@@mehemynxm6974 Brand loyalty is fine, it’s the fanboyism that’s weird. Some kind of fusion of playground politics and attempt to justify the money spent. I needed, no wanted a new GPU recently and was keen on getting an nvidia card this time around mainly for CUDA but the value proposition was just bad.
I wouldn't say it's brand loyalty all the time Nvidia market better and are more user friendly imo. It's a shame AMD can't seem to make the AMD software more accessible. When you plug in your GPU it should install adrenaline software and then give you a skippable tutorial for a new user. Instead you have to find answers on the likes of RUclips
The "are amd gpu drivers still bad?" isn't brand loyalty though it was amd fault for that and they yet to outlive that reputation even if today amd drivers are actually better than nvidia drivers
I did the same, except it was an upgrade from a 3070 (which I loved) to the 7900 XT and I couldn't be happier. I cannot speak highly enough about AMD's Adrenaline software. It is very easy to use and looks amazing compared to Nvidia.
7900 is a beast, definitevly my next gpu when it comes down on price to 650 or so. I had a 3070 and sell it a month ago for 400 and a few days ago i buyed a 3080 fe for 420.
Same, got the 7900XT Hellhound open box for $719 and it is AMAZING! Don't even know why I bothered with Nvidia cards this gen. 4K gaming with even high RT mostly ultra settings and few settings set to high instead where its not even noticeable, I can get 120FPS easily. 20GB VRAM is so nice!
I did the same 7900xtx instead of 4090.. 4080 was out of the question due too RT benchmarks and memory configuration, better RT performance than AMD realy doesnt mean 1200euro+ worth RT performance:-D its sucks anyway , rasterization performance capabilities of 4080 that was nail to its coffin ... pretty fast decision. Supporting chiplets in gaming gpu market and price moved me too xtx instead of 4090. Frame gen in high-end gpu sector, basicaly performance hack . Lets be honnest It is performance hack used as "selling point " that was insult ... good feature, but not selling point.
I made the switch to AMD after EVGA exited the GPU market. I bought EVGA cards only for over a decade. I now have an XFX 7900 XTX. I could not be happier with the performance of the card.
I've worked and gamed on an old laptop with a 1050 (not Ti) for over 8 years and this month I built my first PC ever. I chose the RX 7800 XT cause there was a special offer on all products in a store, and I honestly couldn't pass the opportunity. It's worked absolutely amazingly, and the software is just great. As someone that had to play with everything on the lowest settings, never reaching above 30 FPS, and playing at lower than 1080 resolutions all this time, this feels like a dream, and I honestly feel like I paid almost nothing for all the performance I'm getting
I was initially going for a 3060 Ti, but when I saw videos about recent games struggling because of the lack of vram on nvidia GPUs I changed my mind an went with 6700XTwhich was cheaper and had 12 GB of vram instead of 8 GB on the 3060 Ti. I had the card for a week now and im amazed by the adrenalin software and drivers, absolutely no regrets.
@@thatguy3000 Benchmarks at release date 6700XT was sometimes faster and other times slower than 3070 but I guess since then better drivers came up and unleashed the true potential of the 6700XT
Exactly the same situation I was in deciding between the 3060ti and in the end got myself a 6700XT running with smart access memory and I’m amazed by the performance, also no regrets.
I bought my X370 platform 6 years ago, 1700X & Vega64. Just a month ago I installed a 5800X3D and 6950 XT into that same system. AMD has been great for me.
@@fengutheface It sure can, if the manufacture released a supporting BIOS. There is a caveat though, it will no longer support a few other models of CPU due to the small BIOS ROM size the X370 boards typically had.
AMD graphic cards are just fine for 95% of people and come in at a much more reasonable cost. I have a couple of 6650xt's and they are beasts for what I paid.
AMD was only doing so poorly because Intel bribed Dell and HP into not using their competitor's hardware in their pc's for years. AMD also is constantly making all of their work open-source and drastically pushing things forward.
Esp during the Socket A days where AMD Athlons and the Athlon XP were as competitive or were better than Intel's offerings at a lower price. AMD did well with critics in the Socket 939 days but the financial situation hurt them a lot because said critics would still praise intel more than AMD despite AMD being on par or better for the dollar.
I went from a GTX 1070, needed a upgrade after several years of working that card like a workhorse. I bit the bullet on a XT 7900 XTX just due to the massive DDR memory sink it had, and went from 8 GB to 24 GB of VRAM. Every game I've thrown at it chews through it seamlessly on ultra settings. Works as hard as a 4080, but was $300 cheaper. Happy with it so far.
same here, went from 1070Ti to 7900XTX (personal rig, on working rig i used a lot of different cards mostly NVidia) , in this price and performance level, NVidia was no-go, price of 4090 is somewhere else and whole 40XX series is a joke compared to money they ask for it. Driver issue is the thing old several years, and for some reason there is not much ppl talking about nvidia drivers issue, since both manufacturer having them.
You prolly dont have a 4080. Becouse the rx 7900xtx did better in every game unless you are Actually not using its software but adjusting the nvdia software
yep upgraded from a GTX 1070 as well, having RMA it once, it then died again, during covid whilst GPUs were super high, worked out better price wise to get it a PC combo build, as I was not prepared to pay nearly tripe what the 1070 originally cost me. Got a 6700XT, been more than happy with it, 2 years so far, no hiccups, no driver hangs and the GPU itself, hasn't failed, unlike my Nvidia, in fact, I seem to call in my 20 years of Nvidia and AMD flip flopping, Nvidias have failed, AMDs I replaced cos they were obsolete. Never had to RMA an AMD, and the 1070 was not first RMA either, I seem to remember doing it on a Ti4600 and 9600GT years ago too, yet my Radeon have always been bullet proof.
My first GPU that I bought over 10 years ago was an amd 5770 juniper xt from Sapphire. Never understood the hate after switching to Nvidia myself. Great value for how long it lasted. Used it for nearly 5 years before I replaced it with an underwhelming 960 that cost me 50$ more than what I paid for the 5770. My brother used the 5770 for his minecraft and league gaming until it finally died on us 5 years after that. Best 150$ spent on a graphics card ever. For those who might question how it lasted so long, this was 720p gaming card, and my brother used a 720p monitor until the card died.
You don't have to prove why the card lasted long... These cards are like bulletproof, i have a r9 280 Dual-X from Sapphire since 2014 and it's nearly 10 yrs old still holding up like new.
Mine was ati radeon 9000 128mb.... I've used both Hd 5750 and 5770 👍 and loved all the AMD gpus ive used... Currently using 3080 ti but thinking of jumping to 7900 xt
I had my 960 for 8 years until I just recently upgraded my PC last month (Went with a RX 6650XT, which I now regret because I could have spent a little extra and got a better GPU)
i met 3 people that switched from nvidia to amd and none of them used DDU and kept bashing amd and telling me they switched back saying DDU isnt that essential. i lost my mind talking to them
It wouldn't surprise me, if they had even more issues now. And they probably think the AMD card somehow poisoned their system or something, lmao. Some people should just stay tf out of their computers, and admit they have no idea wtf they're doing.
Recently built my first gaming PC. I chose AMD despite hearing about all those driver problems. The first few weeks, I encountered some minor issues, but enough to get me nervous about my purchase decision. I got mad and thought Nvidia cards would never have these issues. Then, my brother bought a PC with RTX 3050, so I tried his. Turned out, Nvidia cards also have some driver issues, some are a bit worse than AMD, but people rarely talk about it.
Nah even with ddU I have had more issues with nvidia then amd if you don’t count the 5700xt. The 5700xt is in my sons rig and it’s been absolutely great the last two years to be honest. Rx580 rx5700xt rtx3060 rtx3070ti rx6950xt
true only thing is the ration between amd and nvidia is like 2:10 and therefore we hear the 2 more often than the 2 in the 10, both are very good brands. personally id go for Saphire AMD Nitro series and Nvidia MSI or Asus. no complains
From my experience brother I thought I was having driver issues with my AMD 6800XT but It was my PSU. I would play A Plague Tale Requiem And Steel Rising On 4K high setting and would get a black screen, I thought it was the drivers so I used DDU 3 times and see if it will solve my problem and it didn't. I said to myself maybe it's the PSU, so I decided to buy a good Corsair High quality PSU and my problems went away no more black screens after playing certain games in 4k on high settings.
I got my first AMD GPU a few weeks ago. The RX 6700 XT. and i'll be honest, i've been on a rollercoaster. the AMD adrenalin software was very intimidatingat first because i had absolutely NO IDEA what all these settings did; I just wanted to turn my computer on and play. on the plus side though, it's incredible how much control this software gives to the user. W for AMD👍
I would say this is the main issue with AMD there is a learning curve where as with Nvidia it's very straight forward game ready drivers and you're playing games. Once you know what you're doing with AMD though I much prefer it to nvidia
i have a RX 6700 XT with a Ryzen 5 5600. Both bought on the used market for cheap money. And what can i say this system delivers really good performance on WQHD
I am often tempted by the deals I get in the used market, but then I pull back at the last minute, thinking it is a scam. What factors do u take into consideration when buying a cpu and gpu online? What checks I need to do to make sure, the things I am buying won't turn out to be DOA?
@@amritrai45 I know exactly how you feel. The second-hand market can be very tricky. In Germany we have a used market platform called "Kleinanzeigen" (Classifieds) I personally prefer to buy locally. But of course, the range of PC hardware depends on where you live. If I can't find certain hardware locally, I only buy with buyer protection. Nevertheless, you have to be very careful, because nowadays more and more criminals are online.
@@amritrai45if you can pick it up personally and test it that would be ideal. I almost always buy used ones since 2009. Only bought bnew gpu twice. And I never had it shipped. So far I haven't had any issues with the ones I bought. It feels more like a lottery if you just gonna have it shipped to your address instead of picking it up so you could test it yourself, unless you have some kind of a buyer protection program then I guess you wouldn't need to worry.
People often forget how important DDU can be when switching GPUs. I switched a while ago and had massive issues until I used DDU to do a clean install of brand new drivers and haven't had any issues with AMD since then. Perfect performance for more than half the price of NVidia products.
Rocking my RX 570 for like 5 years, got it cheaper than a gtx 1050 LOL. It still plays everything to this day, tho its age is starting to show in some games. Will upgrade to an RX 6600 soon. It's crazy how people fanboy over brands, like they have some emotional connection with them😂😂. Like why not just buy the better value.
Hmmm 3 years compared to the 8-10 years consoles like a series s could get? Dunno mate I think you can keep that gpu and pc as a whole way longer I sure have
Hey... 52 and that is ALSO MY first graphic card I EVER got, was installed to a custom system that died in three months (sub par power brick). Then I made the mistake of trying to repair the system myself... Was A AMD 9 tower with the MOST expensive graphic card I could afford. I wanted to go ALL out at least ONCE in my life on a gaming system. Well replacement was a custom AMD 7 tower with integrated graphics on this AMD 7 CPU... Half the price as my blow out system then simply plugged in the graphic card from my new but DEAD system... FREAKING AWESOME! I STILL have the AMD 9 CPU that went with it and I believe the CPU is still in working order with all 16 cores being the monster it is but the AMD 7 CPU with only half the cores is nothing to sneeze at either. Also? Don't know why but my AMD 9 CPU was having problem staying cool even with the system at idle?!? I swapped out coolers on that note which DID make a big difference... but the system died anyways (sub-part power brick). The way I figured it? Integrated graphics on an AMD CPU wouldn't be bad. Was on the money on that note and if I plugged in an actual graphic card? Things would be sweater. Lets just say the graphic card was a bonus as I actually WASN'T used to playing games at 60 fps. But? I got spoiled FAST on that note! LMAO
I've been very happy with my 6800XT. I did my research before buying (unlike most people apparently) and used DDU before installing drivers. Ive had absolutely no issues and I love it. It was $100 cheaper than a 3080Ti, and considering its very acceptable performance in RTX, I feel as I am missing out on nothing.
@@ompatil1955 Yes it is good for streaming, I know at lest one guy that streams fine using a AMD GPU. And like you saw on this video, it even has a somewhat complete, streaming toolset in the driver control panel.
@@Motorcyclecbr DDU is a software to remove all traces of the drivers of Nvidia or AMD from your PC, if you are changing GPU vendors. Is known that not doing that can cause driver conflicts, so when changing GPU vendors, always use DDU or the special driver remover tool, normally available on each vendor driver page. Uninstalling the drivers as normal is not enough. Thou I recommend seeing tutorials on youtube in how to use DDU safely, because if badly used it can remove more than it should.
After using both nvidia and amd gpus, I honestly prefer amd's software. They have tons of cool features and all the settings are integrated into one app. theres also the fact that nvidia has quite a bit higher cpu overhead which can affect performance Edit: the software also makes undervolting and overclocking a breeze, and a small but cool thing: the stat overlay is easy to use and pulls up quickly
100% agree. I have a 6600xt and a 3080 and it's way easier to manage 6600xt than the 3080. Also, for whatever reason the 3080 gives me really weird frametime generation, it's never stable, while 6600xt was more consistent (but slower, of course).
