9 Months Ago I Switched From Nvidia to AMD - Long Term Update & My Verdict on Radeon

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Why I Switched
1:39 - Initial Impressions
2:11 - Performance
3:06 - Issues
5:50 - Overall Thoughts on Radeon
7:16 - Conclusion

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[@yackemup]

Thats a great choice. Let gen Radeon cards are still very good and also very good on pricing as well. I have seen 6950xts as low as like 700 to 800 dollars at some points. I have a powercolor 6950xt and zero issues and love it. It's a beast.

[@daniels5607]

I am changing as well i am going from 3060 to rx 6950xt founders card i love the style of it and i love amds cpus so why not go gpu.

[@VVMrOneTwo]

well that's you're problem you're using shit AMD cards use powercolor OR sapphire cards OR asus cards much better results with those than XFX ...

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Thank you for revealing the Truth, on AMD GPUs and their FX CPUs How nv treated its customers during the nf days and having 2 nv cards go up in smoke stock, I moved to ATi and never looked back with the Radeon 9700 Pro. I disregard the tabloid puppet media and slander and do my own research. Never update your drivers every month. Nvidia has had black square artifacts or black screens as of late.

[@DarkOkie]

Would love to see you with a full AMD build (CPU/GPU/RAM/ETC)... Also i have worked in the gaming industry and what we NEED to do is BAN forced corporate Partnerships!

[@yissnakklives8866]

I think its hysterical that so many people treat changing out a piece of hardware like breaking up with a significant other....

[@InternetListener]

They go from "Just married with hardware honey-moon" to hatred as divorced and declared war. Just ridiculous, don't try to criticise before or after as you will get a label for "taking sides" presumably on the wrong one... If they were 10 makes to choose from instead of one and two little ones (as selling numbers) or none like in game consoles...

[@zwenkwiel816]

Bro we derive our self worth from all this fancy tech.... Also Nvidia > AMD, Come fight me after school if you disagree XD

[@monk4ever]

I literally cried when I broke up with Nvidia. When I dumped my girlfriend, I barely flinched.

[@LowKeyContender]

at least the pc doesent argue and complain every day LOL.

[@siggijonsson4845]

Yes drama queens

[@PhoticSneezeOne]

Nvidia seems to have a brand loyalty comparable to Apple. It is overwhelmingly psychological in nature.

[@BeefLettuceAndPotato]

Couldn't agree more. It's dogmatic. No matter how bad they treat you. When I got my 6900xt during the shortage, a pair of guys in my discord got 3080's for almost 500-600 dollars more... Couldn't believe it. They don't even use ray tracing on most games they play lol. Just throwing anyway money

[@letni9506]

But when you've had Nvidia since the very early days and been very satisfied it's hard to change. It doesn't affect me because I always buy the best value Nvidia card at the right time. So I don't feel I'm paying through the nose. My perception of AMD cards is they are louder,hotter, bigger, consume more power and usually come in xfx , powercolor and sapphire versions(not a fan) I'd probably love one if I bought it but when you've been buying Nvidia since the TNT days then it's hard to make the jump. It's not a blind loyalty

[@vrilgod4176]

In my case, that damn leaf blower that is the R9 290X left a bad taste in my mouth that made me not want to use an AMD card again at least for the near foreseeable future

[@axandraalex5869]

@@letni9506 Information is transparent nowadays, you could just put like "rx 6600 vs rtx 3060 game benchmark" on youtube and see live side by side comparison, way more objective than just using "perception". Which btw on that example the card has comparable performance but rx 6600 surprisingly more power efficient, even more efficient than gtx 1660 super on actual wattage usage benchmark (not listed tdp). I never stick to one brand, always make informed decisions before hand for best value.

[@noobwow2009]

I don’t. The only reason is I wanted to experience path tracing and run CUDA 😂

[@cleny217]

Bought my 7900 XT a few weeks ago and so far i love it. A few growing pains from switching from my 1070, but love it so far. Also great to not be forced into having a pointless account just so i can use geforce experience. Was odd to just be allowed to update my 700+ dollar GPU. Felt like i left an abusive relationship and experiencing love for the first time in years.

[@eyupatasoy6539]

Hello there, i am between 4080 and 7900 xtx. I love story mode games and planning to play games on 2k oled monitor. Do you think in ultra settings with ray tracing enabled. 7900 xtx can sport any game with playable fps?

[@cleny217]

@@eyupatasoy6539 My 7900 XT is playing everything just fine in max settings at 1440p. So you should be fine. Only reason a game would have issues is because the developers are bad and made a shit optimized game. On a side note though AMD cards do struggle more with RT than nVidia, but has not been a mega issue for me personally. The XTX will be able to better RT than the XT.

[@eyupatasoy6539]

@@cleny217 Thank you very much for your answer

[@Brewmeisterpitt]

I just got the 7900xtx. Handles RT just fine. Not the best if you do comparisons to 4090 but it's also much cheaper. I've been enjoying 100+fps on 4K and crossed 200fps in basically every game I played at 2k resolution. Insane card. In a convert. And yeah I can just go I to the software and OC or undervolt or manually make changes within seconds? What???

[@eyupatasoy6539]

@@Brewmeisterpitt I heard 4080 super is coming at jan 31 do you think it’s worth to wait? And thank you for your honest answer 🙏🏻

[@senderbud31]

I switched over to a 7900xt when I built my current PC. This card was SO much cheaper than a comparable Nvidia card, which I couldn't even find at the time where I live. It's been an amazing card for 1440p gaming

[@laggmonstret]

SInce I went for 4K there's only one Nvidia card that's "worth it", and that's the RTX 4090. Sad but true hehe

[@Son37Lumiere]

The 4090 is 100% more expensive than the XTX but is only 20-30% faster.

[@tobytoxd]

@@Son37Lumiere True. That's why i bought the 6950xt for 600 Euros :D

[@tobytoxd]

@@laggmonstret I can play all my games at 4k with 60-90 fps with a 6950xt. Happy but true ;)

[@jp4361]

@@laggmonstret Its a fucking tragedy, that you need to spend 2000€ or more in gpu when playing 4k. It is just completely stupid. I mean you get 4x playstation 5 for that price :D I just hope that in next generation pricing makes sence again.

[@whitedragondojo]

Interesting: I used Radeon for 15 years out of loyalty and my only issue was heat, so I became an expert in cooling. I switched to Nvidia 2070 3 years ago and honestly I see no difference. I will be happy to purchase based on value in the future. No more brand loyalty after the last 12 months of irresponsible upgrades and pricing.

[@Aereto]

I am slowly accumulating storage components both old and new that I can use in builds in present and future. However, I draw the lines on buying cheap storage for things I would only get inconvenienced if I have to rollback to my last bimonthly backup, and more expensive SSDs and HDDs where rolling it back for even the last weekly will give headaches to anyone who needs the latest data.

[@suiken3149]

brand loyalty itself is stupid anyway. Never get too attatched to any major corporations. Not AMD, not Intel, not Nvidia. They are loyal to who paid most, not for the convenience of consumers.

[@nickochioneantony9288]

Hi, I want to ask regarding heat... Do you ever have bad experience regarding undervolting? whether CPU or GPU undervolting... I really want to mitigate GPU overheating (because I'm gonna use XFX and the cooling seems quite poor). I'm worried for hardware stability & long term usage.

[@ThaBaSics]

Had AMD most of the time and never had issues 25+ years and @nickochioneantony9288 i have xfx right now and have no probs with the heat 65c max

[@mattwils9863]

Brand loyalty on a single pc component is stupid imo. At least with consoles, there are exclusive games and features.

[@justbino]

I had a RTX 2070 super, and switched to a AMD 6950xt. Had it for about 8 months now. And I must say that I’ve had no issues on both cards. I’m not a tech master but I did build my own computer and trouble shoot issues myself. Honestly I prefer AMD because it’s more price friendly and I really like the adrenaline software better then Nividas. I’ve hear horror story’s in both ends, but I will say that AMD has come along way. And I hope intel improves too. We definitely need more options for GPUs. Good luck on your builds!

