Tryna build my first pc and ive sorted out most of the build from youtube videos and here and there, the only thing im still confused about is the gpu, my budget is about 1200 usd and within this budget a lot of people seem to recommend AMD gpus understandably so for the price to performance being good, what i had a question about is from what ive read AMD gpus seem to bug out in Valorant(?) my friend told me AMD gpus and valorant dont go well together so i googled it and a lot of people on reddit seem to think so too but these threads are either very old or have little information, so im wondering whats the difference between these two and does it actually feel significant in game when you play (im asc 3 and i play on a laptop with an external monitor attached so i dont quite know what "optimal" performance is but still wanna invest into the right thing)
Does an AMD gpu or an Nvidia gpu matter?
it kinda matter. i think nvidia a bit more solid with their core feature and less driver problem but much more expensive, while amd is cheaper and performs better budget wise, some of their feature are weird and amd driver sucks dick. if you are on a budget, i think AMD gpus are great though.
i've used both of them. rtx2060 (current rig) and rx570 (in the past).
bearmans [#2]it kinda matter. i think nvidia a bit more solid with their core feature and less driver problem but much more expensive, while amd is cheaper and performs better budget wise, some of their feature are weird and amd driver sucks dick. if you are on a budget, i think AMD gpus are great though.
i've used both of them. rtx2060 (current rig) and rx570 (in the past).
AMD drivers really dont suck anymore its just an age old stereotype thats never been given up by the general community. Its also a lot of confirmation bias. Me personally ive run 2 Nvidia GPUs in valorant and 2 older AMD gpus being the 560 and the 5500 both AMD gpus were completely fine and i never faced any problems. If anything once i switched to my 970 and then 1650 (1650 has less problems) ive been getting a lot of stuttering, crashing (really REALLY bad on the 970), and sometimes even artifacting + invisible characters (tho tbf this only happens when i have ridiculous packet loss)
Both are fine honestly if you buy the newer ones. Valorant is coded well enough to work on both as long as you dont mess with stupid settings that dont need to be touched.
JustHunterM8 [#6]AMD drivers really dont suck anymore its just an age old stereotype thats never been given up by the general community. Its also a lot of confirmation bias. Me personally ive run 2 Nvidia GPUs in valorant and 2 older AMD gpus being the 560 and the 5500 both AMD gpus were completely fine and i never faced any problems. If anything once i switched to my 970 and then 1650 (1650 has less problems) ive been getting a lot of stuttering, crashing (really REALLY bad on the 970), and sometimes even artifacting + invisible characters (tho tbf this only happens when i have ridiculous packet loss)
Both are fine honestly if you buy the newer ones. Valorant is coded well enough to work on both as long as you dont mess with stupid settings that dont need to be touched.
nah believe me, i've been using r5 340 and rx570 for years it really was sucks. maybe not for the newer driver, but holy shit those old amd drivers were bad. and i also used the old gt210 and gtx750, both were great with less driver issues like amd does.
now i don't really know what's the current state the amd driver are, probably much better than ever. and i did recommend amd gpus for valorant in my post, you know.
AvgRossiFan [#4]Nothing significant if you only play valorant, but once you start playing more aaa titles, DLSS is way better and well supported than AMD FSR
I do play a lot of other games besides valorant but i dont mind playing my single player games on slightly lower settings if it means i get fps (im used to playing games on the lowest settings possible since my current laptop has a ryzen 5 4600h and a 1650ti) im just concerned about any funny stuff happening like stutters and stuff while im playing valorant which would be pretty tilting even after spending nearly 1 lakhs on a pc
yukky [#9]I had both
Overall it’s a much easier time setting up and updating NVIDIA gpus
AMD’s UI is ass and confusing and it was a pain in the ass updating shit. And the AMD clipping always fucked up somehow
Just get NVIDIA ngl
lol this might be a dumb question but when you mention clipping do you mean clips as in sick shots you hit, an ace you got or do you mean shit just starts clipping into each other in-game due to the graphics card fucking up the rendering or something, cause i kinda dont mind dealing with the shitty UI if it means ill save some cash
gurmate [#13]lol this might be a dumb question but when you mention clipping do you mean clips as in sick shots you hit, an ace you got or do you mean shit just starts clipping into each other in-game due to the graphics card fucking up the rendering or something, cause i kinda dont mind dealing with the shitty UI if it means ill save some cash
Nah I’m talking about clips
But I haven’t had any sort of graphical issues with AMD, just shitty ui and hard to figure out stuff
And there’s less support on youtube cause it’s less popular and all that for the general market
Schneefeuer11 [#11]NVIDIA is easyer to use. AMD is more powerful for the price.
