I have to curb my youtube or nto watch it alll if dlwonlaod stuff.
ANYWAYS, laptop video cards like the 970 and 980 are are almost always MXM (removable/upgradable). it is NOT shared! There is NO reason desktop shouldn't have it. haven't you noticed how Dravidian is getting smaller and smaller vram bus width? they have been throttling performance since gtx500 series. yes they can compress the vram buffers but, that take more gpu and or cpu power and does not beat a full fledged 384bit vram.
nivida is the best card on cross platform (win/lin/mac) and is generally good on the software side but, it's kind of mac/apple situation. You get what they give you. (i sue both AMD and Nvidia, nivida works better on linux and has better hackintosh support [at least according to tony mac who is for profit])
is nvidia really better on linux? I heard the opposite - AMD was better on Liinux I thought.
with CLOSED SOURCE drivers nvidia is better. FORGET the open sour debate. open source drives will NEVER run like closed source the companies can't and won't give up the secret sauce.
however with closed source driver i have better experience with nvidia.... sort of my last ATI go was with HD2600 and it was son along ago idk if it was close sources existed but, form what i know now it was open source drivers. ATI does not support legacy cards like nvidia does. windows or other wise.
with ATI/AMD you can get legacy driver for windows but, not linux. the windows version which i am using on a few computer is missing stuff like open CL and is the final release.
IDK entirely on hackintosh but, nvidia seems ot be the go to as well. i just have such better experience on the software side with nvidia. never mind AMDs crazy nonsense new naming scheme on GPUs.
AMD has one nice perk they do not artificially limit vram bus bandwidth or VRAM. You can totally get a top end radeon with 384 or 512 bit vram with 8gb of vram.
copy paste form other guy.
with CLOSED SOURCE drivers nvidia is better. FORGET the open sour debate. open source drives will NEVER run like closed source the companies can't and won't give up the secret sauce.
however with closed source driver i have better experience with nvidia.... sort of my last ATI go was with HD2600 and it was son along ago idk if it was close sources existed but, form what i know now it was open source drivers. ATI does not support legacy cards like nvidia does. windows or other wise.
with ATI/AMD you can get legacy driver for windows but, not linux. the windows version which i am using on a few computer is missing stuff like open CL and is the final release.
IDK entirely on hackintosh but, nvidia seems ot be the go to as well. i just have such better experience on the software side with nvidia. never mind AMDs crazy nonsense new naming scheme on GPUs.
AMD has one nice perk they do not artificially limit vram bus bandwidth or VRAM. You can totally get a top end radeon with 384 or 512 bit vram with 8gb of vram.