[@creatikaaa]

Hey ! i have a 2070 Super and i plan to switch on a 6950XT, is it really worth ? I want more fps in games and when looking at the benchmarks 6950 is much better than 2070 Super, did you find that the change was worth and would you recommend it?

[@CaptainMcShotgun41]

​@@creatikaaaI'd say if you can afford it comfortably. It's the best high end purchase you can make right now value wise and overclocking fun wise if you care about that stuff.

[@creatikaaa]

Okay ! Thank you for your answer !!@@CaptainMcShotgun41

[@CaptainMcShotgun41]

@@creatikaaa 👍🏻

[@JEscobarSV]

I upgraded from 2060s to a 6950xt around 3 months ago, I'm extremely happy with my purchase. I did decide to undervolt it and it did wonders for me, I do have the occasional game crash sometimes but I do play regularly 4-6 different games each week. So it depends also on the devs of some games too, since other have 0 issues whatsoever.

[@Fucklesticks]

I bought a miner's 6800xt back in march for relatively cheap, and i've been so happy with it. I also happened to upgrade to 1440p at the same time and this card handles that resolution like a champ

[@cesaru3619]

1440p is a resolution already 8 years old, lol peasant.

[@ascelot]

Nice, unfortunately for me, when I went to Radeon (r9 290) the experience left me to not trust AMD cards, in the sense of drivers ever.

[@Fucklesticks]

@@ascelot I had that one, and the 7970. Solid experiences with both

[@ascelot]

@@Fucklesticks I was unlucky, had frequent BSOD caused by drivers for 3 months. It was noisy and a very hot card.

[@Fucklesticks]

@@ascelot I was unlucky with my 1080ti. I had to RMA twice before i got a good one, really disappointed in EVGA's customer care. To be fair the 3rd card was used for 5 years without issues.

[@lucasdelitz2294]

I've been using my 7800xt since launch and love it so far. I was initially sceptical about amd gpus because of all the bad press surrounding it but I didn't want to buy into nvidia's absurd gpu prices, so I took the leap of faith and decided to go team red for my next upgrade. It does not dissapoint!

[@maverickmoonz4200]

gonna buy this card on black Friday, glad to hear its performing good!

[@dieaking6475]

Also got this card the Nitro + version and its a great card. Some minor issues like art effects in cod but that is fixed already bye one in game setting and some of the amd auto modes have sharpening i should put that off cuz in some games it doesn't work.

[@dabug91]

The 7800 XT is by far the best GPU on the market around the $500 price point. Which model did you get? I've had my eyes on the Sapphire and PowerColor Red Devil, but I am still quite content with my RX 6750 XT Red Devil so I will probably wait until the 8000 series to upgrade. An RX 8800 XT with 16-20GB of VRAM would easily last me 5 years before even thinking about upgrading. My RX 6750 XT was more of a sidegrade from my RX 5700 XT.

[@bal7ha2ar]

@@dabug91 6750xt is still almost 50 % faster than the 5700xt in some scenarios tho

[@chrisneville7310]

I bought the 7800xt hellhound and run it in an itx case and temps are around 55 max.It looked to be the best low temperature card on reviews, I also have excellent ventilation. running an ultrawide at 165hz and 1440p. It's an absolute bargain at its price point. If you are wanting to use VR I'd recommend Nvidia.@dabug91

[@tripe2237]

Long time Nvidia user here. I've owned 1 AMD card over the last 20+ years. Was a little unsure but I picked up a 6700 a few months ago and it's been flawless. The software is a huge plus. Simple and intuitive. Undervolting and recording are a snap. I'd use it just for the fact that it doesn't require login.

[@ompatil1955]

Is it good for streaming?

[@domreto5055]

​@@ompatil1955yeah

[@Cavereous]

@@ompatil1955not as great as Nvidia but definitely won’t let down

[@Tithulta1]

Absolutely agree about the LOG IN BS!!

[@thepathnotfound]

Built a 5800x3d/6750xt and it’s been very stable. Performance is fantastic compared to old gaming rig.

[@dnz113]

just bought a rx 7900 xtx and all I can say is that it is amazing and delivers as expected. I also personally love the Adrenaline Software in my opinion it is way better than GeForce Experience since you have everything in one place.

[@100500daniel]

XFX?

[@Nebarus]

Same here. Combined the RX 7900 XTX with a Ryzen 7800x3d and have (until now) a rocksolid system for all usage, including full library of games.

[@Chris-hw4mq]

Its been about 4 months since I got a 6950xt and the secret is not to update the drivers often I do it once a month and dont have any stability problems

[@youssefbitar8948]

​@@NebarusI'm thinking about the same build, but the only problem is the power consumption, cuz I live in Europe.

[@bennja010]

​@@LTNetjaklol no theyre not. Powercolor and Sapphire are way more reputable with Sapphire being arguably the king amd exclusive aib partner.

[@bigcheesetxmedia]

my 7900xtx is a beast. switched to that from 3080 and am very happy

[@DaddyPoppe79]

Have used Radeon since 9700 Pro, so for many years. Had problems once with Subnautica, wrote to AMD regarding my problem 48 hours later they sent me a link with new drivers

[@lucidnonsense942]

@throatjamma Back before AMD bought ATI. ATI 9700/800 series were such beast Nvidia took a whole generation to catch up.

[@BogdanTestsSoftware]

Subnautica seems like a fairly demanding game, at least in videos -- I'm more impressed with a 2002 card being able to handle Subnautica at all. Then again, my criteria must not be very high as my system is Haswell with a "recent" upgrade of 4y ago to Radeon RX580 (which was quite old even then).

[@braden4526]

I've been running AMD for the past couple of builds, and have really never had any major issues (outside the norm that is). I just upgraded from a 5600 XT to an XFX Merc 310 7900 XT, and couldn't be happier with the performance and aesthetics of the card. It works great with both Linux and Windows, so pretty much covers everything that I need out of a card

[@tru3846]

What distro of Linux do you use? I'm planning a build with the RX 7900 XTX, and I was worried about some distros and their support for newer cards. Currently, I use Fedora with an RTX 2070 Super, and getting it to work properly has been... interesting

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@tru3846 AMD hardware drivers are built into the Kernel, the graphics stack ( graphics drivers ) is MESA and the RADV Vulkan driver. Phoronix did a benchmark in Dec 22 on the 6.0 kernel ( the results were disappointing ). Fedora is currently on the 6.4.10-200 kernel. I imagine most things are now plug and play on Fedora 38. Should be OK. ( Yes NVIDIA still sucks. The 435 driver is a lame dog. )

[@dalehammers4425]

I upgraded from a 5600 XT to a 6700 XT and while not as large as yours, still a massive difference. (though to be fair, had to sell the 5600 XT to pay bills and had to use a 1660 Super for a while)

[@infinitywulf]

Been using ATI/AMD cards for forever, and honestly I think most of the folks complaining about Radeon cards especially these days either didn't know what they were doing (didn't remove Nvidia drivers completely before installing AMD etc), managed to get a bad card which happens with anything, or the most likely one to me, they have never used an AMD card and are simply regurgitating the same old crap that everyone does. Glad you tried it out and had a good experience, lot of money to be saved if you don't buy into the hype/bs

[@nickdavison9771]

There are some valid issues amongst the hype. The 7900 XTX just doesn't make sense at its current price point, given that it runs 40 degrees hotter than the RTX 4080, performs worse, and costs the same (ish)... I have owned, ran, and loved a lot of Radeon GPUs over the years. I always use AMD CPUs, but sometimes Radeon GPUs just don't make sense in the price bracket you are looking at and you have to go with Nvidia.

[@RATechYT]

@@nickdavison9771 The memory does indeed run ~30°C hotter, but the 7900 XTX literally costs around $200 cheaper than the RTX 4080 both on Amazon and Newegg. Unless you care about RTX or productivity, the 7900 XTX could actually be a great deal for some.

[@chexmixkitty]

@@RATechYT With RocM available on Windows now, theoretically, productivity should be a lot faster on AMD cards when devs start implementing it.