I do love amd adrenalin software, it is actually a great "all in one" program, but it keeps randomly crashing or glitching, also somehow my 6950xt works better with the basic W10 Pro drivers than with AMD drivers (installing them means that games will start crashing, screen flickering, random moments of strong stuttering). I have mixed feelings about the card, I really like its performance but for 650$ I was expecting a flawless experience, but unfortunately it has been far from that. I even wanted to return the card but unfortunately I noticed too late that the return period was only 15 days.
Nvidia has a chokehold on people who know very little. I have used both (3070, 6700xt, 4090, 7900xtx). Amd software is better. Fluid motion frames is insane. Nvidia does run rtx better for the same price, but the 7900xtx can smoothly run psycho rtx on cyberpunk. What more can you ask?
@brandonleemoss im sorry, when did nvidia introduce driver based frame reconstruction that works on any game? Surely you dont think nvidias control panel is more user friendly than the adrenaline engine, right? Youre confusing software with drivers. Amd drivers are less stable than nvidia. Their software is far better.
Good for gaming, bad for everything else. Please, don't get me wrong. I absolutely hate Nvidia. Their pricing and performance are shit. Working on ai, offloading lots of computations to cuda, parallelized computing, rendering videos, 3d modeling, rocm isn't even close. Nvidia is shit but unfortunately amd is just even worse in that department. It's only really a good for gaming card.
Welcome to team RED. 😁 I've used BOTH nVidia and AMD GPUs since 2001, that's 22 years, and I can confirm the group-think that "AMD drivers are bad" is a lie. I have had issues on and off with BOTH nVidia and AMD cards, and in fact the only card I had major issues with was my GTX 970. To fix it I made my own custom BIOS for it, so I know what I'm talking about when I say the things I say about hardware. (Retired from 31 years in IT last year) Props for thinking for yourself and taking the plunge. You won't be disappointed.
Remember the 80's? (Pepperidge farm remembers! LOL) That's when we didn't have to fuss about graphics! 16 bit was king! Been using AMD components since 1992. Terrible back then but when the 2000's came, oh wow! Picture was great but lag was so much prevalent! I also used nVidia from time to time. My RTX 3080 works just as well as my 6800xt. The new gen of gpu's is ugh and meh! I will hold onto to these gpu's for another couple of years. Cheers
I used an amd rx 580 for a long time and My only problem with amd i ever had was my Vega 64 that died pretty soon after the warranty was out, but it was a very rare case, but i was pretty disappointed because i paid 700 for it, probably because they went with hbm on that card.
I also have a 6700XT, I absolutely love it, yeah sometimes I wish I can boost that ray tracing, then I think, wth HDR is awesome fuck that shit. I remember having a lot of issues with ATI/AMD drivers but that fit the ATI/AMD merging time. I still have an HD5770 that's still running well. I'm using it to display my server though
I had 5700xt and had horrible experience with stability, got used 2070s from a friend instead. I wouldn't call it a lie, maybe overexaggerated perception. But I'm happy to see they've nailed it now.
I've always used NVIDIA gpus, whether in laptops, or for the last 2 years in my desktop with a 3060ti, but last month, I switched to a 6750XT after having thermal throttling causing my screen to go black on my 3060Ti, and I have had zero issues so far. I've been really impressed with how many features come with the AMD Adrenalin software compared to GeForce Experience. My card has been running great and even with an overclock it runs cool and quiet. I might be a team RED gamer from now on.
We're similar. I had a 3060 12GB (Not Ti) and it was limping everywhere. My 6750XT works perfectly and barely makes a sound unless I push it with benchmarking.
I'm a massive supporter of AMD and I love their driver software, tones of tuning features but I will say this, when you do run into driver problems it really sucks and is sometimes very difficult to fix. But I can literally count on my hand the number of these problems I've experienced.
Thr one time I had issues with AMD drivers was upgrading from rx470 to RX 6600. Fixed with DDU My Nvidia laptop on the other hand I'm considering beating with a metal bat....
Have had both brands, right now rocking a RX 7900XTX and I am pleased with both brands, the only thing that stopped me from buying a 4080 is the price difference.
i use amd gpus since 2018, had a rx 580 and now i own a rx 6600 xt and my experience with it is pretty nice tbh, a few years ago i used to experience a few crashes and blue screens but now it really never happens anymore. amd drivers really got better as the years passed.
@@yaminokage for 1080p it's literally perfect, the only games i had to really worry and explore the settings to make it enjoyable are the last of us, the witcher 3 next gen and red dead redemption 2 but we all know the first two doesn't have the best optimization and rdr2 is a really heavy game
@@luk1900 red dead redemtion 2 have it if you have a good system its nothing wrong stick to vulkan and your fine and have a cpu and ram to match your gpu it is high end tittle if my r5 1600 not AF and 3600mhz and 5700xt can run it fine at both at 1080p 1440p never been under 80 fps low ever frame times is stable to.
I got the 480 in 2019, vega 56 in 2020, and now I am using the 6700xt, which I got in 2021. I had some driver issues with the 480, issues around installing drivers, a few crashes here and there, but nothing serious. I had even fewer issues with vega, and basically, I have none with the 6700xt.
I have had the same experience and it's not like it's something new. I've had this experience for years now but I will admit that AMD REALLY improved their driver during the RDNA2 era. The RX 6000 series is a solid one.
@@nxadventures9510 Early drivers for 5700XT had some pretty big issues (had some myself). Thankfully they were solved soon after. Everything since has been solid for everyone I know that has had AMD up to this point.
@@F1neW1ne Good to gear. I am now on Ryzen 6800H laptop with 680M iGPU and it has been good. It is true that I was one of the first to get the 5700XT, but I did keep it for a few months and despite updates it was still buggy. And a log of AI upscaling, etc. just required Nvidia.
I agree. My R5 and 580 were buggy messes but my current RDNA2 card has been doing fine. Though, I'm not a fan of the restrictive power limits or how undervolts are flat out ignored if you adjust frequency but those are just petpeeves. Drivers have been solid.
Thank you for bringing the ridiculous phenomenon of blind brand loyalty to light. Every company has studs and duds, and objectivity is key to making smart hardware choices. I'd like to see you try Intel's Arc A770 16GB now that their drivers are starting to mature. I think that you'd be pleasantly surprised at how well it does...especially in raytracing.
If I was rich I'd definitely give Intel Arc a try. But right now it's bound to be janky. Specs sound great though. And the high vram is definitely a plus. I was torn between Nvidia and AMD but I quickly realised that in workstation tasks it's a no brainer. Nvidia's encoders are just better than AMD on pretty much everything. Rendering with even CUDA is faster than an AMD equivalent card and with OptiX it's faster than an AMD card a whole tier or two above it. For gaming it's the other way round, except for dlss and RT. If you want to build a gaming PC that does nothing else, definitely go with AMD. (even with poorer RT performance I don't think AMD's price to performance can be beaten). For anything else, (sadly cause I dislike them) Nvidia.
@@lamenamethefirstamds ray tracing is getting so much better to the point it doesn’t even matter, also fsr 3.0 will come out soon so that’s an even smaller reason to go nvidia
@@ayanrahman9371 Ray tracing looks shit atleast on my 4070ti. It's just a gimmick at this point. Or maybe i have wrong games but Cyberpunk doesn't look anything special.
I used my rx 580 4gb card for years, and it worked great. I recently just upgraded to the rx 6700xt and I’ve been loving it as well! Never understood the hate behind amd they make great cards.
I was going to get myself a 3060 Ti but after seeing some reviews decided to get the RX 6750 XT ($100nzd cheaper) and i couldnt be happier. It performs just as well as my mates 3070 Ti, sometimes getting slightly more frames than him! Ive also found that in my opinion the adrenalin software is nicer/allows for more customisation than Nvidia's GeForce.
@@purplekafei I did the exact same thing as tiger, upgrading from a GTX 1070 my choice was either a 3060ti or a 6750XT. Went for the latter due to cost, better performance, and more VRAM for future titles. Mine is paired with a standard Ryzen 5 7600 and performance is incredible. I would just go for a standard 7600 and use PBO or a slight overclock, you'll get the same performance as the X chip and save some money.
@@ScottX68000 sweet, I'll do that then! I've been very torn between 7600x or non x but you're totally right about just using pbo. What cooler are u using? And what are ur 1% fps lows in game usually?
i might take that into mind mate im in the country next door to your country which calls eskys chilli boxes i mean no discrimination here but call the chilli box an esky once in a while
4th year with AMD gpu. I never had those "driver issue". Never a game/app crashed out because of my 380, 480, 5600xt n currently 6600. Always keep everything up to date and don't touch anything else on the GPU except for the fan curves.
I on the other hand had to sell 5700XT due to how buggy it was. Now on RTX 3080 and no issues. CUDA works fine, screencap is not buggy, no issues with AI models, and raytracing during light baking does not actually crash it.
I still have my 380x in my desktop, it has been working flawlessly out of the box since 2016 till now. It started showing its age on newest games like cyberpunk etc. . Since then I bought a rtx 3060 laptop for university and have been using it for everything since dec 2021. I still dont believe how capable rtx 3060 is. I can literally run any new game without issues. But im saving up some money to buy a 7900XT and finally build a high end machine. Can't wait. Never had any problems with AMD, can't say the same thing about nvidia.
something i noticed you didnt mention or anyone else who goes from Nvidia to AMD on youtube for that matter when talking about "workload" tasks is that in the adrenalin software there is an option to change your gpu from "graphics" to "compute" which was originally designed for mining but it also optimizes the card for workload task use aswell. (as far as im aware) thats my two cents.
as someone who just recently purchased a 6700 10gb to use in my personal pc (i have a second pc with a 3080 that is not always accessible), i too have been extremely impressed with the performance and usability of AMD cards. i find myself using AMD adrenalin a lot more than either nvidia's control panel or geforce experience, because you need an account to use geforce experience and aint nobody got time for that, and also the control panel is just a pain to use. the card performs as i expected it to, im able to undervolt and track stats right in the software, it doesnt use much in terms of system resources... all in all im very happy with my 6700, and it seems you have had the same experience. (i lowkey prefer it to the 3080 machine too lmao that one is so much louder)
I've had AMD gpus ever since but definitely 4-5 years ago they have driver issues. But nowadays AMD is super stable. Very happy with my GPU 6700xt. Specially when I got it for $200 lol
@@solaimanashraf8061 if your asking me, mine is not pre-owned and it's running great aside from loud fans, I also downgraded to the 6650xt bc of budget. Been playing modded ark and get around 140 fps which is 2.5x what I got with my other card.
Awesome video man. Glad you're bringing this to light and showcasing the RX 6700. I've been recommending it for awhile now and believe its one of the best bang for buck options available (while they're still available). Congrats on the 10K subs!
I've been rocking a 5700xt for about 4 years now, and it's been great. I had a bug for a short period of time early on when my display would randomly go one solid color and I had to manually restart the system. I ran DDU and updated the drivers and haven't had a single issue since. The radeon software is a big plus imo.
i just built a 5800x3d on a b550 Aorus motherboard with 3600mhz ram and have been confused with which GPU to go with I also got a 1440p monitor 144hz new but are using a 1070 because of the confusion on the GPU, I could use the 3070 i run in my 5600x build but then what would I get for the 5800x3d build?
@@AntoineFinch I bought a 27" HP 1440 145 hz monitor . Loving it. I bought it in Nov 2022, and it was like $247 then and is a discontinued 2021 model. But it works great, The newer one, is $310, but it tilts vertically and horizontally.
@INQIZZO yes your right but I have a 3070 already in my 5600x build I don't know what GPU to get for my 5800x3d build I have never used Ray tracing so I don't anything about it
I'm a returning customer. Having used cards from team green for the past decade, I went ahead and got the 7900XT reference model. Haven't looked back. Operation and performance has been flawless. No complaints.
Same here, amazing card! Open box for $719 hellhound and its whisper quiet, very very minor coil whine where you have to go put your ear up next to to hear.
@@eplugplay8409 My reference 7900xt has some coil whine, but I can live with it. Also tuned the max fan speed up from the default 66% to 69%. Temperatures are now... "noice" (lol)
I upgraded from GTX 1660s to the Rx 6700xt, it was the best decision I've ever made. I over clocked the card with the adrenaline software and increased the card power from 186w to 230w with MPT. I play all my games in 1440p. This card is sick and i love the customization AMD provides in the software. (MSI mech X2 12gb Vram)
After about 10 years using Nvidia GPUs I finally decided to give an AMD GPU a try. Super impressed with the cost to performance ratio! I won't lie though, I did get a bad first impression since the card would not display video even after a fresh install of Windows. My iGPU worked fine when I connected it to the motherboard, but when I connected it to the GPU it wouldn't display at all. Turns out my monitor firmware wasn't compatible with the GPU, I tried another monitor and viola! It's worked fine ever since. My next GPU is definitely going to be AMD until Nvidia can get their act together.
Monitor not compatible with GPU? You had to switch monitor? That's ridiculous! And you say NVIDIA has to get their shit together? I've had ATI and NVIDIA GPUs for decades and frankly, there's a reason NVIDIA is the best. The ATI cards I've had fail more often and have far more issues and limitations, especially in their drivers. Having said that, they're fine too, just the budget choice for sure. And both are way better than Intel's drivers!
