AMD or NVIDIA for overclocking?

AMDFanboy_1 · Aug 24, 2016

I was just curious which of the two is better for overclocking with afterburner. Please no biased answers. Thanks guys.

turkey3_scratch · Aug 24, 2016

There really is no answer, just people and their opinions. So my answer is yes

Baumy15 · Aug 24, 2016

nvidia generally overclock higher, but AMD cards are better bang for buck. overclocking a few hundred Mhz might only bring 10FPS at most in games

Chugalug_ · Aug 24, 2016

Ditto.
Typically Nvidia get better overclocking results simply due to the better thermals their cards have, allowing for higher voltage application and therefore higher overclocks.
AMD's DX12 support is much better though, and they have some great value cards, so really it shouldn't be considered when buying.

turkey3_scratch · Aug 24, 2016

Chugalug_ :

Low power cards end up with weak, cheap coolers, though, typically. Compare the MSI 390 to the 970, for example.

Chugalug_ · Aug 24, 2016

Yeah, hence why I mentioned coolers being a large part of it.

I like to think more along the lines of the 390x vs the 970, as they retail for around the same, but the R9 390x performs better at stock speeds, and beats out the 970 in a lot of benchmarks.
Both have decent coolers, but the 390x beats out the 970 at stock speeds, and overclocked comparison.
Even then most of the comparison is to do with voltage delivery and power phases.

turkey3_scratch · Aug 24, 2016

The 970 was always cheaper than the 390X.

Chugalug_ · Aug 24, 2016

Both are actually starting around the same price within a $10 margin so so, even though the 390x was designed to compete with the 980.
I'm putting it into today's perspective just as an example, not as a suggestion.

TMTOWTSAC · Aug 24, 2016

Depends on what you're looking for. The cheapest card to reach fps goals? The absolute best performance ignoring price? The card with the most headroom regardless of performance? There's no one answer, at each tier it's going to be a different card and probably a different manufacturer.

Chugalug_ · Aug 24, 2016

That's the kind of answer I was looking to get across.

bystander · Aug 24, 2016

It all depends on what cards you look at. For example, the Fury X has almost no overclocking head room, while its competing card, the 980ti can be OC'ed a ton. On the other hand, if you look at the HD 7970, it had a ton of OC head room, while the competing GTX 680 had a bit less OC ability.

You have to look at specific cards that you are comparing to make a claim.

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