[@cakeisamadeupdrug6134]

I don't use Windows so I find the driver situation fascinating. What do people who have laptops with AMD APUs and discrete Nvidia graphics do if they can't have both drivers installed simultaneously?

[@infinitywulf]

@@cakeisamadeupdrug6134 It used to be a bit of a hassle in going into the bios to disable the apu, but these days most will auto detect a discrete gpu and disable the apu automatically to avoid driver issues. The exception to this would be AMD apu/gpu in the system together, I know with my AM5 desktop I can switch between the apu and my gpu on the fly, even using the apu to stream while using the gpu to game.

[@InsanitiesBrother]

I've always just gone for what was in budget and most cost effective for rasterisation. My mistake with the 6900XT (upgraded from 1080ti) is that I forgot about my amateur rendering using Nvidia Iray. Due to this when I change again it will most likely be for Nvidia. The 6080 or something

[@Top_Cheeze]

The shader compile issue can happen on any GPU, I've had this same issue on my nvidia GPU in 2023 at least (RTX 3070) Seems to be very game specific

[@Drubonk]

Went from a 3060ti to a 7900xtx, drivers has been solid and it's great to have everything in one place :D Been using the overlay a lot when tweaking clocks & undervolting

[@unyu-cyberstorm64]

That’s a huge upgrade, did you upgrade your other system components so it’s not bottlenecked or anything?

[@bet9898]

Hey guys, I just bought a 6800xt from best buy. I have a 3060ti and while she's been great 8gb of vram isn't gonna cut it in the future so I used my best buy credit card and went for the 6800xt instead of the 4070 I originally was gonna buy . I'm not using ray tracing to be honest I'm all about performance. So I'm gonna test it out before I sell my little 3060ti fe.... and and just see how it is. I've watched videos and reviews and everything is great. From what I read and watched not to mention the premium edition of Star Field included.. cant beat it right ?

[@eeRfaSe]

how much does it consume you on idle?

[@Annihilation99]

​@@bet9898so you upgrade a single "generation" and to midrange card to future proof? Will be quite a bad card in 4 years

[@damonm.7704]

​@submarinebeamer9135 it's actually a good card. I dont know what you're talking about.

[@AtomicBlastoid]

Rendering and Editing Apps Like After effects etc works perfectly?

[@Finnisher_DAD]

Have owned an RX 6800 XT since 2021 and been super happy with it, having come from owning mostly NVIDIA GPUs in the past, with which I was also happy with. For me everything else is comparable but the UI is a massive win for AMD, Radeon Software is 2 generations ahead of NV CPL and offers everything in a single package (which you can also customize during install as in leave the Relive stuff out if you don't need it etc). RT performance is better on NVIDIA and DLSS is better than FSR still, but those aren't deal breakers for me. Also worth remembering RT performance is not "bad" on AMD just worse than on NV equivalents. I upgraded from an RTX 2070 to the RX 6800 XT and got better RT performance too as a result (without using upscaling).

[@RaiGon.]

I switched to AMD a year ago, used NVIDIA since 2011. I'm more than impressed. And considering the prices it is a win-win situation...

[@inqizzo]

What card exactly?

[@RaiGon.]

@@inqizzo rx 6700 xt

[@klever891]

Did the same, 3060 TI to 6950XT

[@analogGigabyte]

I love how underated Radeon cards are! I always find great deals and get absolute bang for my buck. I used to be an Nvidia user in the early years, until Radeon became a much better value per dollar option for my gaming addiction

[@rrcoster]

Almost no brainer today with performance you get over dollar compared awful price of Nvidia cards today and Vram big issue that Nvidia still hasn't fixed

[@huna7a]

​​@@rrcoster I was planning to buy 15900kf with nvidia 5090 ti once they are released, what is this vram issue you talk about?

[@rrcoster]

not sure about rtx 4000 series but 3080 and 3090 had lot heat issue on memory which cause fail@@huna7a

[@katto1937]

@@huna7aWdym what is the issue? Look at the amount of VRAM between Nvidia and AMD cards. Radeon has far more vram for the equivalent cards

[@skippy2710]

Hello! I've been looking around at my options, but if I could fix what I have that would be cool too. I bought a hp omen laptop a few years ago, it has a Ryzen 7 and a Nvidia 1660ti in it. I haven't been using it that much but I recently realized the Nvidia card wasn't working. Like at all, it wasn't showing up in the performance tab of the task manager. Well I tried reinstalling drivers, updating the bios, I ended up un-installing and reinstalling windows. Is it possible that HP and Nvidia worked together to take away the privilege to use my graphics card? Or do you guys think I'm just being stupid and there's something I'm missing?

[@worldwar208]

could be power plan settings or your gpu might have bit the bucket

[@johnodei618]

În Nvidia panel select the gpu as primary and only gpu to use in any case. That way the nvidia is always used by windows

[@skippy2710]

@@johnodei618 thank you! I figured something out that worked, I installed Linux Mint, and got the driver's mint recommended and boom my mobile GPU is working again.

[@johnodei618]

@@skippy2710 yeah, but in Linux you are limited as what games you can play

[@skippy2710]

@@johnodei618 facts. But I tried everything I could with Windows, this was last resort, HP, Nvidia, and Windows, were all working together to try to force me to get a new laptop. You're right, I will be limited to what games I can play, but at least my GPU is working and the operating system is recognizing it and using it. I'll never buy a laptop like the HP omen ever again though, learned my lesson.

[@tomface55]

I got a Vega64 at launch and am still using it. Zero complaints.

[@ItsEmbers]

I went from a RTX 2060 to a 7900XTX and have had little issues with the card and the issues I did had was usually caused by a driver bug and was small. This was my first time using a Radeon card and the software feels superior in some ways to Nvidia's such as how much better AMD Adrenaline is compared to Nvidia's interface but can lack in other ways.

[@Timmeh_The_tyrant]

I have had both and currently have a 4080. I do t see any way that at Nvidia software is better than adrenaline.

[@DerpedUpHorse]

Same but I ordered mine from Amazon and has some damage on the backplate

[@enricod.7198]

​@@Timmeh_The_tyrantI have annrtx 3070 and I kinda miss not having to download afterburner to undervolt my gpu. Also undervolting in amd sw is waay easier.

[@mitchjames9350]

Wait till AMD Fine Wine kicks in.

[@iconoclast485]

@@Timmeh_The_tyrantThis is just my opinion but to me Nvidia software is a little more straight forward and easier to find what settings you are looking for than AMD. But AMD has built in undervolting and overclocking options in so it wins there. Other settings are easier to find and more intuitive in Nvidia's software but neither one is bad.

[@Ornal64]

I was using RX570, Vega64 and RX6700XT. Adrenalin drivers improved over years and from mid 2018 they are solid and stable. I mostly game on single screen. Very happy with Radeon cards.

[@JasonSmith-pn6ch]

Vega 64 aged extremely well for me.

[@chexmixkitty]

I'm just excited that my performance settings are actually being saved now. It got annoying to load every time my PC booted up.

[@HIIMUsc]

lol! for me it was the RX480, Vega56 and now RX6800XT, i might switch to the RX7900XT Nitro+ soon, because i love the Design!

[@mintydog06]

I'm still on my Vega 64, it's been great but starting to die now. What did you upgrade to?

[@Ornal64]

@@mintydog06 I’ve upgraded to 6700XT when GPU prices were at its highest in 2021. I wanted 6800 but it was 35% more expensive and offered 15% +/- more performance over 6700XT. I’ve found good deal and got Sapphire Nitro + version for £650. Sold Vega 64 Strix OC for 515(bought used for £220). Now I would go with 7900XT, but if you want good 1440p performance 6700/6750XT or anything more powerful will give you noticeable performance uplift. All depends on your budget and cpu you gonna pair with. Just make sure your system is balanced and you’re gonna have great experience.

[@tanevzzo404]

I was just looking at a used xfx 6600xt at the price of 180USD for my first build, is it worth it?

