Technology content trusted by users in Australia and around the world.
5,018 Articles | 30,561 Posts
Select Your Edition:  
Giveaway time thanks to AMD! Win one of five A Series A8 6600K 3.9GHz CPU's 
Tweakipedia
A wealth of
tech information!

TRENDING NOW: Microsoft does 180 on Xbox One DRM, drops 24 hour requirement, other changes

AU EditionYou are located: Home > Ask the Experts >
TweakTown's Ask the Experts
Ask us a tech question! Use this form.
open
verification image, type it in the box

Ask the Experts Question: I currently use an AMD Radeon GPU, am I denying myself a better experience by not switching to NVIDIA?

Question asked by Owen from United States | Answered by Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards Content | Posted: Oct 31, 2012 2:59 am
Comment | Font Size: AA

I've been on the ATI/AMD side of the Graphics card battle for eight years. I now have the time to play games, >240 of every variety, for about three to four hours a day. Am I denying myself a better experience by not trying/switching to Nvidia?


Hi Owen,

 

This is actually a very good question, thanks for asking it. I could come at this in multiple ways, but I don't think there is much argument that there is something "missing" from not switching over to NVIDIA from AMD. NVIDIA doesn't really offer much different, unless you're talking about doing something more exotic, such as a multi-monitor setup.

 

i_current_use_an_amd_radeon_gpu_am_i_denying_myself_a_better_experience_by_not_switching_to_nvidia

 

NVIDIA do have PhysX, but PhysX supported games are few and far between. Even when they do have support built in, it's not like the entire game world changes that much to the point of "I must own an NVIDIA GPU, right now!"

 

I personally think NVIDIA's multi-monitor tech is better, I've had a much simpler time setting that up and running it than I ever did with my Radeon GPU setups, but this changes setup to setup. It would really depend on the setup you've got, and which GPU. You would probably benefit upgrading to an NVIDIA card, as they offer some great price/performance ratios right now.

TweakTown Ask the Experts FeedDo you get our Ask the Experts RSS feed? Get It!

- Sadly we cannot answer every question. There is a friendly community in our forums though who may well be able to help with your tech question!



Post a Comment about this Q&A

Related Tags



Check out our
RSS feeds!


Tech News Posts

View More News Posts


TweakTown Web Poll

Question: Now you have the facts, which is your next-gen gaming console?

Microsoft Xbox One

Sony PlayStation 4

I'm a PC gamer, or not interested, or buying something else

or View the Results

View More Polls

Forum Activity

View More Forum Posts

Press Releases

View More Press Releases