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AMD has been taking so many W's, they're just giving them away (pixelfed.social)
submitted 10 months ago by Spudwart to c/[email protected]
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[–] leave_it_blank 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I just bought my first Nvidia card since the TNT2. Up to today I always looked for the most FPS for the money.

This time my focus was on energy efficiency, and the AMD cards suck at the moment. 4070 about 200w, 6800 about 300w. AMD really has to fix that.

Regarding DLSS: I activated it in control, and it looks... off? Edges seem unsharp, not all the time, but often, sometimes only for a second, sometimes longer. I believe it is the only game I have that has support for it, but I'm not impressed.

At OP: Brand loyality is the worst. Neither Nvidia nor AMD like you. Get the best value for your money.

Btw, Nvidia needed an account to let me use their driver. Holy shit, that's fucked up!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a way around the account requirement. I uninstalled GeForce experience forever ago

[–] leave_it_blank 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait what?? Thank you, I will look into it, I don't need that crap!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When you install the drivers there is a checkbox for geforce experience. I think you need to do "custom installation" or advanced or whatever they call it instead of just clicking the install button they show.

[–] leave_it_blank 2 points 10 months ago

Aaaaaaand.... it's gone! Thanks!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You can get drivers directly from their site without an account aswell

[–] Phishr42 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

4070 about 200w, 6800 about 300w. AMD really has to fix that.

But if you compare cards from the same generation, like the 3070 and 6800, they're much closer. Nvidia still has the edge, but the 3070 TGP is 220W vs the 6800 at 250W.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

if im not wrong 6800 perform way better than 3070

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

According to TomsHardware, the RX 6800 is currently the most efficient.

[–] leave_it_blank 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe, but it draws 280 watts instead of 200. That's just too much, at least for me.

[–] BigDaddySlim 2 points 10 months ago

You don't necessarily need an account to use the Nvidia drivers, just if you want automatic updates through GeForce Experience. Not saying that's any better, in fact it's almost as shitty, just wanted to clarify.

I just used a junk email to make an account for the auto updates.