[@theawesomerb2807]

yeah , its an 2070 alternative

[@THEBARRXT]

First GPU for me was the 5600 XT, which is still going strong and not really had any significant issues; looking to upgrade soon-ish! (will probably stick with AMD as i'd prefer not to "sign in" to use the GPU UI ...

[@alvabravo5655]

I upgraded from 2060 to 6800 XT, no problems for $500 at that time, I dont regret it. love the performance, the driver was good, and stable. Glad I didnt put my money on 3070 back then.

[@DeFiMoney-Printer]

This guy says radeon sucks for using a 6600XT in the thumbnail

[@muhammadadnanhutomo]

You did the right thing, i bought second hand 3070 in q4 2022. Then seeing a lot of xomparison test between 3070 and 6800xt, i immediately trade my 3070 to 6800xt. Best decision, now 4K gaming is more playable. Unless you do some productivity work with your GPU, i may suggest stick with nvidia. The computing cores are still superior than amd can offer

[@terraincognitagaming]

@@DeFiMoney-Printer So you're saying higher end AMD = less software issues? Im assuming you're du** as fu**

[@ronch550]

AMD cards are fine. People are just nitpicking. Probably the same folks who complain that their coffee is too hot.

[@alvabravo5655]

@@muhammadadnanhutomo naah, I only play games on pc, but gotta admit, amd still sucks on ray tracing, If only, rtx 3080 at the same price with 6800 XT, I'll took 3080.

[@FinalLightNL]

I went from a 3080Ti to a 7900XTX. I honestly had more issues with nvidia, and i’m a massive nvidia fan. But 4090 was just stupid expensive so i tried the red team for once I have been loyal since the 980Ti. But i made leap of faith and am very happy.

[@submnl450]

I did the exact same thing with the same exact cards. I love my new 7900 XTX!

[@George-co7ye]

I wish I could say the same, my Sapphire Pulse 7900XTX crashes all the time. Right now I'm using my friends 6800 XT and it's amazing.

[@xtremefps_]

​@@George-co7yeI have the little brother (plain 6800) and it does quite nicely with my 1440p 240hz monitor. Love it and rarely ever have issues.

[@stephenmellor7188]

​@@George-co7yewhat psu are you using and are you using 3 seperate pcie cables and not 2 and using the 2 to become 3?? As this card needs 800 watts min depending on hardware and you need a psu which has 3 seperate pcie cables otherwise it could become starved when pushing the card and lead to crashing

[@NoahT_SB]

​@@George-co7yeSomething's wrong with your pc, my Pulse XTX has never crashed.

[@eddylee161]

Hello, where i can buy "Dr. Berg's Gallbladder Formula" in Germany or EU??? Or can you tell me about something like this in Germany/ EU?

[@andyfma123]

lol how did this happen

[@klenk1am]

Going on 2 years of my first PC build. Haven't had any issues with my 6650XT so far.

[@OsinakiKun]

same GPU gang

[@Babicoste]

I love both brands, my first AMD GPU was Gecube Radeon 2600 Pro 512 MB and for NVIDIA a Sparkle RIVA TNT2 M64 32MB, now I owned a Sapphire Nitro+ 6600 XT and MSI RTX 3060 Ti, both are great cards.

[@robertstan298]

Gecube? Damn, blast from the past, nice!

[@jerryseinfeld6283]

Nice video, refreshing to see someone unbiased in the GPU space. I went NVIDIA for the first two PCs I built, but this time around I went AMD for both my GF's and my own PC due to the price to performance differences and I can honestly say I'm really happy. If NVIDIA drops their prices I might go back, but as someone who doesn't use ray tracing, I think AMD is more than capable. AMD's Adrenaline software is fantastic and I was able to achieve a stable undervolt while still boosting performance, my 6950XT has yet to exceed 75C on the hot spot after 3 months of use.

[@Rookblunder]

I have a i-5, GTX 1080, 16 gb RAM. Gonna start a new build and I just got the Ryzen 9 7950x3D and looking into the 7900xtx. Do you think I'll notice an improvement.......:)

[@mxvgxm]

Just bought an 7900XT Phantom Gaming White last Sunday, it'll arrive this Monday. I'm extremely anxious to test it out, I'm switching from an MSI RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X

[@RATechYT]

Make sure to install the 23.12.1 version of the Adrenalin software, personally I found it to be the most stable but your mileage may vary. It's a couple of versions down yet you shouldn't miss out on any important features.

[@Turktien]

Been using 6700 XT for a year and a half. XFX is the model I have (like your 6600 XT) and I love it. GTX 660 was my last NVIDIA card then got XFX RX 480 then upgraded to 6700 XT. I love my AMD GPUs.

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

Same, XFX QICK319, except I paid $700 for mine at the height of the price crush. Its a great card. Im still bitter though.

[@ItzMeKarizma]

​@@mikegilgenbach4840oof, 700 is too much for that gpu... I paid around 400 (euros) for my xfx 6750xt. Although I kinda regret not going for a 6800xt since it was only 50 euros more :P

[@Mopantsu]

Same GPU here. Although it is a stock XFX model. AMD are the value choice. Nvidia are just too greedy these days and their 4060 Ti is shameful. Especially the 16GB version for 500 dollars and a 128 bit bus!

[@detroid89]

​@@mikegilgenbach4840I would be too bro! But I guess it's a bitter sweet moment.

[@SinnfullDuck]

I had a 1070 for a few years and then a 2070 super for a couple more. I got a 6800xt about 10 months ago and I love it! I get great performance at ultrawide 1440p and I enjoy the software too. I like all the features built into adrenalin.

[@tharunjeyan]

Hiii, Do you have any issues with 6800xt

[@SinnfullDuck]

@@tharunjeyan still no issues

[@tharunjeyan]

@@SinnfullDuck Oh great , I will upgrade my 2060Super to a RX 7700XT soon then .

[@PeeVeeCee]

I have the same problem with the monitor not really staying in sleep mode with my XFX 6950 XT. So it might be a problem related to the XFX pcb/BIOS. Did you also experience this with the 6800? Could you fix it somehow? Alltogether i am really happy with my amd card. I also hat NVidia and amd in the past and both had their issues.

[@RATechYT]

It might be a Radeon thing in general, the MSI RX 580, XFX 6600 XT and the 6800 as well as the Sapphire 5700 XT that I used so far within the last nearly year and a half exhibit the same issue. At some point it seemed like it was gone but I have no idea how that happened.

[@ZeroFuxBE]

Hi, the apex legends issue at 4:30 is not an AMD thing. I get this on my GTX 1440 swell. Always after updates or switching from or to dx12.

[@BladeDoomer86]

Upgraded my Gtx1070ti last month, to a 6750XT. Last AMD gpu was a r9 290, and i loved it. I never had an issue with Nvidia, always thought it had amazing drivers and compatibility. I have to say this Adrenalin panel is terrific, and i uninstalled Afterburner since switching. PS: Always use DDU before switching from Nvidia to AMD (or reverse), you'll avoid major headaches and it takes 5min..

[@mehck-gk9yn]

1070Ti is still one of the best values ever, such a sweet card

[@kunou4527]

My last GPU was an R8 380 that I had a significant OC on (GPU and VRAM). Current card is a 6950 XT and I have it massively undervolted just because nothing taxes it at all yet (still on a 1080p 60hz monitor). Maybe when I upgrade to a 1440p monitor or a 1080p with 165hz refresh that'll change.

[@DJSekuHusky]

I did much the same thing, only 6 months ago and upgrading my 1080Ti to Arc A770. I've been quite happy with the performance and build quality.

[@anasevi9456]

I went back to Nvidia (high HZ 1440p multidisplay, Vega 64 with HBM eats virtually no power at 2D; RDNA cards since often run hot in 2D with more than one display. 3080 is no where near as efficient idling as Vega 64, but still is an order of magnitude better than RDNA1/2/3). I miss Adrenalin so much loading up the 20 year old Nvidia control panel. But yep, besides that I often forget I switch...