🤯🤯🤯🤯 *WHOOOO?????* The monitor turned out to be incompatible with GPU??????? How is this possible?????🤯🤯 Can you please tell me what kind of monitor model it was?
@@Tom--Ace it is not normal that a monitor is incompatible to a GPU. I used a 6900xt and now a 4090 and both worked/are working fine, the AMD card had no problems with a G-Sync Monitor at all and AMDs Adrenaline Software is just 100 times better than GeForce Experience, i really miss it but i need the CUDA Cores for work so i had no choice.
Great video my dude! I went through a similar transition from 3 straight Nvidia cards to a 7900XTX and I was expecting it to be a terrible change experience and it was pretty much no different to a Nvidia upgrade.
I loved you calling out people not installing drivers correctly. It truly is a problem on our part, and not the card's. I fell victim to this. My current rig is my first PC, and I'm running a 6750 XT in it. The first few months I had it, it ran flawlessly. Then all of a sudden, after a driver update, I was getting weird screen freezes and black screens. I asked my older brother what it could be, and he said the driver's were, "fighting for dominance". lol. We shouldn't have to uninstall past drivers, but it's part of the PC life and is probably for the better so we all don't have 900 drivers on our PC taking up space in our storage. I love your videos. Please keep up the great work.
Last week, I moved from nvidia MSI 1070gtx to AMD Sapphire Pulse 6700 xt. Couldn't be happier. The only 1 issue I had was mismatch of drivers and software suite, but it happened due to my own mistake. Card performs great, and power draw after undervolting is quite low.
How long do you intend on keeping it, I mean 1070 kept playing games at 60fps high or medium for about 8 years now so I'm thinking of getting a 6700 10gb, what do say for future games like black myth wukong, doom, phantom blade 0 etc ?
@@Nero_9000 Honestly, I'm probably going to keep it at least for 6-7 years. My 1070 served me well from 2017 to 2023, but after getting a new CPU (i5 1240f, had 4670k) I wanted some decent GPU to pair up with it. It should handle all new tittles for years to come with no problem, especially if you want to stick to 1080p-1440p.
@@kamirupl ah sir, I thank you profusely, I mean most people just reply with we don't know about games 2 years from now so we don't know how the GPU will run those at 1080p, which they're right, but looking back at the history, just like you said, a 1070 was able to get you to game at 1080p medium or high till 2023, so we should expect the same for these GPUs as well
@@Nero_9000 You're welcome, mate! Yes, 6700xt is a beast, and thanks to having more VRAM it will do even better than 1070. If you get it, you should check video ''How to OVERCLOCK and UNDERVOLT RX 6700XT'' from Ancient Gameplays. It's really beneficial stuff.
@@kamirupl alright brother, bless ya, and it's a saying here in ma town when you buy a new product, may lord make it long lasting for you. And yes I'm religious, is quite satisfying
I own a 6800 Asus GPU and it's Been fantastic I can legit run any game over 120fps and I haven't had any issues with it I've been an AMD user my whole PC gaming life because of its affordability power. I'd highly recommend the 6000 series as well 9/10
@@maxdamage4919 Can confirm that about the Gigabyte 6800 XT OC. Mine set its max boost to 2459 out of the box, I have had no issues at all, it's always hanging around 270-280 watts. Very impressive, plus it has a nice custom PCB.
Ive had far more issues with Nvidias drivers, gpus, etc than I ever had with AMD. I just had to switch back to full AMD because of the sheer amount of issues with my nvidia card. Nothing worked, everything crashed constantly. Switched to a 6700 and it has been insanely seemless. I love it.
My 6900xt had couple of crashes (blue screen or blacksreen) about 10 months ago when i bought it, but i've been crash free for about 9 months now :D I'm raytracing witcher and cyberpunk like a champ :D I can just feel the raw power of the card
I upgraded just yesterday from Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC White Edt. (bought it during shortages, maybe oct. 2022., for around 350€, mined around a year, well taken care of) to also used/mined XFX Speedster MERC319 RX 6800XT for 310€. The raw perfomance xfx card has is just insane. I also upgraded from R5 5600X to R7 5700X3D (cca. 120€ from aliexpress, brand-new)... That cpu's sweet sweet vcache and gpu's 16 gigs of vram, mmm.
Was using the rx580 since launch in 2017, it was sapphire branded and that beast got me through everything for all 6 years without a single drawback, just recently upgraded to 3060ti and its nice but AMD will always have a soft spot for me since im a broke man and they delivered very well for me lol
two weeks ago i upgraded from the rx580 to an rx6800 -- only because i am using a 1440p 144hz monitor. for 1080p 60fps gaming it is kind of perfect, only struggling on newer games... but still being able to run them. very impressed
I have used AMD GPU for a long time and never had anything problems with it, The drivers are always easy to config and I my self use relive for recording my games and never find any slowdown when recording and do like how quiet and energy efficient the card is, Right now am using a RX 590 (yes it is a older card, I get what I can afford)
@@sykotes Yeah I never got why games reported that a 8 GB card had less then that but not by much (7.72 GB or something like that) My 590 is a good card, a nice upgrade to the RX 570
i have a RX580 Sapphire edition Overclocked, and since i got this whole pc for only 400$ (i5-9400f, rx580, 16gb ram) i'm pretty damn impressed what this card can do for so little, and it really is an upgrade over my older rx460
That was an amazing video, Mr. Vex. Too many youtube videos focus on benchmarks, but very few talk about the actual user experience. I had no idea AMD had advanced this much, and their software seems great. Might strongly consider switching to red team in my next upgrade.
Yeah Radeon's software is fantastic these days, they've come a very long way and dont deserve all the hate they get imo. People just like feeling like they're on the "winning team" even if they're actually getting screwed.
If you still like to play some older games and think a modern AMD should max out the settings and on some modern monitor like 4K 144hz then guess again. AMD chokes on older titles. All the extra modern GPU muscle goes extremely under utilized. My family likes to play a very old Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed as a PC type Mario Kart. Gtx1070/1080’s before had no issues running this old but still good looking game at 4K. Solid 60fps all the time. Now with 6600xt,6700xt or even a 6900xt the game runs like crap. DX12 games work good for AMD but older dx9,10 or 11 much of the time don’t. And while I get the terrible performance the gpu is barely running like 500-1000mhz clock speed as if something is holding them back or extreme power saving is occurring. I have 8x AMD Ryzen 5000 systems , I am no Nvidia fanboy. If you want to max out older titles don’t buy AMD. With that said even running ultra LOW settings does not help.
@@45eno Weird , I play a lot of dx11 games on my 6950 xt and they run great, pretty much every game ive played besides cyberpunk is running native 4k 60+ fps
@@Dempig It's not all games but some real old ones for sure struggle to ramp up the power. There is something driver or optimization going on. I still play the 2013 Battlefield 4 which is DX11 and it runs pretty good BUT it has similar issues at times. I have a dedicated top monitor to watch my system stats and I will get dips in performance under my 142 FPS cap say to like 110fps and when I look at the GPU it's not even at 99-100% its like 60-80%. And I think why is my frames dropping lower while my card isn't even running max clock speed and fully utilized. I would get it if the game was so demanding that I was hitting only 110fps as an example but then I would expect to see my GPU at 99-100% utilized meaning the card is doing max effort to pump out frames. I see low frames in older games where the GPU isn't half asleep. It's weird. They are great bang for the buck cards but I was really disappointed when I replaced a bunch of 1070/1080 cards in my family rigs for $128 6600XT. Even my 6700XT and then 6900XT has the same issues. These are all on Gen4 X570 boards with 5000 series CPU's w/ SAM enabled.
Wow someone who actually talks about the real feature set Radeon has I really like there Features it is fantastic. Thanks for covering it subscription earned.
@@StevieDeez I had the same problem (6650XT) with Resolve, have installed the newest drivers yesterday (came out on 24th) and now it just runs competely fine.
I had an RTX 3060 that I got on Facebook and it was extremely solid. But then I saw an open-box 6900 XT at Microcenter for like 30% less than they normally retailed at. It's been an absolute workhorse and I don't intend to upgrade for A WHILE.
i went from a 2060M to a 7900 XTX, and the performance is obviously a night and day difference, but the so called "driver issues" that have been plastered on AMD GPUs are non-existent. i've been using my 7900 XTX for the past weeks, and it just feels like i had a nivida card in my computer (but minus nividas dog shit software) Edit: over 1 month update, still no driver issues at all, even when i just install new drivers over the old ones without using DDU
I've had an Nvidia card in my computers for the past 20 years. I'm upgrading my 2060 to a 6750xt today and I'm really excited! Might even make a full switch eventually and get an AMD CPU for my next full build. Though looking at how much Intel Arc cards have improved over the past year it also looks attractive.
I'm looking at the intel arc as well, I really hope the drivers are safe enough for all of us to get our hands on them and enjoy any game we throw at it. I'm sure most non-AAA games will run fine, but I have an AMD build and it just seems easier to buy the native hardware for cheaper as opposed to the arc with double the vram, but is more expensive. Good luck with your amd build, there are currently cpu and motherboard bundle deals going for the am5 line to help if you ever wish to have a place to start.
Switched to AMD about 3 years ago due to price really but have been extremely happy with my 2 builds in that time. Did have a couple of driver issues when I went to Windows 11 but AMD sorted that with their next driver update and I have been running Windows 11 for a few months with 0 issues. Currently have the RX 6700 XT Dual.
Even in 2023 I've met with quite a few people who believed that Ryzen CPUs are running hot and other things that were only relevant in like 2016 but thankfully even average Joe customers are waking up to the fact the AMD can be a better choice on both GPU and CPU front depending on your needs.
Nope it's still a problem on games that are not running on DX12 or Vulkan, their drivers are not that great on DX11/10/9 and they're awful on OpenGL, all in all, the great performance of AMD cards on new titles is hiding the fact that they're way behind NVIDIA on old titles, if you play old games you'll find out yourself
Actually first impression is important, no matter how long it was. I’m researching for upgrading my PC and still hesitant to buy team red because of my colleague experience 8 years ago
I am really interested to watch what becomes of ROCm as it continues to mature in the future! I'm happy with my RX 6700 XT, going AMD for graphics for the first time. I also always respected free and source, I feel better supporting AMD over Nvidia
As someone who's used AMD in her main PCs for over a decade... People are nuts. I've loved all of my AMD GPUs. My first was a Radeon HD 5750 1GB, then I moved to a Radeon RX 580 8GB, and ultimately ended up landing on a Radeon VII 16GB which still drives my PC today.
My experience is pretty similar to yours except I went HD 7850 > R9 390 > 5700xt. The 5700xt was plagued with driver crashes or the 3 years I had it... so I got fed up and dropped it for a 4070 recently. I mostly play in VR so the 5700XT's issues with video encoding were front and center for me as the desktop streaming to the headset would always hitch and lag; and if I was watching a youtube video in game I'd innevitably encounter a driver crash. There were other issues too like games built on UE4 crashing every now and then.
This is a good overview of AMD's software and user experience. One thing worth noting though: On the topic of AI features, AMD does actually sell cards that work with Stable Diffusion and you can even use them for Large Language Models too, although they are marketed towards Corporate users and are branded AMD Instinct. You can get some of the older AMD Instinct cards used for fairly cheap around 100 bucks, and they absolutely rip through most home user's Stable Diffusion work.
i took my gamble on amd way back in their kaveri and 2010 era and now i am a happy man using amd products all round. it works as it should be and not paying much to get much.
What a good video, I've enjoyed it very much! You give lots of info without drowning us in numbers, and you get a perspective which is closer to a real world buyer rather than a classical tech reviewer. This video simply grabs your attention more than the ones made of JTC, UFD, GN and so on. Don't get me wrong, I love those guys but sometimes I desire a format that is a bit different. This is the first video of you that I saw and I am not fully familiar with your videos but good first impressions. Keep up the good work!
@@thewhyzer bought 3070 suprim x £420 used nearly a year old, bought the msi 6800 x trio for £420 used for a month for my wife, vram became an issue so I swapped gpu with my wife and it’s been great, I don’t care about ray tracing at all, I prefer adrenaline over GeForce and the 6800 is stronger than 3070 generally. My wife only plays cod so 8gb of vram is no problem, I play everything so needed 16gb, Id get 6800 if you can, it’s just better and costs the same as a 3070
@@Ivan-xg1hx haha, ive always been myself, gaming and skateboarding are my passions, no bs no lies to women and she is a skater and project manager for a media company, shes not a girly girl mentally but dresses well, all i can suggest is not falling for instagram model types and pay attention to the quiet nerdy girls, look for the girl chilling in the corner at the party maybe
I have a 6750xt build and a 6650XT build. I absolutely love both of these cards for 1080p and 1440p. For the price, I couldn't have bought a better card
@@RozKounelakion i got one like 2 weeks ago. I'm playing on 1080p and i've never seen fans turn on, gpu somehow doesnt get hot besides stress tests. I have rog strix btw.