For a first time id suggest NVIDIA
Yeah thats the conclusion a bunch of people told me, i dont really mind dealing with shitty/difficult to use UI if it means ill get more performance for the price so right now im leaning more into an AMD gpu (The RX 7700xt to be precise)
yukky [#14]Nah I’m talking about clips
But I haven’t had any sort of graphical issues with AMD, just shitty ui and hard to figure out stuff
And there’s less support on youtube cause it’s less popular and all that for the general market
Ahhhh gotcha yeah i think ill go for an amd gpu, if i find the UI slightly annoying ill keep it but if i find it very shitty ill just return it and replace it or something, thanks!
AvgRossiFan [#4]Nothing significant if you only play valorant, but once you start playing more aaa titles, DLSS is way better and well supported than AMD FSR
agreed, but in most titles you won't need FSR unless you want to ray trace or you're trying to use an older AMD GPU for AAA games and use FSR to make up for it.
if you're getting a 6800xt (this is for 1440p) or better and you don't use ray tracing, you shouldn't ever need to use FSR for 60+ FPS
if you want ray tracing, you'll have to use FSR which yeah is a lot worse than DLSS on top of generally AMD cards not being good at ray tracing yet.
nobody___100 [#18]amd for fps per dollar
nvidia for extra stuff like ray tracing, dlss
intel for ultra budget
thank god someone mentioned intel
if you're a new builder don't use it, but if you're a more experienced builder and know what to enable/disable and comfortable in BIOS, an Arc A770 is INSANE for the price especially with the newer drivers and updates Intel is releasing. thing goes crazy for the price.
Schneefeuer11 [#11]NVIDIA is easyer to use. AMD is more powerful for the price.
For a first time id suggest NVIDIA
*easier
akaFelipee [#7]go with AM5 for the CPU and 2x16GB 6000MHz CL30
(Ryzen 5 7600 or Ryzen 7 7800X3D)
Thats the exact cpu im going for (Ryzen 5 7600)
nobody___100 [#18]amd for fps per dollar
nvidia for extra stuff like ray tracing, dlss
intel for ultra budget
only intel fanboy would buy intel gpus
ParodyAccount [#21]Literally just get what's cheaper/better value for your budget , which tends to be AMD more often than not. If valorant is your main game then it really doesn't matter, heck you could even go intel.
Yeah AMD just fits into the budget nicely so ill just go for it
bearmans [#24]only intel fanboy would buy intel gpus
not really, intel has a lot of potential in the GPU market
bearmans [#10]nah believe me, i've been using r5 340 and rx570 for years it really was sucks. maybe not for the newer driver, but holy shit those old amd drivers were bad. and i also used the old gt210 and gtx750, both were great with less driver issues like amd does.
now i don't really know what's the current state the amd driver are, probably much better than ever. and i did recommend amd gpus for valorant in my post, you know.