[@ItzMeKarizma]

yooo another rx 6750 xt user! :P

[@seismonov]

I switched from RX6600 to RTX3060Ti since I needed the OptiX for Blender Cycles rendering. It has been a pleasant experience so far, but I gotta say I much prefer Radeon Control Panel over Nvidia Control Panel. If somehow AMD succeed in implementing an RTX/OptiX competitor (HIP API rendering isn't as fast as OptiX at the moment), I'll readily switch back.

[@ImJustVale]

There should be an extension for blender. ROCm should also work. Enjoy ur RTX!

[@Danidesktop]

HIP-RT is taking forever to being implemented properly.

[@riyotsu837]

I'm planning to get a rx6650xt but I'm not sure if it can handle 4k editing on after effect I need smooth playback and stuff, also some 3d stuff (and i do want to play some old not so hard to run title)

[@stranded_mariner7695]

I switched from a 1060 to a 6650 XT, never had any issues with it, haven't looked back.

[@lonelyretard4203]

When building my current gaming PC I had a choice between going with a refurbished 3070 or a brand new 6750xt and ended up choosing the latter. It sure feels nice not having to worry about the VRAM buffer

[@syncmonism]

You made a much better choice. The 6750 XT would honestly worth it even at the same price. The Vram advantage is a big deal. You don't have to worry nearly as much about it, but even at that performance tier, more Vram could be helpful still, though obviously you're getting excellent bang for your buck still. Also, in situations where you do run out of Vram, you probably wouldn't get a great frame-rate even if the card DID have enough Vram, and should probably be turning down settings anyway. The only card with more Vram that's around the same price is the 16GB A770, which is not that easy to find in most regions, and performs SIGNIFICANTLY slower on average. Also, games which would benefit from more than 12GB on the 6750 XT or 6700 XT are likely a result of poor optimization. Having lots of Vram can also help mitigate the effects of not having a lot of system RAM (though system RAM is cheap and very easy to upgrade, so that's not very important), and having more Vram can mitigate the effects of a memory leak as well, which is more useful for playing with games that are in an unfinished state than anything else (again, an edge case). Based on leaks, it sounds like AMD is going to be releasing another 12GB card, likely at around 450 USD, and to me, that's a bit pricey for a 12GB card, given that it's going to be slower than the 6800 XT, which is only about 50-70 bucks more, and has 16GB of Vram.

[@clarkisaac6372]

RX 6750 XT is even threatening hard on RTX 3070 Ti in tests.

[@lakecityripper]

Well to make you feel better I got a 3070ti about a year and a half ago and I sold it for a 6950xt and i can say it stomps a mud hole in the 3070ti

[@lakecityripper]

Not only the v ram but it competes with the 3090ti in gaming

[@snaggiz]

Yeah, you’ll be set for some time yet!

[@rodneybiltman2005]

I am still running my 1060, which I bought new. After all these years it is STILL going strong. I was holding out recently for a price point drop on the 4080, but since Nvidia's bs lately I decided to purchase a 7900 xtx. Money talks, and I used mine to tell Nvidia to kick rocks. lol Edit: The 10 series cards by Nvidia are SOLID. Great vid!

[@seikochristopherward9908]

absolute legend

[@urloony]

How has your 7900 been 3 months on? Any overheating or power issues? Drivers ok? I'm in a similar situation with my 1050ti and thinking of switching over to AMD and getting the 7800xt.

[@Kage0No0Tenshi]

what I remmember is that I had gtx 660, 770-4gb (770 4gb sli later on) then rx vega 56 had black screen issue when I alt tab but did not have it as windows key then sold it to buy rtx 3080 at realise but out of stock, had to buy gtx 1060-6gb then moved to seccond hand rtx 3070 had 0 issue untill driver issues but had to use it to play warzone2 when it was new and get neon light and every color in games mixed up ugly and poor performance and hit even harder with 8gb vram and could not even play ray tracing games, most games I played with dlss support had so blurry at 1440p quality mode so I had to use fsr2 for more clear look. for 2 month ago I was going to buy rtx 4070 and not even think about any other brand then I look at hardwareunboxed benchmarks and other ones for rx 6950xt priced same as rtx 4070, have a power usage as rtx 4080 and performance as 4070ti have price of rtx 4070 seems good when we do not look at ray tracing, 16 gb vram and faster vram buss seems to be better buy and I got rx 6950xt and now I use it overclocked same time undervolted goes 23800 GPU score at time spy give me that fps I need in CS2. had some smal issues in those 2 month but they are complitly gone at 23:11:1 is perfect. have big hope for intel drivers and GPUs, if I was on low budget and did not have rtx 3070 from start would defenetly get a770 16gb.@@urloony

[@Kage0No0Tenshi]

short story rx 6950xt had driver issue for 2 weeks and now have 23:11:1 driver perfect.@@urloony

[@ivoivic2448]

bruh... i have it and it definitely ain't going strong. newer games are wrecking it.

[@Dakshohri]

Do you recommend for using 6800XT for 3D work and rendering, hearing that nvidia is better in this department, i am getting a good deal on rx6800xt.

[@RATechYT]

If you're mainly going to be using your PC for work, you might wanna go for a similarly priced Nvidia GPU.

[@Dakshohri]

@@RATechYT RTX 3070

[@RATechYT]

​@@Dakshohri Yup. Just keep in mind that the 6800 XT is quite a bit ahead the RTX 3070 in games and has double the VRAM.

[@amarismic9889]

I know Im late bro,but i have an 1050 ti that i want to upgrade,and that error after putting your pc in sleep mode is not radeon exclusive,happens to me too

[@RichardJNeo]

I recently upgraded from a GTX1080Ti to a 7900XTX just because it felt like better value and idgaf about raytracing or need frame generation at this level. Haven’t had any issues, the AMD Adrenalin software is great. I was a little bit scared going in but I think that just comes down to fear of the unknown and Nvidia market share hype, I got over it pretty quick.

[@user-qc6pg6ef6h]

Solid content, as always! Keep 'em coming! As a fellow switcher myself - no regrets. Sure, overall there's a bit more roughness with drivers but nothing I couldn't fix by installing an older or newer version which only takes what - 15 minutes with a DDU wipe? But man, video recording straight through driver is incredibly convenient,

[@kdcustoms1272]

Picked up a msi 6750xt mech for my first AMD build (5700x). After a year with it ive been very happy. Just had to update my bios and since then everything has worked perfectly. Love the adrenaline software.

[@smileinurhand]

Well details. Is RX6600 good for Photoshop & Aftereffect? I'm not gamer.

[@toma866]

nvidia is better for that, best value card is rtx 3060 12gb oc dual fan, in croatia its around 350 euros new, just don't get the 8 gb vram version

[@almightytyler993]

@@toma866I got the 8gb one & I didn’t had any problems

[@toma866]

@@almightytyler993 im saying its not goinf to be in eough in a few years and youll need a new one

[@JustS0meK1dd]

I've been using Nvidia GPUs for the last 8 years or so, but I also have a PC building side business and I've been absolutely amazed with the Adrenaline software since the release of the 6000 series. I've been running into VRAM related issues with my 3070 at 1440p in some newer games, and I'm strongly considering buying a 7900xt now the price has come down quite a lot. I've seen first hand that the AMD driver issues are massively exaggerated and I honestly think they are offering better value for money in the current generation (at least in the entry level-upper midrange categories). After building so many AMD systems I'm looking forward to finally making the switch myself.

[@gokublack8342]

The 6950XT is hands down the best card of the past gen its on par with a 3090 and only a little weaker than a 3090 TI while being far cheaper than either one Edit: The card actually holds its own against some current gen cards

[@chexmixkitty]

It's price right now is pretty great as well

[@johnvandeven2188]

Yes, the Nvidia bullshit train is alive and well. Almost as if Nvidia has a dedicated team of users paid to deliberately bag the crap out of Radeon.

[@aron_e39b77]

If you don't care about raytracing.

[@animegeek6118]

@@aron_e39b77dude please RT is so overrated it’s not even funny. RT is only good for pretty screenshots. Besides that it does nothing or adds nothing to the actual game experience.