@@RozKounelakion I have a 6700XT and I game on a 4K 65" TV. Obviously, I don't use Ray Tracing, I often have to turn on FSR to Quality (Quality means rendering the game in native 1440p; I sometimes use Lossless Scaling app for games that doesn't have upscaler built in) and I use mixed medium/high settings, high where the quality is visible and medium when I can't see a difference between med and high. When playing on a huge display, sitting quite close to it, you can see every pixel, so rather than particle effects etc it's more important to go high resolution and high textures and my card delivers. About 95% of the games I play this way I get stable 60FPS (my TV's refresh rate) and my GPU is using up 120-140W of power, so plenty of power to spare (I've seen it using max 180W). And I'm talking about 6700XT, 6750XT is going to be even better than that, but maybe a bit more power draw. I actually rather lowering the settings and turn on Radeon Chill (for example randering the game in 45FPS when not much is happening and 60FPS during action) so that I don't turn my PC into a space heater. I always used Nvidia cards but since I built my PC in 2019 using AMD card, I've been building them like that ever since, and I've built a couple of PCs for friends and family. Also, when looking at graphic cards benchmarks, make sure the video is quite recent with newest drivers. The cards got significantly faster since their release a couple years back. Some benchmarks from 2020 seems like 6700XT and RTX3070 are trading blows, but now 6700XT eats 3070 for breakfast.
@@efekangok6317 I don't have any switch but I know some cards have BIOS switch. So it's kind of like two profiles, one focuses on giving you pure performance, while the second one balances performance with power draw. I might be wrong though, it should be explained in the manual.
Swapped out my 3080 and got a 6950xt and couldn't be happier! Zero driver issues or anything. Loving the cache memory for games like empyrion and 7 days to die.
Great review. I had mentioned in a response for another YT video I watched recently - If AMD should use the "ATI" name for the video card division. Since ATI was the Video Card company AMD bought when ATI wasn't doing too well finically. In the 80's and 90's it was ATI vs Nvidia. Just something to ponder over. AMD could make a big event of re-introducing the ATI brand for the Video Card division. That might get back some brand loyalty for ATI.
Back then ATI was wiping floor with Nvidia ...but due to similar shenanigans that Intel pulled against AMD...ATI faded away.Nvidia still hasn't made card that would beat AMD competition in same way that ATI 9800 PRO smashed anything Nvidia could conjure up.
@@freelancerxxx The 9800 PRO is legendary, but they also put out a lot of really bad cards over the years, I really doubt bringing back the ATi brand would help them at all, probably quite the opposite.
Back in the Days when it was still ATI, the mindset was just the same as now (maybe a bit less) nVidia was king and ATI was the budget option.. even when ATI got the way better cards nVidia still sold allot more... sounds familiar?
i bought a used 6700 recently for 190 dollars the software is so easy to use that i been recording and sharing clips of me playing with my friends and honestly i have even more fun now,i am not really into editing but i am even considering the idea of streaming sometimes
Side note, the "in game" hotkey for the overlay (default is Alt+R) also works on the desktop. Alt+R on the desktop also opens the adrenaline software as if you right clicked a blank spot and clicked it manually
Last AMD GPU i used prior to my rx6800xt which i'm using now was a ATI 9200 Pro. Been using Nvidia in between. Must say I am really impressed with the 6800xt and see no reason to ever go back to Nvidia.
@@Oaypy Nvidia are like Michael Jordans of GPU'S....LOL! Your right though! NVIDIA is for those who care about Raytracing and don't mind spending money.
I've been running team red parts, cpu, gpu.. you name it.. since 2004 I know where the original "driver issues" were actually from back when everyone was still running AGP for their graphics card slots. That specific issue btw was a chipset issue, the SiS chipset would simply not work properly with AMD drivers until they released a specific driver just for that issue. Since Ryzen, the biggest source of driver issues is actually not even AMD's fault, its Windows Update. Windows updates like to remove drivers and install a "compatibility" driver so your system boots up. While this saves 'them' a ton of issues by simply making it always work and boot up, it destroys your driver stability by literally uninstalling components of the drivers. This issue affects Ryzen Chipset drivers and the gpu drivers, by causing memory crashing / bsods. The fix is however super easy, just go reinstall the latest drivers for your Ryzen chipset and the Radeon GPU and it immediately stops. The biggest thing people see when they look at what gpu to buy is the price. But that is also going to not really give you an idea of what gpu is meant to compair to another. My RX 6600 XT I run, actually runs about the same as green teams 3060 / 4060. Yet the prices for 3060 and 4060 are $150 to $250 more. I will say this, there is a point at which AMD Gpus are actually a bad idea to get. The 6500 and lower for example, absolutely not the same gpu as a 6600 or higher. This is because they are repurposed mobile gpu parts. But I will point out that Greenteam has a similar issue with their gpus at a certain point and lower too. But since I've been around for years on ATI and AMD hardware. I will mention I quite like their current drivers, and I even wonder why Nvidia's / green teams, look like they're from early 2000's still.
just recently switched out my 4060 ti 8GB (which I bought to replace a dying 2060) for a RX 7800 XT and am really happy with it. I sold my 4060 then to partially finance the 7800 XT and am really happy with it. I also have to say I actually enjoy the driver app for AMD cards a little more so far as well.
Im from the other side of the interwebz where we have no issues you mentioned. Intro souded like a joke/prank of some kind. Then i realized you are serious.
Bought a 6800xt last year to replace an aging 1080ti in my second rig. Absolutely fine performance wise and like the interface. Running a 4090 in my main rig. Different price points so i think the budget conscious should not he remotely bothered by going for AMD - they've been fine for me.
I use both and both brands have been great. My main card right now is AMD and its just an amazing card (RX6800), seeps power, beast of a card @14440p and very very stable
Nice to see these lower tier cards represented, I'm thinking of a secondary build kinda I'm leaning towards an intel system cards and all but might change my mind, now sitting on a higher end Amd cpu and Nvidia card in main rig
After 6 years + on just a 1050TI my 12 year old PC broke, I got a new PC with the RX 6700 XT and I am really happy NGreedia is atm too expensive, and AMD is really good.
Good video, glad to see you go through a lot of aspects people seem to forget about their GPU and associated drivers. I've been rocking an AMD card since the 480, skipping the ill-fated Radeon 7 and going to a 5700XT, been super happy with my 6900XT. The only issues I have are when Micro$oft "thinks" they know better and force an older or incompatible driver on me via Windows Update. One Safe mode boot, DDU run later, and I'm back in business.
@@danborg1228 If I may, you can go into the [instead of the Update area for some reason in Windows] SETTINGS > SYSTEM > ABOUT > Advanced System Settings > Hardware Tab > Device Installation Settings button, to change if you want Windows to automatically de-update your GPU drivers for you (for some reason you might have to do this twice because Windows). HTH
To be fair with AMD I don't count the loss of AI acceleration to be a con because AI acceleration was never meant to be an nvidia's consumer grade gaming cards. It's the entire reason they have their other cards like the A series and the quadro series and stuff like that it was never meant to be in the consumer grade cards and now they're doing just that and price hiking it because of that. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason they added AI acceleration to the consumer grade cards most people doing digital development are going to be using like a100s and stuff like that not RTX 4060s, 4070s, 4080s and 4090s.
Fun cards to give a go for someone only seeking gaming use cases. There's a few things I wished I had from Nvidia, but AMD's (And Intel for the ones willing to experiment and tinker) performance/dollar is so good, it's pretty solid. All cards are good as long as value's found in a product. I am excited regarding ROCm though. Would be nice to see what the RX6800m can push productivity wise when at its maximum :)
@@inqizzo The drivers for arc have been getting much better, the price makes them pretty tempting for me. Going to wait until they actually make a new gen or arc "ti" equivalent though. Want to see them continue support before I buy them.
I started building in late 2021, and from all of the news, I was terrified to even think about even putting an amd gpu in my Amazon cart. Now, I have a 6900 xt in my main rig, and it runs flawlessly.
I always go for the best price-performance. My history of Nvidia vs ATI/AMD since the TNT2 times is 6 GPUs from Nvidia, and 5 from AMD. But I think Nvidia has gone crazy, my next GPU is going to be AMD again.
Im a 6750xt (reference model) owner and im in love since i bought it day One. Did not had any partical issue with driver. Adrenaline is also much more complete and you can opt for minimal install if you dont care about game profiles, recording, metrics etc. It reflects more my consumer philosophy and combined with my ryzen 5600x with sam enabled It just rocks 1440p, thansk also to 12gb of vram
I currently use a 6650 XT and it is my first gpu from AMD. Only had problems in the first week when the driver seemed to just disappear, but after that I've had no issues. I have more problems with my SSD for crying out loud! I am happy that I chose AMD for the great value for money
The driver disappearing is a Windows thing, windows update will occasionally screw with the drivers and break things if you allow it. You can thank Microshaft.
@@Son37Lumiereexactly…it’s maddening because AMD has been making all Xbox chips for almost 2 decades now but Microsoft is so incompetent they can’t keep themselves from deleting AMD drivers. And of course because the fanboy narrative about “teh AMD drivurs!” is so deeply ingrained in everyone’s heads people automatically assume AMD is the problem. Which in turn deflects necessary pressure from being applied to MS to fix their idiot OS problems. So irritating.
I've been in IT for over 30 years, always had Nvidia since they exist. Now I have an RX 6800 and it's awesome. I wonder what you think about the adrenalin package. I was very impressed by it.
My only gripe with the Adrenalin software is that AMD for some stupid reason removed the ability to set single-button hotkeys at one point. It always has to be a key combo now and that's just dumb AF. I want my universal "F12 for screenshot, ScrollLock to record video" back god dammit >:(
I really don't like the overwhelming details on adrenalin. To figure out that your settings can be saved for specific games and in general took me like an hour. Another thing about Adrenalin: You don't need that much settings, since ingame settings of your games are a huge part of adrenalin, which makes it completely pointless to even show this type of information.
@@shavy9655 Do a minimal install then. I see people complaining but not having any IT knowledge. It's like people without a drivers license complaining that their car makes rattling sounds and they wonder if it might be because they haven't checked the oil for ten years. This is my first time working with this and I have zero problems with it. 🙄
@@Knaeckebrotsaege Yeah, it's insane that the adrenalin software can't distinguish between one button in a game. Do you want to open a door or start recording? What a piece of crap that it can't read you mind huh?
@@how2pick4name ?!? The one-button-hotkey feature was there till 2020 and they removed it for no reason. It worked perfectly fine (and still does when you manually specify the singular key via the registry). Not sure what this stupid snarky reply was for? smh
Awesome. There are alot of openssource alternatives for the AMD software that do various things. I usally don't bother with overclocking though and obs does the rest.
It is awesome to see someone who is used to Nvidia try using AMD. I had been on a 1070 that I bought brand new when the 10 series launched back in 2016. It was the GPU for my first fully custom PC and it kicked ass in anything I threw at it in 1440p for 7 YEARS. Now I upgraded this year and had a choice between a 3070, or an RX 6800. After watching many benchmarking videos, I eventually chose the RX 6800 and quite frankly I was a little scared to go back to AMD, I had not had a Radeon card since an R9-270X in 2013 lol. I was pleasantly surprised at just how good this card is, I am playing anything I want at 100+ FPS, maxed out settings and no upscaling. The card is stable, and I even run with a slight overclock through the AMD software that gives me a good boost. Another advantage is AMDs Smart Access Memory tech (SAM) and that nets an up to 10% increase in FPS depending on the game, you have to be on 3rd Gen Ryzen or better to use it, I got me a 3700X lol
I returned the 4080 FE model as I couldn't stomach $1731 (after tax) even though it is a BEAST of a card and is amazing. Instead got the 7900XT Hellhound and it is AMAZING for the price to performance. I can get 120fps with mostly ultra settings and turn some settings down to high. RE4 remake, the last of us, redfall all runs great in 4K even with high RT. If you are on the fence and don't want to spend more 1k or more, find an open box 7900XT especially Hellhound and you will not be disappointed!
I bought the Sapphire Pulse RX 6700 10GB in August 2022. It's been an awesome card! It's been so good, in fact, that I convinced my mother to buy one as a replacement for her ancient and dying MSI GT 730. She's loving it! Yeah, the 6700 isn't very good at ray-tracing, but I couldn't care less about RT. It's gimmicky and negatively impacts performance too much to justify having it enabled. Also, sure, the 6700 isn't as good as comparable Nvidia offerings when it comes to "productivity" apps, but even still, the 6700 is more than capable. I use my 6700 to edit complex and long RUclips docu style videos that range anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, and my RX 6700 10GB has been a champ. My videos will often have thousands upon thousands of graphical elements and visual effects, and even with all that, editing on the 6700 is buttery smooth in HitFilm Express.
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The Nvidia brand loyalty phenomenon is really bizarre to observe. I own gpus from both companies and i am pleased with their products.
Brand loyalty in general is an odd thing to me.
@@mehemynxm6974 Brand loyalty is fine, it’s the fanboyism that’s weird. Some kind of fusion of playground politics and attempt to justify the money spent.
I needed, no wanted a new GPU recently and was keen on getting an nvidia card this time around mainly for CUDA but the value proposition was just bad.
