I've been using my HIS R9 280X iPower IceQx2 Turbo Boost Clock paired with an i5 4670k (@ stock clocks) for roughly 5 months now and I've never encountered any problems with it; What's this hype about Nvidia having better drivers while AMD is on the opposite? I can't notice anything terrible with my AMD GPU; I've even ran it on Crysis 1, warhead, and 2 which I heard were optimized to run better on Nvidia GPUs, yet I maxed all of their settings @ 1080p/1200p with 8x anti aliasing, even with v-sync on, coupled with some graphic mods, and still no problems with the performance at 60 FPS. I don't think I'll be upgrading for a very, very long time. What do you guys think? Have you ever encountered a performance problem with your Nvidia/AMD GPU with regards to drivers or anything?
Never had a problem with either drivers once they are installed, I used to have trouble with installing catalyst drivers but those problems have gone away. So I don't understand why people say Nvidia drivers are better either, maybe I'm just lucky
eh I've used both an AMD and Nvidia GPU before (My GPU Currently is an Nvidia GPU) and to be honest i guess when it comes to actually fixing issues, i feel Nvidia fixes things alittle bit more than AMD Does. when it comes to AMD the only problem i've ever seen that coming from them that is potentially annoying is Crossfire Issue Fixes.
I think its mostly just an outdated opinion that has been driven in deep with many gamers. My experience having just switched to AMD has been virtually as good.
nVidia is usually a bit better at updating drivers more frequently and defiantly their multiple GPU drivers are usually better.
That being said, the driver thing is a bit of an old nVidia fanboy argument. For most people nowadays the AMD drivers are just as good and easy to install with no real problems. Maybe a few years ago nVidia was miles ahead in terms of drivers but not anymore.
This is just NVIDIA paying people to spread lies (including forum users).
Nothing new under the sun.
I almost agree with ksajal except most aren't payed, they're just sucked into fanboyism.
If for example a not so tech savy person want to see a movie on a projector through hdmi, AMD drivers are a tad intimidating at first until you find your way to the screen options. This sort of thing and especially the crashes scare people off.
It used to be that ATi had terrible drivers, and the rumor spread because they hold the performance crown for a long while with the Radeon 9800 pro. Unfortunately for the home users that wanted the "All-in-one" version, you had to put up with many nasty crashes and problems. The problems were fixed, ATi released open source drivers for linux, yet people still complained? Why? Because that's the way it's meant to be played.
Nvidia and intel kill competition slowly so they make more profit and aren't forced to innovate again. It's been known for quite a while.
The only problems I had were some driver crashes for my old HD 3850 but that was because it was already artifacting. A 9400GT silent that I had presented worse artifacts and even restarts due to drivers, it was not a hardware issue.
In the end people want their fancy badges on the box like GeForce Experience (c)(tm)CUDA PhysX OMG PERFORMANCE(even though their cards pale in comparison with even older AMDs, they gain performance through paid optimization and driver tricks, that's why people say their drivers are better).
Have never had a single issue with AMD GPU drivers. Can't speak for nvidia, never used them.