[@Robert-G]

@@aron_e39b77and if you don’t care about cuda, nvenc (which includes faster renders in davinci), or having best possible performance. AMD 7000 and NV 4000 both can do AV1 which is great! But AMD still does have anything with top tier performance… I find any kind of brand loyalty silly. Any brand can screw up, be it AMD, Intel, Nvidia or Toyota. I like to squeeze as much performance into small cases with custom water cooling. Adding the cost for a custom block for a given gpu means, I want to use that for as long as possible. So at least 3 years without it getting too slow to annoy me. My water-cooled 3090 FE is super tiny and still runs well enough to skip 4000 or 7000 cards.

[@marksoldier4640]

The PowerColor fighter 6600xt has been insanely awesome. The one software bug I experienced was the constant notify and reset of my 10% overclock settings. Turing it down to a 5% overclock fixed that issue. Out of the 2 dozen games I did have at one point, nearly all would average at 155-165fps at 1080p. After switching to a 1440p monitor, I still get average 130-155fps. The one driver bug I experienced was Fallout 4 which went from 152fps 1080p average to a locked 55fps (exactly 1/3 of monitor's 165) 1440p, and that likely happened because I switched the monitor during gameplay. Possibly the game causing the issue. Have not been able to fix. Will have to reinstall FO4 to fix before launching the FOLondon mod in April.

[@markdavenportjr5129]

Very nice. I plan on getting the 7800 xt this Spring with a full clean install of Windows just to be on the safe side.

[@silasdhayanand8708]

I switched from a gtx 1060 3gb to an rx 6700 and been loving the overall experience even the software side, I used to experience frequent crashes but later found out that it was due to a memory timing overclock which made the card unstable and then fixed. From then on no more crashes so far. AMD allows an extensive overclocking suite within the gpu software itself, it even comes along with a custom fan curve option

[@oldveeh]

It's been a while since AMD/ATi has released a series of GPU as good as the RX6xxx ! Bought a 6800XT last year, it does Windows, Linux and gpu passtrough like a champ. I'm extremely satisfied by this purchase. Even now 2y after release, it is still a strong contender.

[@anasevi9456]

RDNA1/2/3 was great for plain gaming setups with one display, but god they are terrible to live with if you run 3 displays; including a 165hz one. And I say this as someone whom loved their Vega 64 for 5 years, and loves their 5700XT (in a one TV media machine)... and missed Adrenalin so much. Heck even old Crimson and the CCC before were vastly superior to the terribad NV Control Panel+Geforce Experience cr@p.

[@oldveeh]

@@anasevi9456 must be the refresh difference then. Because I have 3screen. 70hrz, 60 and 60 and I have no complaint about it. It's running fine.

[@yarienicitte6231]

​@@anasevi9456I use 2 monitor and work perfectly fine. 1440p and 1080p, same refresh rate (165hz)

[@GungHoSourdough]

I’ve used an Nvidia GPU cause it’s what I was used to and came with the PC I bought off someone but now I’m building my first custom PC and going to get the Radeon Merc310 7900XTX, any thoughts on that?

[@cesaru3619]

Shitty raytracing and less fps...

[@chainshawz4476]

been a long time nvidia user. my first card was a mx250 lol years ago!. for the value compared to nvidia the 7900xtx and specifically the merc310 black the cooler is great and for i think 921 dollars you really cant beat that if you dont care about crazy lighting and shading. overclocked as well after watching countless videos and talking with friends the 7900xtx can get pretty close to the 4090 in frames and actually beat the 4080 easily but without the famous nvidia ray tracing polish. because graphics cards also specifically the nvidia cards are being resold for scalped pricing for me in my opinion the 7900xtx should win in terms of value. your opinion/s may vary...

[@GummySlayer]

Got myself an RX 6950 XT back in Nov. and I couldn't be happier. 100% satisfied with it. A ton of power for a great price.

[@pavletrnic1433]

I upgraded to an rx480 a few months ago, it is still perfectly capable of running every game i need it to, at 1080p

[@R3SPWN]

I made the switch with the current gen when I returned my 4070 and swapped it for a Red Devil 7900 XTX, and I have to say, I am glad I did. NGreedia can keep their cards.

[@xander4322]

Hows your experience with the 7900xtx? been wanting to upgrade my 6650xt. and would rather not give as you said NGreedia any money

[@R3SPWN]

It's been flawless. No driver issues, no coil whine that everyone supposedly has, and no game crashes ...nothing. More than happy with my decision. @@xander4322 I've used it for CoD MW2/Warzone , Madden 23, WWE 2K23, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Diablo IV, Path of Exile, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, and a few other titles.

[@Bilal.Hussain.Shaikh]

​@@xander4322 wait until RX7800XT released, someone bound to compares two GPU RX7800XT Vs RX7900XTX

[@ahywud5123]

@@xander4322 switch to a 7900xtx the diffrence is huge i would say a 4080 is better and only 100$ more so if it's resonably priced a 4080 might be better intel new gpu is said to be as powerful as the 4090 and for way less and i would say wait and see what intel has to offer

[@bu11ymaguire]

​@@ahywud5123xtx is better than 4080. 4080 is slightly better at raytracing.

[@lalosangron]

I'm really happy with my 5700 xt, but I must admit that there was around 5 months that I had a lot of driver issues until an update fixed everything and now it works amazing

[@DeutscherDE-GB]

When building my first gaming pc a few months ago, i was really struggling on a graphics card option. In the end tho i chose the 6650XT despite being mixed when waiting for the parts to arrive. Tho I’m happy to say that since building it, I’ve been really happy with the graphic and driver performance. I haven’t had a since problem with it so far and it seems to remain like that. Its safe to say i will probably keep a look into radeon for a long while with being a way more budget friendly option at some parts to nvidia. Some say that its best to increase the budget up a bit to possibly a 6700XT, with me not really being a pc gamer and the performance of the 6650XT being definitely enough for what i need, im perfectly happy with this card.

[@Larwood.]

Over the past ~15 years I've had 3 GPUs from each brand, and while AMD did have some issues (eg. the mouse cursor corruption that lasted so long it became hilarious) I have overall had more frequent and more significant problems with Nvidia. Games crashing when alt-tabbing, drivers causing fans to stop under load, broken browser hardware acceleration, corrupted desktop apps, none of these things ever happened with AMD. Add to that the much better software experience and the better value for money, I can't imagine myself buying Nvidia again unless there's a massive change.

[@locinolacolino1302]

Strange how people are willing to overlook NVidia's decades of anti competitive/consumer practices and oftentimes subpar quality products; then act all surprised when the 40 Series released saying "Huh, NVidia were the Evil ones this Entire Time!??".

[@chrissoclone]

I bought the exact same 6800 last November and I'm as happy as can be - I think XFX really nailed the cooler design, understatement with no "gamer"-blingbling, just classy. The card runs very cool and quiet and is really a performance beast for the price while being much more energy efficient than it's big sisters. I also had zero driver issues with it. The only negatives are a bit of coil whine, but it's low and not really annoying, also fixable with FPS limiter, and the lenght of the cooler which required a new case here. Still, lovely card. The whole AMD driver issue talk is mostly an urban myth, I never had any more problems with AMD than with nVidia, prefer AMD's software and my last two AMD cards have been a joy (I had the RX580 before). Sure, there's Raytracing performance and DLSS 3, but actually that really, for me, affects only one single game which is basically a nVidia marketing tool: Cyberpunk. I played that one 3 times already, it also looks really good with no RT, and so far couldn't find any other title that would really require an nVidia card for extra eyecandy.

[@ArtjomsSivickis]

Another issue I have with my Radeon is Free sync related. Everytime PC goes to sleep and wakes up I have to turn Free sync off on my monitor and back on, otherwise the games start with sound, but no video output, ALT+Tab works, so that's an easy fix

[@sajithsaji3606]

Bro I have a doubt Is there any difference in image quality comparing amd and Nvidia? R both r same?

[@RATechYT]

Image quality is the same.