I wouldn't say it's brand loyalty all the time Nvidia market better and are more user friendly imo. It's a shame AMD can't seem to make the AMD software more accessible. When you plug in your GPU it should install adrenaline software and then give you a skippable tutorial for a new user. Instead you have to find answers on the likes of RUclips
The "are amd gpu drivers still bad?" isn't brand loyalty though it was amd fault for that and they yet to outlive that reputation even if today amd drivers are actually better than nvidia drivers
@@armed_but_blind2768 yeah when you buy a nvidia gpu you know you have things like DLSS and games being targeted to your GPU it's just the safe option
Recently I've switched from RTX2080 to an RX 7900XT due to Nvidia's insane pricing of their 4000 series and I've got no regrets so far
I did the same, except it was an upgrade from a 3070 (which I loved) to the 7900 XT and I couldn't be happier. I cannot speak highly enough about AMD's Adrenaline software. It is very easy to use and looks amazing compared to Nvidia.
7900 is a beast, definitevly my next gpu when it comes down on price to 650 or so. I had a 3070 and sell it a month ago for 400 and a few days ago i buyed a 3080 fe for 420.
@@mikevega5364 that is a DEAL!!!!! man
Same, got the 7900XT Hellhound open box for $719 and it is AMAZING! Don't even know why I bothered with Nvidia cards this gen. 4K gaming with even high RT mostly ultra settings and few settings set to high instead where its not even noticeable, I can get 120FPS easily. 20GB VRAM is so nice!
I did the same 7900xtx instead of 4090.. 4080 was out of the question due too RT benchmarks and memory configuration, better RT performance than AMD realy doesnt mean 1200euro+ worth RT performance:-D its sucks anyway , rasterization performance capabilities of 4080 that was nail to its coffin ... pretty fast decision. Supporting chiplets in gaming gpu market and price moved me too xtx instead of 4090. Frame gen in high-end gpu sector, basicaly performance hack . Lets be honnest It is performance hack used as "selling point " that was insult ... good feature, but not selling point.
I made the switch to AMD after EVGA exited the GPU market. I bought EVGA cards only for over a decade. I now have an XFX 7900 XTX. I could not be happier with the performance of the card.
I will go for The 7900 XTX Sapphire Nitro+ (or maybe if AMD release the 7950 XTX, i'll take the 7950)
Switched to Saphire cards because of price/performance
My xfx 7900xtx arrived today! Can’t wait to install it when I have the time!
how's the temps?
@@Gremlinke96
78-85 on max load
I've worked and gamed on an old laptop with a 1050 (not Ti) for over 8 years and this month I built my first PC ever. I chose the RX 7800 XT cause there was a special offer on all products in a store, and I honestly couldn't pass the opportunity. It's worked absolutely amazingly, and the software is just great. As someone that had to play with everything on the lowest settings, never reaching above 30 FPS, and playing at lower than 1080 resolutions all this time, this feels like a dream, and I honestly feel like I paid almost nothing for all the performance I'm getting
how much u paid?
@@mdrydwanrahman1831 1 dollar
Almost nothing@@mdrydwanrahman1831
@@mdrydwanrahman1831usually around £500-£600 on offer i think?
@@mdrydwanrahman1831 nothing
I was initially going for a 3060 Ti, but when I saw videos about recent games struggling because of the lack of vram on nvidia GPUs I changed my mind an went with 6700XTwhich was cheaper and had 12 GB of vram instead of 8 GB on the 3060 Ti.
I had the card for a week now and im amazed by the adrenalin software and drivers, absolutely no regrets.
its also significantly faster
AMD fixed their drivers now. Even the 7000 series runs solid. The 6700 XT is faster than the 3070.
@@Avenge_Computers that's true, forgot to mention that.
@@thatguy3000 Benchmarks at release date 6700XT was sometimes faster and other times slower than 3070 but I guess since then better drivers came up and unleashed the true potential of the 6700XT
Exactly the same situation I was in deciding between the 3060ti and in the end got myself a 6700XT running with smart access memory and I’m amazed by the performance, also no regrets.
I bought my X370 platform 6 years ago, 1700X & Vega64. Just a month ago I installed a 5800X3D and 6950 XT into that same system. AMD has been great for me.
This is the way
x370 can take a 5800x3d?
same.
upgraded from 1800X (on X370) and 1080ti (great gpu) to 5800X3D and 6950XT. will be happy using the platform for another 5 years.
@@fengutheface It sure can, if the manufacture released a supporting BIOS. There is a caveat though, it will no longer support a few other models of CPU due to the small BIOS ROM size the X370 boards typically had.
Lol, my old desktop is x370 and this is exactly what I’m going to do to upgrade it for the kids.
AMD graphic cards are just fine for 95% of people and come in at a much more reasonable cost. I have a couple of 6650xt's and they are beasts for what I paid.
A couple of Rx6650XT ? Why so many ?
@@riichobamin7612 I was building 2 new systems.. One for me, one for the daughter. ;)
@@riichobamin7612 So they have friends, of course...
@@Blinknone And here I was hoping for crossfire haha
@@HighTechPioneerisn't crossfire dead since RX 5xx series? Haha
First mistake is reading redditors opinions
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reddit is either either incredibly intelligent and helpful or they straight up just ride on stupid opinions and spread straight up misinformation
Reddit has fixed an unfathomable amount of my random tech problems
was gonna post exactly this, the dumbest of the dumb in one place.
AMD was only doing so poorly because Intel bribed Dell and HP into not using their competitor's hardware in their pc's for years.
AMD also is constantly making all of their work open-source and drastically pushing things forward.
Esp during the Socket A days where AMD Athlons and the Athlon XP were as competitive or were better than Intel's offerings at a lower price. AMD did well with critics in the Socket 939 days but the financial situation hurt them a lot because said critics would still praise intel more than AMD despite AMD being on par or better for the dollar.
@@NightMotorcyclist AMD CPUs were the best back then, even beat Intel to 1ghz.
True but their GPU drivers truly suck, coming from a guy who used many Nvidia and AMD cards for years
@@PosaoPosao-p6uHow?
@@PosaoPosao-p6u yeah no. amd drivers are really good and no issues here
I went from a GTX 1070, needed a upgrade after several years of working that card like a workhorse. I bit the bullet on a XT 7900 XTX just due to the massive DDR memory sink it had, and went from 8 GB to 24 GB of VRAM. Every game I've thrown at it chews through it seamlessly on ultra settings. Works as hard as a 4080, but was $300 cheaper. Happy with it so far.
same here, went from 1070Ti to 7900XTX (personal rig, on working rig i used a lot of different cards mostly NVidia) , in this price and performance level, NVidia was no-go, price of 4090 is somewhere else and whole 40XX series is a joke compared to money they ask for it.
Driver issue is the thing old several years, and for some reason there is not much ppl talking about nvidia drivers issue, since both manufacturer having them.
You prolly dont have a 4080. Becouse the rx 7900xtx did better in every game unless you are Actually not using its software but adjusting the nvdia software
yep upgraded from a GTX 1070 as well, having RMA it once, it then died again, during covid whilst GPUs were super high, worked out better price wise to get it a PC combo build, as I was not prepared to pay nearly tripe what the 1070 originally cost me. Got a 6700XT, been more than happy with it, 2 years so far, no hiccups, no driver hangs and the GPU itself, hasn't failed, unlike my Nvidia, in fact, I seem to call in my 20 years of Nvidia and AMD flip flopping, Nvidias have failed, AMDs I replaced cos they were obsolete. Never had to RMA an AMD, and the 1070 was not first RMA either, I seem to remember doing it on a Ti4600 and 9600GT years ago too, yet my Radeon have always been bullet proof.
just wait 3 years and you'll regret that
@@fw_ddx what do you mean by that?
My first GPU that I bought over 10 years ago was an amd 5770 juniper xt from Sapphire. Never understood the hate after switching to Nvidia myself. Great value for how long it lasted. Used it for nearly 5 years before I replaced it with an underwhelming 960 that cost me 50$ more than what I paid for the 5770. My brother used the 5770 for his minecraft and league gaming until it finally died on us 5 years after that. Best 150$ spent on a graphics card ever. For those who might question how it lasted so long, this was 720p gaming card, and my brother used a 720p monitor until the card died.
You don't have to prove why the card lasted long... These cards are like bulletproof, i have a r9 280 Dual-X from Sapphire since 2014 and it's nearly 10 yrs old still holding up like new.
Mine was ati radeon 9000 128mb.... I've used both Hd 5750 and 5770 👍 and loved all the AMD gpus ive used... Currently using 3080 ti but thinking of jumping to 7900 xt
I had my 960 for 8 years until I just recently upgraded my PC last month (Went with a RX 6650XT, which I now regret because I could have spent a little extra and got a better GPU)
@@Hamjr193 You might be able to return it and just grab yourself a 6700XT for around $320 or a 6800 non XT for around $400.
My r9 280X is still going very very strong after nearly ten years.
i met 3 people that switched from nvidia to amd and none of them used DDU and kept bashing amd and telling me they switched back saying DDU isnt that essential. i lost my mind talking to them
It wouldn't surprise me, if they had even more issues now. And they probably think the AMD card somehow poisoned their system or something, lmao.
Some people should just stay tf out of their computers, and admit they have no idea wtf they're doing.
Recently built my first gaming PC. I chose AMD despite hearing about all those driver problems. The first few weeks, I encountered some minor issues, but enough to get me nervous about my purchase decision. I got mad and thought Nvidia cards would never have these issues. Then, my brother bought a PC with RTX 3050, so I tried his. Turned out, Nvidia cards also have some driver issues, some are a bit worse than AMD, but people rarely talk about it.
Dont know if I’m late but you might want to do DDU. There might be some residual drivers from your nvidia card hence the issues.
Nah even with ddU I have had more issues with nvidia then amd if you don’t count the 5700xt. The 5700xt is in my sons rig and it’s been absolutely great the last two years to be honest. Rx580 rx5700xt rtx3060 rtx3070ti rx6950xt
@@SilverMystes1 ddU is a must though without it all drivers have issues for sure.
true only thing is the ration between amd and nvidia is like 2:10 and therefore we hear the 2 more often than the 2 in the 10, both are very good brands. personally id go for Saphire AMD Nitro series and Nvidia MSI or Asus. no complains
From my experience brother I thought I was having driver issues with my AMD 6800XT but It was my PSU. I would play A Plague Tale Requiem And Steel Rising On 4K high setting and would get a black screen, I thought it was the drivers so I used DDU 3 times and see if it will solve my problem and it didn't. I said to myself maybe it's the PSU, so I decided to buy a good Corsair High quality PSU and my problems went away no more black screens after playing certain games in 4k on high settings.
I got my first AMD GPU a few weeks ago. The RX 6700 XT. and i'll be honest, i've been on a rollercoaster. the AMD adrenalin software was very intimidatingat first because i had absolutely NO IDEA what all these settings did; I just wanted to turn my computer on and play. on the plus side though, it's incredible how much control this software gives to the user. W for AMD👍
Im on linux rn, is the windows software fixed yet or does is still draw a low of power when its installed?
Cuz i know something like that was an issue a year or two ago
yo, same...i suggest tutorials for the AMD software, there are some really good ones out there
I would say this is the main issue with AMD there is a learning curve where as with Nvidia it's very straight forward game ready drivers and you're playing games. Once you know what you're doing with AMD though I much prefer it to nvidia
Do you play old games too?
i have a RX 6700 XT with a Ryzen 5 5600. Both bought on the used market for cheap money. And what can i say this system delivers really good performance on WQHD
U got the same build as me I bought it for my birthday lol
I am often tempted by the deals I get in the used market, but then I pull back at the last minute, thinking it is a scam.
What factors do u take into consideration when buying a cpu and gpu online?
What checks I need to do to make sure, the things I am buying won't turn out to be DOA?
@@amritrai45 I know exactly how you feel. The second-hand market can be very tricky.
In Germany we have a used market platform called "Kleinanzeigen" (Classifieds)
I personally prefer to buy locally. But of course, the range of PC hardware depends on where you live.
If I can't find certain hardware locally, I only buy with buyer protection. Nevertheless, you have to be very careful, because nowadays more and more criminals are online.
@@amritrai45if you can pick it up personally and test it that would be ideal. I almost always buy used ones since 2009. Only bought bnew gpu twice. And I never had it shipped. So far I haven't had any issues with the ones I bought. It feels more like a lottery if you just gonna have it shipped to your address instead of picking it up so you could test it yourself, unless you have some kind of a buyer protection program then I guess you wouldn't need to worry.
I play at 4K with 6700 XT. With a little lowered details and FSR quality (if needed) it runs anything at 4K60.
People often forget how important DDU can be when switching GPUs. I switched a while ago and had massive issues until I used DDU to do a clean install of brand new drivers and haven't had any issues with AMD since then. Perfect performance for more than half the price of NVidia products.
People who don't use DDU when swapping GPUs shouldn't be doing it themselves.
Got my first AMD card (6650 XT) and I am not complaining at all. Great value and performance, will have this GPU for a solid 2 to 3 years
I got the same one and I love it
Rocking my RX 570 for like 5 years, got it cheaper than a gtx 1050 LOL. It still plays everything to this day, tho its age is starting to show in some games. Will upgrade to an RX 6600 soon. It's crazy how people fanboy over brands, like they have some emotional connection with them😂😂. Like why not just buy the better value.
