well. The blower cooler is to blame for throttling. For example most EVGA cards are based on the reference PCB design. The blower cooler has it's own advantages and disadvantaged, but that's not the place to discuss them.
 
Good summary Jack. The decision to pick AMD vs. Nvidia should be based on more than just FPS/price. For example, I actually play PhysX games and it makes no logical sense to me to give that up. If AMD offered something compelling that Nvidia cards don't have, then that might open up the possibility. But as far as I see, they don't offer anything extra beyond Nvidia's offerings, they often lack certain features, and/or the features they do have are not as good. That's worth paying a bit more, if need be, to get the full experience of ownership.