[@ThomasD66]

Upgraded from 2070 super to 6800 XT about six months ago. Only issue I'm having is occasional momentary black screen while in Brave browser. AMD bug report pops up each time and I'm sending them in, so hopefully it gets addressed soon. Otherwise it's be a great GPU for gaming at an excellent price for performance.

[@ACamacho96]

I've been a long-time user of Nvidia for the past probably 7 years now at least. Just got my first AMD card and I'm loving it. It is a new software to get used to but after that I really see no difference. The only feature I miss was being able to click one button and "optimize" a game's settings. If that feature is in the adrenaline software somewhere I haven't found it yet, but I don't miss it that much.

[@phantomslayer8649]

That feature was buggy and kinda sucked anyway

[@jadejohnson3664]

I just purchased 6650XT. I also have problems when Windows goes to sleep and it doesn't want to wake up or the driver fails and I have to restart computer. This has happened numerous times in only the first week of use. I had an nvidia 1060 previously that worked well for many years.

[@alae4586]

Does that solve when you restart it? 😮

[@the_fist_inyou4785]

I switched from 3060ti to a 6800xt. I have no regurts! Works great and I haven’t experienced any driver issues in last three months. Had just as many crashes on my 3060 as i have on 6800 so no complaints. Was alot cheaper than alternatives also

[@hersheyannbautista608]

Throughout my life, as I experimented with my personal computer, I've had the opportunity to utilize Nvidia on only two occasions. The first instance was when I assembled my initial PC, and the second was when I exchanged it for another Nvidia card. However, when I became aware of AMD, I decided not to switch back to Nvidia for a straightforward reason: I've never encountered any significant problems with any of my AMD cards. Consequently, I plan to remain loyal to AMD unless I encounter a major issue that necessitates a switch to Nvidia, much like your own approach.

[@SilverPeach]

I went from gtx 750 to 1070ti to 1080ti to 6700 xt and I could not be happier! I have way less issues with AMD. I went from intel to AMD as well!

[@tbm7301]

I find that the 6000 series and newer cards seems to be the most stable. Can't speak for the 5000 series. I used to have an RX 480 and would have drivers timeouts like twice a week that would require a restart. My RX 6800 as well as my 6700xt is still yet to give me any hiccups.

[@UranusfromBrussels]

Was it worth it from 1080ti to 6700xt? Because I'm still on a 1080ti. Currently looking into a second hand 2080TI

[@SilverPeach]

@@UranusfromBrussels if you want better 1440p performance and can sell your current card to make back some of what you spend on the new card, then sure! I actually found a 6700 xt for $200 and sold my 1080ti for $240. But if you play at 1080p, anything more would be overkill.

[@UranusfromBrussels]

@@SilverPeach thanks for the feedback. I’m on 1440p, 1080TI was a legend. Nvidea has made it difficult to upgrade. Was thinking of a 4070 but that’s just one more gb of Vram and it’s 650€ in Belgium 😕

[@TheRealBleach]

@@tbm7301Yeah the 400 and 500 series sucked in my experience. Much much better now but professional processes on AMD are still so bad that Intel is ahead of them in many aspects now. Hopefully that changes.

[@melodytaffy8511]

I literally have to stay on adrenalin driver 23.7.2 to do VR. And windows keeps doing something changing the driver, causing me to be unable to open the driver software, and the video editing software is importing files all buggy.

[@irondisciple2984]

i have a question for amd gpus. i heard tha if you go amd its best to pair it with a ryzen cpu for better performance compared to using intel cpu/mobo. is that true? or is it bogos and i can still use my intel cpu/mobo with a amd gpu.

[@RATechYT]

That's BS.

[@KoenigsLeet]

It wouldnt perform overall worse, but you can get a better performance with matching amd gpu & cpu by enabling SAM.

[@Very_Questionable]

@@KoenigsLeet that still doesn't matter, you can enable SAM on intel platforms

[@KoenigsLeet]

How?@@Very_Questionable

[@Very_Questionable]

@@KoenigsLeet called resizable bar in bios, and then enable it through software (Z490 chipset and above, basically 10th gen and above cpus I believe)

[@mikecruz5389]

This was an honest review and I appreciate the transparency. Honestly I think both companies make a good product. I switched from an RTX 2060 to a 6700xt and haven’t looked back. I’m always looking for the best bang for my buck so it was an easy switch. When NVidia decides to return their pricing structure back to reality I’ll consider them for my next upgrade. Great vid.

[@i_zoru]

exactly what im do, i was planning to buy rtx 3000 series, but nvidia pricing were skyrocket due to demands, since then the price keeps fluctuate which make me frustrated, so i decided to bought the rx 6000 series, planning for replacement too once the price goes 'normal'

[@dalehammers4425]

Nvidia has zero incentive to do this, their fanbois will buy their product no matter what, and they know it.

[@RegazozoGaming]

I swapped from a 1080ti to a 6900xt years ago. The performance is still mindblowing and I have never had any driver issues. I will say that out of the box performance for Nvidia GPUs is wayyyy better, after cleaning/tuning my settings in Adrenalin I picked up between 10-14% gains in FPS, my 1080 ti picked up about 4% after the same treatment. AMD has quirks but with a little TLC you can get use to them and save a few bucks.

[@evan.rianto]

Im planning to switch from 3060ti to 6900xt, what kind of settings do you change in the settings ??

[@RegazozoGaming]

@@evan.rianto Biggest gains will be made in reducing Voltage, bring it down 5 - 10 and stress and repeat until it crashes. Frequency doesnt need to be super high Mines set to 2350 min and 2450 max. I set the Ram Timing to fast and bumped it up to 2100. I didnt add any power and my Voltage is set to 1105. You can bump the Mhz up if you crank up the power but I found it just ran hotter and louder for slight gains.

[@RegazozoGaming]

@@evan.rianto Each card is going to end up with different settings if you want to get the most out of it, my card would be considered average in the silicon lottery stack.

[@evan.rianto]

@@RegazozoGaming wow cool, I never tinker around gpu card voltage myself but wort considering when I really upgrade to 6900xt nitro later. thanks for the info !

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

I changed from 8700k 1080ti that I bought on launch for a 5800h 3070 laptop (it's like 3700x rx6700 performance with dlss). Now that I don't need the mobility anymore I opted for 7800x3d 4080.

[@kentvun]

error message on my 6600m: Windows update may have automatically replaced your amd graphics driver, hence the version of amd driver is not compatible with your currently installed amd graphics driver.

[@sorow9523]

I just changed from gtx 1080oc to rx 7600oc, and im satisfied with my purchase. I first thought buying rtx 3060 12gb, but it wasn't as appealing as rx 7600. The rtx card that i would want to get is rtx 2080 TI if it would be available for 300€ used(or even appearing used in Finland.)

[@ArchDeusAirsoftNC]

Absolutely love my RX 6800XT. Been really hard to give myself a reason to upgrade. And XFX cards are super classy.

[@dalehammers4425]

I have the 6700XT XFX and best thing imho is that I've never once heard it. Outside being a beautiful card, its whisper quiet.

[@christofferholmstedt3312]

I've been running a 6800xt since a few months after its launch, and i have had zero issues with it, and i've been very happy with its performance at 1440p

[@Gantali9305]

This is also my experience with my MSI 6800Xt. With the appropriate amounts of VRAM compared to nvidia and the fact it is almost half the price of the 3080 which it matches in performance it was a no brainer. I love the AMD software and the fact that i don't have to use Nvidia control panel which hasn't changed since windows xp. Ray tracing is not worth the massive frame rate drops on either brand so i think unless you do productivity, people buying Nvidia at the moment only do due to brand recognition.

[@osaga9652]

i have a 6800xt sincs black friday last year . love the card but the only thing bothering me is the coilwhine . but i wont refund it

[@Marmalard]

6800XT is an amazing card for 1440p

[@Gantali9305]

@@osaga9652 don't get any coil whine on mine... maybe a model specific issue?

[@Gantali9305]

@@Marmalard Use mine mostly at 4K and it does a good job.