Hmmm 3 years compared to the 8-10 years consoles like a series s could get? Dunno mate I think you can keep that gpu and pc as a whole way longer I sure have
Hey... 52 and that is ALSO MY first graphic card I EVER got, was installed to a custom system that died in three months (sub par power brick). Then I made the mistake of trying to repair the system myself... Was A AMD 9 tower with the MOST expensive graphic card I could afford. I wanted to go ALL out at least ONCE in my life on a gaming system. Well replacement was a custom AMD 7 tower with integrated graphics on this AMD 7 CPU... Half the price as my blow out system then simply plugged in the graphic card from my new but DEAD system... FREAKING AWESOME! I STILL have the AMD 9 CPU that went with it and I believe the CPU is still in working order with all 16 cores being the monster it is but the AMD 7 CPU with only half the cores is nothing to sneeze at either. Also? Don't know why but my AMD 9 CPU was having problem staying cool even with the system at idle?!? I swapped out coolers on that note which DID make a big difference... but the system died anyways (sub-part power brick). The way I figured it? Integrated graphics on an AMD CPU wouldn't be bad. Was on the money on that note and if I plugged in an actual graphic card? Things would be sweater. Lets just say the graphic card was a bonus as I actually WASN'T used to playing games at 60 fps. But? I got spoiled FAST on that note! LMAO
@@Neo_mode I suggest u go for a rx 6700 xt if u can it's not that much more expensive and it gives the same performance as an rtx 4060 ti
I've been very happy with my 6800XT. I did my research before buying (unlike most people apparently) and used DDU before installing drivers. Ive had absolutely no issues and I love it. It was $100 cheaper than a 3080Ti, and considering its very acceptable performance in RTX, I feel as I am missing out on nothing.
its good for pc but i think on laptop nvidia is better I've never tried both in laptop so meh still doesn't know much
Is it good for streaming?
@@ompatil1955 Yes it is good for streaming, I know at lest one guy that streams fine using a AMD GPU. And like you saw on this video, it even has a somewhat complete, streaming toolset in the driver control panel.
What’s a ddu? not too familiar with software and I’m getting the same you you have next week
@@Motorcyclecbr DDU is a software to remove all traces of the drivers of Nvidia or AMD from your PC, if you are changing GPU vendors. Is known that not doing that can cause driver conflicts, so when changing GPU vendors, always use DDU or the special driver remover tool, normally available on each vendor driver page. Uninstalling the drivers as normal is not enough.
Thou I recommend seeing tutorials on youtube in how to use DDU safely, because if badly used it can remove more than it should.
After using both nvidia and amd gpus, I honestly prefer amd's software. They have tons of cool features and all the settings are integrated into one app. theres also the fact that nvidia has quite a bit higher cpu overhead which can affect performance
Edit: the software also makes undervolting and overclocking a breeze, and a small but cool thing: the stat overlay is easy to use and pulls up quickly
yes, the software or the Interface is way more advanced then Nvidias!!
I never had issues with games, so i cant blame AMD
100% agree. I have a 6600xt and a 3080 and it's way easier to manage 6600xt than the 3080. Also, for whatever reason the 3080 gives me really weird frametime generation, it's never stable, while 6600xt was more consistent (but slower, of course).
One more thing to add ..no log in on AMD suite
I do love amd adrenalin software, it is actually a great "all in one" program, but it keeps randomly crashing or glitching, also somehow my 6950xt works better with the basic W10 Pro drivers than with AMD drivers (installing them means that games will start crashing, screen flickering, random moments of strong stuttering). I have mixed feelings about the card, I really like its performance but for 650$ I was expecting a flawless experience, but unfortunately it has been far from that. I even wanted to return the card but unfortunately I noticed too late that the return period was only 15 days.
@@mastroitek Not had one crash since installing my 6900 xt but mine was fresh windows 11 install
Nvidia has a chokehold on people who know very little. I have used both (3070, 6700xt, 4090, 7900xtx). Amd software is better. Fluid motion frames is insane. Nvidia does run rtx better for the same price, but the 7900xtx can smoothly run psycho rtx on cyberpunk. What more can you ask?
AMD software is better😂😂😂😂 now y'all are just trolling at this point😂😂😂
@brandonleemoss im sorry, when did nvidia introduce driver based frame reconstruction that works on any game? Surely you dont think nvidias control panel is more user friendly than the adrenaline engine, right? Youre confusing software with drivers. Amd drivers are less stable than nvidia. Their software is far better.
@@chucko4415 however much AMD is paying you please let me know tell them I want to get paid to lie for them too☺️🫢😂
Good for gaming, bad for everything else.
Please, don't get me wrong. I absolutely hate Nvidia. Their pricing and performance are shit.
Working on ai, offloading lots of computations to cuda, parallelized computing, rendering videos, 3d modeling, rocm isn't even close.
Nvidia is shit but unfortunately amd is just even worse in that department. It's only really a good for gaming card.
@@abyssmage6979 everyone on here cares about gaming
Welcome to team RED. 😁
I've used BOTH nVidia and AMD GPUs since 2001, that's 22 years, and I can confirm the group-think that "AMD drivers are bad" is a lie. I have had issues on and off with BOTH nVidia and AMD cards, and in fact the only card I had major issues with was my GTX 970. To fix it I made my own custom BIOS for it, so I know what I'm talking about when I say the things I say about hardware. (Retired from 31 years in IT last year)
Props for thinking for yourself and taking the plunge. You won't be disappointed.
Remember the 80's? (Pepperidge farm remembers! LOL) That's when we didn't have to fuss about graphics! 16 bit was king! Been using AMD components since 1992. Terrible back then but when the 2000's came, oh wow! Picture was great but lag was so much prevalent! I also used nVidia from time to time. My RTX 3080 works just as well as my 6800xt. The new gen of gpu's is ugh and meh! I will hold onto to these gpu's for another couple of years. Cheers
I used an amd rx 580 for a long time and My only problem with amd i ever had was my Vega 64 that died pretty soon after the warranty was out, but it was a very rare case, but i was pretty disappointed because i paid 700 for it, probably because they went with hbm on that card.
You must be a Battle Field 2 and 1942 desert combat brother
I also have a 6700XT, I absolutely love it, yeah sometimes I wish I can boost that ray tracing, then I think, wth HDR is awesome fuck that shit.
I remember having a lot of issues with ATI/AMD drivers but that fit the ATI/AMD merging time. I still have an HD5770 that's still running well. I'm using it to display my server though
I had 5700xt and had horrible experience with stability, got used 2070s from a friend instead. I wouldn't call it a lie, maybe overexaggerated perception. But I'm happy to see they've nailed it now.
I've always used NVIDIA gpus, whether in laptops, or for the last 2 years in my desktop with a 3060ti, but last month, I switched to a 6750XT after having thermal throttling causing my screen to go black on my 3060Ti, and I have had zero issues so far. I've been really impressed with how many features come with the AMD Adrenalin software compared to GeForce Experience. My card has been running great and even with an overclock it runs cool and quiet. I might be a team RED gamer from now on.
We're similar. I had a 3060 12GB (Not Ti) and it was limping everywhere. My 6750XT works perfectly and barely makes a sound unless I push it with benchmarking.
I have a 6750xt as well best graphics card it’s amazing for what I play and is super super quiet!
6750xt is awesome, I have one but my pc is still incredibly loud because I have an absolutely unreasonable amount of fans
Probably just need a good repaste and or thermal pads
Going to upgrade from a 3060 to a 6750 xt I’m excited!
I'm a massive supporter of AMD and I love their driver software, tones of tuning features but I will say this, when you do run into driver problems it really sucks and is sometimes very difficult to fix. But I can literally count on my hand the number of these problems I've experienced.
it doesn't have any problem in ddr3 mobo only occured in ddr4 and up
the world has moved to DDR5.... that is not convincing statement@@HatDog692
Thr one time I had issues with AMD drivers was upgrading from rx470 to RX 6600. Fixed with DDU
My Nvidia laptop on the other hand I'm considering beating with a metal bat....
@@SirBrucie same my nvidia laptop sometimes just gives no display and drivers sometimes don't fucking install
@@HatDog692who the hell even uses ddr3 tho, are you living a decade in the past
Have had both brands, right now rocking a RX 7900XTX and I am pleased with both brands, the only thing that stopped me from buying a 4080 is the price difference.
i use amd gpus since 2018, had a rx 580 and now i own a rx 6600 xt and my experience with it is pretty nice tbh, a few years ago i used to experience a few crashes and blue screens but now it really never happens anymore. amd drivers really got better as the years passed.
How’s the upgrade? I have an rx580 as well and I’m looking to upgrade soon. Although I just do 1080p gaming.
@@yaminokage for 1080p it's literally perfect, the only games i had to really worry and explore the settings to make it enjoyable are the last of us, the witcher 3 next gen and red dead redemption 2 but we all know the first two doesn't have the best optimization and rdr2 is a really heavy game
@@luk1900 red dead redemtion 2 have it if you have a good system its nothing wrong stick to vulkan and your fine and have a cpu and ram to match your gpu it is high end tittle if my r5 1600 not AF and 3600mhz and 5700xt can run it fine at both at 1080p 1440p never been under 80 fps low ever frame times is stable to.
It really all fixed with their complete overhaul a few years back
I got the 480 in 2019, vega 56 in 2020, and now I am using the 6700xt, which I got in 2021. I had some driver issues with the 480, issues around installing drivers, a few crashes here and there, but nothing serious. I had even fewer issues with vega, and basically, I have none with the 6700xt.
I have had the same experience and it's not like it's something new. I've had this experience for years now but I will admit that AMD REALLY improved their driver during the RDNA2 era. The RX 6000 series is a solid one.
Definately. Same here.
I had 5700XT when it came out and it was so glichy that I could not use it for screencap at all. RTX2070 has been so much more stable.
@@nxadventures9510 Early drivers for 5700XT had some pretty big issues (had some myself). Thankfully they were solved soon after. Everything since has been solid for everyone I know that has had AMD up to this point.
@@F1neW1ne Good to gear. I am now on Ryzen 6800H laptop with 680M iGPU and it has been good. It is true that I was one of the first to get the 5700XT, but I did keep it for a few months and despite updates it was still buggy. And a log of AI upscaling, etc. just required Nvidia.
I agree. My R5 and 580 were buggy messes but my current RDNA2 card has been doing fine. Though, I'm not a fan of the restrictive power limits or how undervolts are flat out ignored if you adjust frequency but those are just petpeeves. Drivers have been solid.
Thank you for bringing the ridiculous phenomenon of blind brand loyalty to light. Every company has studs and duds, and objectivity is key to making smart hardware choices. I'd like to see you try Intel's Arc A770 16GB now that their drivers are starting to mature. I think that you'd be pleasantly surprised at how well it does...especially in raytracing.
If I was rich I'd definitely give Intel Arc a try. But right now it's bound to be janky. Specs sound great though. And the high vram is definitely a plus. I was torn between Nvidia and AMD but I quickly realised that in workstation tasks it's a no brainer. Nvidia's encoders are just better than AMD on pretty much everything. Rendering with even CUDA is faster than an AMD equivalent card and with OptiX it's faster than an AMD card a whole tier or two above it. For gaming it's the other way round, except for dlss and RT. If you want to build a gaming PC that does nothing else, definitely go with AMD. (even with poorer RT performance I don't think AMD's price to performance can be beaten). For anything else, (sadly cause I dislike them) Nvidia.
@@lamenamethefirst and not only that but every generations Ray tracing is just getting better and better for AMD
@@lamenamethefirstamds ray tracing is getting so much better to the point it doesn’t even matter, also fsr 3.0 will come out soon so that’s an even smaller reason to go nvidia
@@ayanrahman9371 Ray tracing looks shit atleast on my 4070ti. It's just a gimmick at this point. Or maybe i have wrong games but Cyberpunk doesn't look anything special.
its slower than a 7600 no point lol
I used my rx 580 4gb card for years, and it worked great. I recently just upgraded to the rx 6700xt and I’ve been loving it as well! Never understood the hate behind amd they make great cards.
Same fr
Anyone who tells you AMD has driver issues is still living in 2016
I even had a 2012 card and got no issues XD
Ive experienced a few recurring driver issues on multiple PCs the past 3 years but it might mainly be because I'm using an iGpu
7800 XT has some Driver issues currently
Had AMD/ATI cards since like 2003 and not had any serious driver issues.
I had a EAH4890 from 2009 and never knew what driver issues was and learned it from reading in the internet
I was going to get myself a 3060 Ti but after seeing some reviews decided to get the RX 6750 XT ($100nzd cheaper) and i couldnt be happier. It performs just as well as my mates 3070 Ti, sometimes getting slightly more frames than him! Ive also found that in my opinion the adrenalin software is nicer/allows for more customisation than Nvidia's GeForce.
Awesome! I'm thinking about building a pc soon with the same gpu, may i ask what cpu ur using? thinking about going with the ryzen 5 7600x
@@purplekafei I did the exact same thing as tiger, upgrading from a GTX 1070 my choice was either a 3060ti or a 6750XT. Went for the latter due to cost, better performance, and more VRAM for future titles. Mine is paired with a standard Ryzen 5 7600 and performance is incredible. I would just go for a standard 7600 and use PBO or a slight overclock, you'll get the same performance as the X chip and save some money.