He literally said that they don't anymore xd
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gurmate [#25]Yeah AMD just fits into the budget nicely so ill just go for it
AMD gpus are actually really good rn, I bought a used 6900 XT that was still under warranty and goddamn is it good for the value
bearmans [#24]only intel fanboy would buy intel gpus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHUANWCJbPY
$320 MSRP
it's very good for the price now
AutismCanBeCured [#29]AMD gpus are actually really good rn, I bought a used 6900 XT that was still under warranty and goddamn is it good for the value
just got a 6800xt for an upcoming build for $380
absolute steal, literally so happy about it.
pairing it with a 12900k, 32gb of ddr5-6000 and a good mobo combo I got for 400
pretty much got an entire 1440p monster for 1.1k
kaninv [#31]just got a 6800xt for an upcoming build for $380
absolute steal, literally so happy about it.
pairing it with a 12900k, 32gb of ddr5-6000 and a good mobo combo I got for 400
pretty much got an entire 1440p monster for 1.1k
Yeah I got my 6900 XT for 400€ and it's worked extremely well, I basically built a max settings 1440p machine for 1k € and so far have had no issues what so ever
kaninv [#30]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHUANWCJbPY
$320 MSRP
it's very good for the price now
it's $400 in my country.
while rtx 3060 12gb is 300 and 4060 8gb is 310.
also arc is uncommon in my country so...
bearmans [#33]it's $400 in my country.
while rtx 3060 12gb is 300 and 4060 8gb is 310.
also arc is uncommon in my country so...
gotcha, that's unfortunate. arc outperforms both if you could get it at MSRP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3X2iMWvs3c
it's also Intel's first jump in for a while, so I'm super hopeful. competition is always good!
kaninv [#34]gotcha, that's unfortunate. arc outperforms both if you could get it at MSRP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3X2iMWvs3c
it's also Intel's first jump in for a while, so I'm super hopeful. competition is always good!
yep, competition in the budget and mid range market is guaranteed, with amds 9000 gpus rumored to be in the $400-600 range and intel getting into the market. hopefully this means the price for performance from both companies will be really good
nobody___100 [#35]yep, competition in the budget and mid range market is guaranteed, with amds 9000 gpus rumored to be in the $400-600 range and intel getting into the market. hopefully this means the price for performance from both companies will be really good
hopefully also means nvidia either goes under or decides to not be greedy 😁👍
kaninv [#37]hopefully also means nvidia either goes under or decides to not be greedy 😁👍
fr, 5090 boutta come out at $5090 msrp
nobody___100 [#38]fr, 5090 boutta come out at $5090 msrp
I wouldn't be surprised if the 5090 is 1500
kaninv [#39]I wouldn't be surprised if the 5090 is 1500
yeah there actually have been some leaks that 5090 would be cheaper than 4090
not sure if it’s true though
nobody___100 [#40]yeah there actually have been some leaks that 5090 would be cheaper than 4090
not sure if it’s true though
I wouldn't be surprised only because I think AMD market share is growing due to used AMD gpus being insane value and even new AMD cards having better performance per dollar. plus Intel cards and slowly cutting the mid-range market. I think HOPEFULLY they're slightly feeling the pressure.
kaninv [#41]I wouldn't be surprised only because I think AMD market share is growing due to used AMD gpus being insane value and even new AMD cards having better performance per dollar. plus Intel cards and slowly cutting the mid-range market. I think HOPEFULLY they're slightly feeling the pressure.
problem is, nvidia can afford to lose market share with gaming gpus because their AI GPUs and technology are miles ahead of everyone else, which is why its a top 3 company rn
arin2016 [#42]Don't listen to anyone telling you to buy an AMD GPU
They will post a whole essay but let me save you some time, just get NVIDIA.
DLSS is literally fucking black magic. It legit feels like I got a 4090 at the price of a 4070.
he's playing valorant, no DLSS in valorant
nobody___100 [#44]he's playing valorant, no DLSS in valorant
Bro you don't even need a GPU for Valorant. I am assuming that he won't be using his PC only for Valorant. For anything related to editing, NVIDIA by default is the winner. And for anything related to gaming, NVIDIA also wins because DLSS.
arin2016 [#45]Bro you don't even need a GPU for Valorant. I am assuming that he won't be using his PC only for Valorant. For anything related to editing, NVIDIA by default is the winner. And for anything related to gaming, NVIDIA also wins because DLSS.
i mean yeah i agree, you don't need a GPU for valorant, but the previous gen AMD 6000 series of gpus are insane for the price.
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