[@HighIgnition]

I had been using Radeon GPUS since they exists (occasionally going to nVidia for time to time) my current streak is RX 5600XT, RX 5700XT, RX 6700XT, RX 6800 (non XT as yours) and just about yesterday RX 7800XT

[@juhatalimaki6664]

I switched to AMD Radeon 7600XT from Nvidia 3060Ti. I started to have problem with my 3 year old 3060 where the screen went black for a second or two several times a day. I have had similar problems before with Nvidia cards. So I decided that I would try AMD after a couple of decades with Nvidia. For the record I have only had the RX card for 6 months, but I have had no problems what so ever yet and I run games like Baldurs Gate 3, Cyberpunk, Red dead redemption with higher frame rates with everything on ultra and 4K. Where I had maybe 50-60 FPS with 3060 I now have 90-110 FPS or more (depending on the game) I also love the AMD GPU software Adrenaline. So I can say that I so far are very happy with AMD. Probably will try AMD CPU when I upgrade next year or 2026.

[@Hmmmppffff]

Love my RX5700. Yes there were driver issues at launch. But since three years it runs like a champ. Love the Adrenaline software and the ease of use. And the best thing are the 8GB VRAM & Performance for the little money. Nvidia just can't deliver that.

[@garbuckle3000]

Just picked up an XFX 6950 XT a week ago. Aside from the high power usage (which undervolting helps), I've enjoyed it, and am fond of the design. I upgraded from a 6600XT which had replaced my RX 5700. Before that I had nvidia cards in laptops. I will continue to shop for best value, and if that's AMD, so be it.

[@OraOraOra]

I'm also interested in the 6950 XT or maby the 7800 XT. I wanted to buy the 4070 first, because it's so efficient, but the 12GB vram. . . From RX 5700 to -> RX 6600 XT to -> RX 6950 XT is a rly weird upgrade path 😅

[@garbuckle3000]

@@OraOraOra The 6600XT was a replacement, not an upgrade per se. I sold the 5700 for more than I paid for a 6600XT. The 6950XT was a true upgrade, though

[@OraOraOra]

@@garbuckle3000 Okay gotchu. I remember the crazy GPU Prices, my friend sold his 5700 for 800€!!! I want to get the 6950 XT or the 7800 XT, what do you think? I mean performance is similar, right? But the 7800 XT got the newer archetechture and is less power hungry. Btw, do you undervolt or overclock your GPU?

[@garbuckle3000]

@@OraOraOra I think the 7800XT will be 5-10% slower than the 6950XT. Prices for the 6950XT have gone up again in my area, though, so I'd probably go with 7800XT for the new features and lower price. And yes, I undervolt; my XFX has too much coil whine stock. In hindsight, I should have waited for the 7800XT, but I got a deal on my card and I wanted Starfield for Sep 1

[@Jagamoose]

I bought a Rx6800 last year and have had a lot of performance problems. No overclock or tweaks on the card, from what i could tell it was the latest drivers from amd. Went back to my 2070 and couldn't be happier.

[@HardstyleSoldier7777]

I was planning to buy 7900xtx but I have dual monitors and I read that people have big problems who runs multiple monitor set up and I haven't found any posts so far with solution to that so if anyone have 7900xtx with 2 or more monitors can you tell me did they fix that issue or is it still a thing .

[@MadMaxx.1977]

I upgraded from my aging EVGA 3080 to the Sapphire Nitro 7900 XTX. My first AMD card since they were ATI (5870). I'm very pleasantly surprised with my Sapphire's performance. Only been about 2 weeks, but there's been no game crashes (1440p Ultra) or any unpleasantness from this big beautiful beast of a GPU.

[@shady8261]

"Aging 3080"☠️

[@Gamerlordpro]

​@@shady8261I thought the same.... First world problems.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

What is the performance in RT ?

[@release9025]

@@Gamerlordpro nah in first world countries in europe, gpus are extremely expensive, they're cheap only in america

[@MrBonki123]

@@release9025 You don't know what first world problems are, do you?

[@EngelsNederfiele]

I switched from Nvidia and Intel based systems to And Ryzen and Radeon, quite honestly I have never looked back. I have not had a problem thus far after over a year of ownership. Giving yourself time to do complete uninstalls when updating everything works fine. AMD do things differently and if you give yourself the time to acclimatise properly, the experience and cost savings are good.

[@senderbud31]

For the shader thing, manually resetting your shaders in the AMD app after each driver update has helped me

[@RATechYT]

That got fixed a while ago via a game update.

[@Sarge-R1]

nice vid what open pc rig is that bye the way what you are using 8:03?

[@RATechYT]

It's a skeleton case from AliExpress.

[@crckstck]

Had an rx480 for 8 years and recently switched to an rx6700xt. Never had an issue

[@ibzmav]

What resolution are you running the 6700xt? I'm interested on that card.

[@crckstck]

@@ibzmav 1440p (Ark se, Hogwarts legacy, Forza etc) all around 60-120fps on highest settings. Cs2 on 1080p runs with 290 on highest settings. Warzone in 1080p and highest settings runs with 135 fps

[@ibzmav]

@@crckstck awesome. Is this the Sapphire brand?

[@crckstck]

@@ibzmav xfx

[@appsaucetech]

As someone who has used a 6600 for around 2 years, I can confidently say that Radeon has few to no issues. I have encountered none over those two years. Plus the adrenaline software is a major plus. I love the experience and would recommend.

[@elite_gt1518]

main issue i had is that when i first got my pc with an all amd build was that the default driver install will opt for latest drivers as soon as they come out so the beta drivers or experimental but only had 1 bad driver even then. but you can set the update to stay on stable versions until the new drivers have been tested enough to see if they are stable and then will update on its own. but with the 7800xt im currently using even the experimental drivers are working fine. also if you have a full amd build i would recommend using SAM enabled as gives a small boost in some games without stability issues atleast for me.

[@josephrunkles4577]

I've had my 6700xt for about a year now and i love it, based on price/performance I won't be switching back to Nvidia anytime soon. Can't wait for AMD's next line up after the 7000 series.

[@doit4matt]

I also had been using Nvidia for several generations without ever considering AMD. However, this generation I decided to get a 7900XT once the price dropped to $750. It has been a great experience, really. My only complaint is that FSR is not nearly as good as DLSS.

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

Why would FSR be as good as DLSS? They arent even the same thing at all One is Super Resolution while the other is AI-assisted Super Sampling, AMD currently does not have anything like DLSS (Radeon has AI-assisted performance stuff but so far anything like DLSS are missing despite new GPUs coming out with the technology to run such a thing)

[@NamTran-xc2ip]

​@@xGoodOldSmurfehxDoes it matter? At the end of the day, DLSS is better than FSR, factor it in your buying decisions.

[@MDFGamingVideo]

Another great video @RATECHYT I've used BOTH nVidia AND AMD since the early 2000's. They have both leap-frogged each other in the past 20+ years where performance, value and stability are concerned. I usually AVOID major issues because, once I find a stable setup, I don't mess with it unless absolutely necessary. And I use good methodology to test the new setup to make sure it's going to be reliable. I DO NOT just AUTO UPDATE. Microsoft, nVidia, AMD and Intel have ALL moved to a very "Software as a Live Service" model and it sucks! It is almost like people at these companies think "Is it working perfectly? Yes? OK time to MESS WITH IT!" 😂🤣

[@INFEidi8]

the same kinda thing happened to me when i moved from a 3060 to a 6750xt the drivers had no issues i just needed to change up a few settings some registry settings too and it worked amazingly in 1440p gaming one of the best purchaces i have ever made cheaper than a 3070 and performs slightly better in the games that i play.

[@mjmonjure]

Did you have the same quirks with the 6800 as the 6600?

[@RATechYT]

Only the "no signal" thing when the screen goes to sleep happens from time to time. Shader compiling issue in Apex got fixed at some point after a game update and it turns out it's not a Radeon exclusive problem, people with Nvidia GPUs had the same thing happen to them. Haven't had the chance to use the 6800 with an old motherboard to see if the BIOS lag is there, so I can't say anything about that.