@@ScottX68000 sweet, I'll do that then! I've been very torn between 7600x or non x but you're totally right about just using pbo. What cooler are u using? And what are ur 1% fps lows in game usually?
@@purplekafei buy the cheaper one, for me was the 7600x.
i might take that into mind mate im in the country next door to your country which calls eskys chilli boxes i mean no discrimination here but call the chilli box an esky once in a while
4th year with AMD gpu. I never had those "driver issue". Never a game/app crashed out because of my 380, 480, 5600xt n currently 6600.
Always keep everything up to date and don't touch anything else on the GPU except for the fan curves.
I on the other hand had to sell 5700XT due to how buggy it was. Now on RTX 3080 and no issues. CUDA works fine, screencap is not buggy, no issues with AI models, and raytracing during light baking does not actually crash it.
i undervolted my gpu and i never had an issue. like literal no crashing and bsod. i have an rx 68000 xt sapphire pulse
same
@@nxadventures9510 probably user error.
I still have my 380x in my desktop, it has been working flawlessly out of the box since 2016 till now. It started showing its age on newest games like cyberpunk etc. . Since then I bought a rtx 3060 laptop for university and have been using it for everything since dec 2021. I still dont believe how capable rtx 3060 is. I can literally run any new game without issues. But im saving up some money to buy a 7900XT and finally build a high end machine. Can't wait. Never had any problems with AMD, can't say the same thing about nvidia.
something i noticed you didnt mention or anyone else who goes from Nvidia to AMD on youtube for that matter when talking about "workload" tasks is that in the adrenalin software there is an option to change your gpu from "graphics" to "compute" which was originally designed for mining but it also optimizes the card for workload task use aswell. (as far as im aware) thats my two cents.
as someone who just recently purchased a 6700 10gb to use in my personal pc (i have a second pc with a 3080 that is not always accessible), i too have been extremely impressed with the performance and usability of AMD cards. i find myself using AMD adrenalin a lot more than either nvidia's control panel or geforce experience, because you need an account to use geforce experience and aint nobody got time for that, and also the control panel is just a pain to use. the card performs as i expected it to, im able to undervolt and track stats right in the software, it doesnt use much in terms of system resources... all in all im very happy with my 6700, and it seems you have had the same experience. (i lowkey prefer it to the 3080 machine too lmao that one is so much louder)
personal pc lol
@@durschfalltv7505 its really really personal for him
I've had AMD gpus ever since but definitely 4-5 years ago they have driver issues. But nowadays AMD is super stable. Very happy with my GPU 6700xt. Specially when I got it for $200 lol
about to get a 6700xt 12gb, is there anything i should know before getting it?
@@aidenleonhart7120im thinking about getting one too 🤔
was it pre owned?
@@solaimanashraf8061 if your asking me, mine is not pre-owned and it's running great aside from loud fans, I also downgraded to the 6650xt bc of budget. Been playing modded ark and get around 140 fps which is 2.5x what I got with my other card.
Not much but i did have to mannualy start the fans on the gpu for the first time
Awesome video man. Glad you're bringing this to light and showcasing the RX 6700. I've been recommending it for awhile now and believe its one of the best bang for buck options available (while they're still available).
Congrats on the 10K subs!
Thanks homie
I've been rocking a 5700xt for about 4 years now, and it's been great. I had a bug for a short period of time early on when my display would randomly go one solid color and I had to manually restart the system. I ran DDU and updated the drivers and haven't had a single issue since. The radeon software is a big plus imo.
Built my rig in Dec; AMD 5800X3D, and a 6700XT, NZXT MB. I'm thrilled with the desktop.
i just built a 5800x3d on a b550 Aorus motherboard with 3600mhz ram and have been confused with which GPU to go with I also got a 1440p monitor 144hz new but are using a 1070 because of the confusion on the GPU, I could use the 3070 i run in my 5600x build but then what would I get for the 5800x3d build?
@@AntoineFinch dont buy a 3070, all nvidia cards below 3080 are now shit and cant run games on max settings with rt because of lack od vram
@@AntoineFinch I bought a 27" HP 1440 145 hz monitor . Loving it. I bought it in Nov 2022, and it was like $247 then and is a discontinued 2021 model. But it works great, The newer one, is $310, but it tilts vertically and horizontally.
@@AntoineFinch It really depends on how much you're willing to spend. I would consider a 6800XT as that's a perfect middleground for 1440p gaming.
@INQIZZO yes your right but I have a 3070 already in my 5600x build I don't know what GPU to get for my 5800x3d build I have never used Ray tracing so I don't anything about it
Had GPUs from each, using AMD now and have had no issues 😁
Nvidia prices are crazy!!
nvidia has driver issues :) switched to AMD = 0 issues.. :)
I got my first AMD card a few weeks ago 7900 XT and I am really surprised at just how good it actually is compared to Nvidia.
I'm a returning customer. Having used cards from team green for the past decade, I went ahead and got the 7900XT reference model. Haven't looked back. Operation and performance has been flawless. No complaints.
7900xt club here
Proud 7900 XT owner checking in.
Same here, amazing card! Open box for $719 hellhound and its whisper quiet, very very minor coil whine where you have to go put your ear up next to to hear.
@@eplugplay8409 My reference 7900xt has some coil whine, but I can live with it. Also tuned the max fan speed up from the default 66% to 69%. Temperatures are now... "noice" (lol)
Long time listener, first time caller. Subbed and liked.
I upgraded from GTX 1660s to the Rx 6700xt, it was the best decision I've ever made. I over clocked the card with the adrenaline software and increased the card power from 186w to 230w with MPT. I play all my games in 1440p. This card is sick and i love the customization AMD provides in the software. (MSI mech X2 12gb Vram)
Make sure you have 64 gb ram and a monster cooling system😊
@@deltacharlie1234 For what? lol
@@deltacharlie1234 i have 32gb ram runs pretty good with lot's of spare memory 😎
After about 10 years using Nvidia GPUs I finally decided to give an AMD GPU a try. Super impressed with the cost to performance ratio! I won't lie though, I did get a bad first impression since the card would not display video even after a fresh install of Windows. My iGPU worked fine when I connected it to the motherboard, but when I connected it to the GPU it wouldn't display at all. Turns out my monitor firmware wasn't compatible with the GPU, I tried another monitor and viola! It's worked fine ever since. My next GPU is definitely going to be AMD until Nvidia can get their act together.
Monitor not compatible with GPU? You had to switch monitor?
That's ridiculous! And you say NVIDIA has to get their shit together?
I've had ATI and NVIDIA GPUs for decades and frankly, there's a reason NVIDIA is the best. The ATI cards I've had fail more often and have far more issues and limitations, especially in their drivers.
Having said that, they're fine too, just the budget choice for sure.
And both are way better than Intel's drivers!
Tf kinda goofy ass monitor you got?
@@Tom--Ace better choice for linux too
🤯🤯🤯🤯 *WHOOOO?????* The monitor turned out to be incompatible with GPU???????
How is this possible?????🤯🤯
Can you please tell me what kind of monitor model it was?
@@Tom--Ace it is not normal that a monitor is incompatible to a GPU. I used a 6900xt and now a 4090 and both worked/are working fine, the AMD card had no problems with a G-Sync Monitor at all and AMDs Adrenaline Software is just 100 times better than GeForce Experience, i really miss it but i need the CUDA Cores for work so i had no choice.
Great video my dude! I went through a similar transition from 3 straight Nvidia cards to a 7900XTX and I was expecting it to be a terrible change experience and it was pretty much no different to a Nvidia upgrade.
I loved you calling out people not installing drivers correctly. It truly is a problem on our part, and not the card's. I fell victim to this. My current rig is my first PC, and I'm running a 6750 XT in it. The first few months I had it, it ran flawlessly. Then all of a sudden, after a driver update, I was getting weird screen freezes and black screens. I asked my older brother what it could be, and he said the driver's were, "fighting for dominance". lol. We shouldn't have to uninstall past drivers, but it's part of the PC life and is probably for the better so we all don't have 900 drivers on our PC taking up space in our storage. I love your videos. Please keep up the great work.
Last week, I moved from nvidia MSI 1070gtx to AMD Sapphire Pulse 6700 xt. Couldn't be happier. The only 1 issue I had was mismatch of drivers and software suite, but it happened due to my own mistake. Card performs great, and power draw after undervolting is quite low.
How long do you intend on keeping it, I mean 1070 kept playing games at 60fps high or medium for about 8 years now so I'm thinking of getting a 6700 10gb, what do say for future games like black myth wukong, doom, phantom blade 0 etc ?
@@Nero_9000 Honestly, I'm probably going to keep it at least for 6-7 years. My 1070 served me well from 2017 to 2023, but after getting a new CPU (i5 1240f, had 4670k) I wanted some decent GPU to pair up with it. It should handle all new tittles for years to come with no problem, especially if you want to stick to 1080p-1440p.
@@kamirupl ah sir, I thank you profusely, I mean most people just reply with we don't know about games 2 years from now so we don't know how the GPU will run those at 1080p, which they're right, but looking back at the history, just like you said, a 1070 was able to get you to game at 1080p medium or high till 2023, so we should expect the same for these GPUs as well
@@Nero_9000 You're welcome, mate! Yes, 6700xt is a beast, and thanks to having more VRAM it will do even better than 1070.
If you get it, you should check video ''How to OVERCLOCK and UNDERVOLT RX 6700XT'' from Ancient Gameplays. It's really beneficial stuff.
@@kamirupl alright brother, bless ya, and it's a saying here in ma town when you buy a new product, may lord make it long lasting for you.
And yes I'm religious, is quite satisfying
I own a 6800 Asus GPU and it's Been fantastic I can legit run any game over 120fps and I haven't had any issues with it I've been an AMD user my whole PC gaming life because of its affordability power. I'd highly recommend the 6000 series as well 9/10
me too, Rx6800 from gigabyte OC gaming, is a beast.
@@maxdamage4919 Can confirm that about the Gigabyte 6800 XT OC. Mine set its max boost to 2459 out of the box, I have had no issues at all, it's always hanging around 270-280 watts. Very impressive, plus it has a nice custom PCB.
I got the 6800 too. Been using it for a year now and no problems. Everything runs smooth. Solid GPU for 1440p gaming.
@@girorostar I use mine for 4k mostly, the only game I had trouble with so far was cyberpunk with RT enabled.
Why do redditors always say ''fantastic''?
Ive had far more issues with Nvidias drivers, gpus, etc than I ever had with AMD. I just had to switch back to full AMD because of the sheer amount of issues with my nvidia card. Nothing worked, everything crashed constantly. Switched to a 6700 and it has been insanely seemless. I love it.
It was with your unit ig
@@douma8037 and my 6700xt, its been fine
My 6900xt had couple of crashes (blue screen or blacksreen) about 10 months ago when i bought it, but i've been crash free for about 9 months now :D I'm raytracing witcher and cyberpunk like a champ :D I can just feel the raw power of the card
@@Bleckyyyymy rx 6600 causing game freezes and windows corruption bro can you help me fixing it
@@ryu2694 reinstall windows and download latest drivers
I upgraded just yesterday from Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC White Edt. (bought it during shortages, maybe oct. 2022., for around 350€, mined around a year, well taken care of) to also used/mined XFX Speedster MERC319 RX 6800XT for 310€. The raw perfomance xfx card has is just insane. I also upgraded from R5 5600X to R7 5700X3D (cca. 120€ from aliexpress, brand-new)... That cpu's sweet sweet vcache and gpu's 16 gigs of vram, mmm.
Was using the rx580 since launch in 2017, it was sapphire branded and that beast got me through everything for all 6 years without a single drawback, just recently upgraded to 3060ti and its nice but AMD will always have a soft spot for me since im a broke man and they delivered very well for me lol
Still using a rx580, it still is good for 1080p gaming especially
I had the 8gb sapphire rx580, what a great card. Chose a 16gb 6800xt for my new card, love it too
two weeks ago i upgraded from the rx580 to an rx6800 -- only because i am using a 1440p 144hz monitor. for 1080p 60fps gaming it is kind of perfect, only struggling on newer games... but still being able to run them. very impressed
I use the rx580 to this day, legendary card, it kinda is the "gtx1080" of amd, i will upgrade it tho, rx7600 coming soon on my rig
so you leave a 8gb vram card for another 8gb vram card?
I have used AMD GPU for a long time and never had anything problems with it, The drivers are always easy to config and I my self use relive for recording my games and never find any slowdown when recording and do like how quiet and energy efficient the card is, Right now am using a RX 590 (yes it is a older card, I get what I can afford)
i had an rx570 a couple months ago and i loved it only downside was the less than 8gb vram. the rx590 sounds like a great gpu to me
@@sykotes Yeah I never got why games reported that a 8 GB card had less then that but not by much (7.72 GB or something like that) My 590 is a good card, a nice upgrade to the RX 570
@@symmetricbulldog2022 I'm still using a RX 570 and it runs most games I play just fine.
i have a RX580 Sapphire edition Overclocked, and since i got this whole pc for only 400$ (i5-9400f, rx580, 16gb ram) i'm pretty damn impressed what this card can do for so little, and it really is an upgrade over my older rx460
@@thomasplays2 that’s a great price. i forgot it’s really easy to over clock amd gpus
That was an amazing video, Mr. Vex. Too many youtube videos focus on benchmarks, but very few talk about the actual user experience. I had no idea AMD had advanced this much, and their software seems great. Might strongly consider switching to red team in my next upgrade.
Yeah Radeon's software is fantastic these days, they've come a very long way and dont deserve all the hate they get imo. People just like feeling like they're on the "winning team" even if they're actually getting screwed.
If you still like to play some older games and think a modern AMD should max out the settings and on some modern monitor like 4K 144hz then guess again. AMD chokes on older titles. All the extra modern GPU muscle goes extremely under utilized. My family likes to play a very old Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed as a PC type Mario Kart. Gtx1070/1080’s before had no issues running this old but still good looking game at 4K. Solid 60fps all the time. Now with 6600xt,6700xt or even a 6900xt the game runs like crap. DX12 games work good for AMD but older dx9,10 or 11 much of the time don’t. And while I get the terrible performance the gpu is barely running like 500-1000mhz clock speed as if something is holding them back or extreme power saving is occurring. I have 8x AMD Ryzen 5000 systems , I am no Nvidia fanboy. If you want to max out older titles don’t buy AMD. With that said even running ultra LOW settings does not help.
@@45eno Weird , I play a lot of dx11 games on my 6950 xt and they run great, pretty much every game ive played besides cyberpunk is running native 4k 60+ fps
@@Dempig It's not all games but some real old ones for sure struggle to ramp up the power. There is something driver or optimization going on. I still play the 2013 Battlefield 4 which is DX11 and it runs pretty good BUT it has similar issues at times. I have a dedicated top monitor to watch my system stats and I will get dips in performance under my 142 FPS cap say to like 110fps and when I look at the GPU it's not even at 99-100% its like 60-80%. And I think why is my frames dropping lower while my card isn't even running max clock speed and fully utilized. I would get it if the game was so demanding that I was hitting only 110fps as an example but then I would expect to see my GPU at 99-100% utilized meaning the card is doing max effort to pump out frames. I see low frames in older games where the GPU isn't half asleep. It's weird. They are great bang for the buck cards but I was really disappointed when I replaced a bunch of 1070/1080 cards in my family rigs for $128 6600XT. Even my 6700XT and then 6900XT has the same issues. These are all on Gen4 X570 boards with 5000 series CPU's w/ SAM enabled.
@@45eno bc older dx like 9 were made for nvidia since they were leading in those engines, if u play old games u should try custom drivers
Wow someone who actually talks about the real feature set Radeon has I really like there Features it is fantastic.
Thanks for covering it subscription earned.
Great to see the Davinci Resolve and your experience with it with an AMD card.
Really wanted to see how it goes.
Good work
I tried it with my 6700XT and got constant crashes.. works fine on Vegas tho
@@StevieDeez I had the same problem (6650XT) with Resolve, have installed the newest drivers yesterday (came out on 24th) and now it just runs competely fine.
@@klopferator might give it another shot then, thanks
When in doubt DDU and start over. The manufacturers should tell you this tbh.
Underrated comment, or even better, when installing new drivers, it should have a tick box to remove all old drivers, even from other manufacturers
I had an RTX 3060 that I got on Facebook and it was extremely solid.
But then I saw an open-box 6900 XT at Microcenter for like 30% less than they normally retailed at. It's been an absolute workhorse and I don't intend to upgrade for A WHILE.
i went from a 2060M to a 7900 XTX, and the performance is obviously a night and day difference, but the so called "driver issues" that have been plastered on AMD GPUs are non-existent.
i've been using my 7900 XTX for the past weeks, and it just feels like i had a nivida card in my computer (but minus nividas dog shit software)
Edit: over 1 month update, still no driver issues at all, even when i just install new drivers over the old ones without using DDU
I’m going for the same in my build going with the sapphire pulse and a 7800X3D cpu
no shit the difference is night and day if you're changing from a 2019 GPU to a 2024 GPU.
It’s a 2022 GPU, but that’s why I said “obviously a night and day difference”
I've had an Nvidia card in my computers for the past 20 years. I'm upgrading my 2060 to a 6750xt today and I'm really excited! Might even make a full switch eventually and get an AMD CPU for my next full build. Though looking at how much Intel Arc cards have improved over the past year it also looks attractive.
I'm looking at the intel arc as well, I really hope the drivers are safe enough for all of us to get our hands on them and enjoy any game we throw at it. I'm sure most non-AAA games will run fine, but I have an AMD build and it just seems easier to buy the native hardware for cheaper as opposed to the arc with double the vram, but is more expensive. Good luck with your amd build, there are currently cpu and motherboard bundle deals going for the am5 line to help if you ever wish to have a place to start.
Save and spend for a 6800xt instead
You're downgrading, my guy.
@@ThisIsMeArnold plesse tell how that is a down grade 2060 trade blows with the 5700xt
@@meneldil7604 Going from Nvidia to AMD.
Switched to AMD about 3 years ago due to price really but have been extremely happy with my 2 builds in that time. Did have a couple of driver issues when I went to Windows 11 but AMD sorted that with their next driver update and I have been running Windows 11 for a few months with 0 issues. Currently have the RX 6700 XT Dual.
I have a few questions. Can you help me?
The AMD driver reputation is literally 10 years out of date. Even back then it was an exaggerated problem.
Even in 2023 I've met with quite a few people who believed that Ryzen CPUs are running hot and other things that were only relevant in like 2016 but thankfully even average Joe customers are waking up to the fact the AMD can be a better choice on both GPU and CPU front depending on your needs.
Nope it's still a problem on games that are not running on DX12 or Vulkan, their drivers are not that great on DX11/10/9 and they're awful on OpenGL, all in all, the great performance of AMD cards on new titles is hiding the fact that they're way behind NVIDIA on old titles, if you play old games you'll find out yourself
Are you dumb AMD no longer has any driver problems. Even if they did would still be better to get AMD because it’s soooo much cheaper than Nvidia
Actually first impression is important, no matter how long it was. I’m researching for upgrading my PC and still hesitant to buy team red because of my colleague experience 8 years ago
@@devostripes5964That's for Intel Arc, not Radeon
And even Arc works pretty solidly on older games. When have you actually USED a Radeon card?
I am really interested to watch what becomes of ROCm as it continues to mature in the future!
I'm happy with my RX 6700 XT, going AMD for graphics for the first time.
I also always respected free and source, I feel better supporting AMD over Nvidia
As someone who's used AMD in her main PCs for over a decade... People are nuts. I've loved all of my AMD GPUs. My first was a Radeon HD 5750 1GB, then I moved to a Radeon RX 580 8GB, and ultimately ended up landing on a Radeon VII 16GB which still drives my PC today.
God I remember my 5750, crossfire really worked a treat with it
@@BallzachMcTeabagher It was past its prime when I got mine, but only really started to show its age when I got an HD monitor.
I still have my 5770 sitting in my cupboard.
@@LunarShift Old hardware is the best though, it was the only way young me could play PC games
My experience is pretty similar to yours except I went HD 7850 > R9 390 > 5700xt. The 5700xt was plagued with driver crashes or the 3 years I had it... so I got fed up and dropped it for a 4070 recently. I mostly play in VR so the 5700XT's issues with video encoding were front and center for me as the desktop streaming to the headset would always hitch and lag; and if I was watching a youtube video in game I'd innevitably encounter a driver crash. There were other issues too like games built on UE4 crashing every now and then.
Rx 580 is still the best I've owned and will be going AMD to match this new 120hz display I just got ❤
VR works well with the rx580 ngl, never chugs
@@thatslegit we don't get future proofed cards like this or the 1080 anymore , always just enough for now unless paying 1k or close to it #Classic
@@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords my rx590 gets more fps in fortnite than 6700xt
@@Mark_Jess it's wild!!!
@@Mark_Jess me when a enthusiast class gpu has better performance than a mid-tier gpu 😱
This is a good overview of AMD's software and user experience. One thing worth noting though: On the topic of AI features, AMD does actually sell cards that work with Stable Diffusion and you can even use them for Large Language Models too, although they are marketed towards Corporate users and are branded AMD Instinct. You can get some of the older AMD Instinct cards used for fairly cheap around 100 bucks, and they absolutely rip through most home user's Stable Diffusion work.
There is a Direct ML build of SD on the interwebz. Work on all GPUs. I use it with my RX 6800 to churn out high rez images pretty darn quickly
i took my gamble on amd way back in their kaveri and 2010 era and now i am a happy man using amd products all round. it works as it should be and not paying much to get much.
What a good video, I've enjoyed it very much!
You give lots of info without drowning us in numbers, and you get a perspective which is closer to a real world buyer rather than a classical tech reviewer. This video simply grabs your attention more than the ones made of JTC, UFD, GN and so on.
Don't get me wrong, I love those guys but sometimes I desire a format that is a bit different.
This is the first video of you that I saw and I am not fully familiar with your videos but good first impressions.
Keep up the good work!
I went from a 1070 to 3070 to a 6800, I’ll be sticking with AMD forever it seems
Was the performance upgrade worth the price? Or did the 3070 die, or you got a good price from selling it?
@@thewhyzer bought 3070 suprim x £420 used nearly a year old, bought the msi 6800 x trio for £420 used for a month for my wife, vram became an issue so I swapped gpu with my wife and it’s been great, I don’t care about ray tracing at all, I prefer adrenaline over GeForce and the 6800 is stronger than 3070 generally. My wife only plays cod so 8gb of vram is no problem, I play everything so needed 16gb, Id get 6800 if you can, it’s just better and costs the same as a 3070
@@heroicsquirrel3195
And probably uses less power. ;)
@@heroicsquirrel3195can you tell us how to get a wife that plays cod?
@@Ivan-xg1hx haha, ive always been myself, gaming and skateboarding are my passions, no bs no lies to women and she is a skater and project manager for a media company, shes not a girly girl mentally but dresses well, all i can suggest is not falling for instagram model types and pay attention to the quiet nerdy girls, look for the girl chilling in the corner at the party maybe
I have a 6750xt build and a 6650XT build. I absolutely love both of these cards for 1080p and 1440p. For the price, I couldn't have bought a better card
How does the 6750xt fare in 1440p? I'm getting one in a couple weeks and I was wondering if getting a 1440p monitor was worth it
@@RozKounelakion i got one like 2 weeks ago. I'm playing on 1080p and i've never seen fans turn on, gpu somehow doesnt get hot besides stress tests. I have rog strix btw.
@@RozKounelakion I have a 6700XT and I game on a 4K 65" TV. Obviously, I don't use Ray Tracing, I often have to turn on FSR to Quality (Quality means rendering the game in native 1440p; I sometimes use Lossless Scaling app for games that doesn't have upscaler built in) and I use mixed medium/high settings, high where the quality is visible and medium when I can't see a difference between med and high. When playing on a huge display, sitting quite close to it, you can see every pixel, so rather than particle effects etc it's more important to go high resolution and high textures and my card delivers. About 95% of the games I play this way I get stable 60FPS (my TV's refresh rate) and my GPU is using up 120-140W of power, so plenty of power to spare (I've seen it using max 180W). And I'm talking about 6700XT, 6750XT is going to be even better than that, but maybe a bit more power draw.
I actually rather lowering the settings and turn on Radeon Chill (for example randering the game in 45FPS when not much is happening and 60FPS during action) so that I don't turn my PC into a space heater. I always used Nvidia cards but since I built my PC in 2019 using AMD card, I've been building them like that ever since, and I've built a couple of PCs for friends and family.
Also, when looking at graphic cards benchmarks, make sure the video is quite recent with newest drivers. The cards got significantly faster since their release a couple years back. Some benchmarks from 2020 seems like 6700XT and RTX3070 are trading blows, but now 6700XT eats 3070 for breakfast.
@@Jackassik yo i also have a 6700XT and ive noticed it has a switch on near the power cable do you know what it does ?
@@efekangok6317 I don't have any switch but I know some cards have BIOS switch. So it's kind of like two profiles, one focuses on giving you pure performance, while the second one balances performance with power draw. I might be wrong though, it should be explained in the manual.
I bought a RX6700 XT for about £450 around 2 years ago. It works well. I wasn't prepared to waste £1,000 on an NVidia card.
Swapped out my 3080 and got a 6950xt and couldn't be happier! Zero driver issues or anything. Loving the cache memory for games like empyrion and 7 days to die.
I'm a Linux user and AMD is the way to go. Drivers for AMD are open source, native driver support build into the kernel.
Great review. I had mentioned in a response for another YT video I watched recently - If AMD should use the "ATI" name for the video card division. Since ATI was the Video Card company AMD bought when ATI wasn't doing too well finically. In the 80's and 90's it was ATI vs Nvidia. Just something to ponder over. AMD could make a big event of re-introducing the ATI brand for the Video Card division. That might get back some brand loyalty for ATI.
A RX7950 ATI with 4090-like performance??
My first card was ATI Radeon 9550 with 256MB VRAM :)
Back then ATI was wiping floor with Nvidia ...but due to similar shenanigans that Intel pulled against AMD...ATI faded away.Nvidia still hasn't made card that would beat AMD competition in same way that ATI 9800 PRO smashed anything Nvidia could conjure up.
@@freelancerxxx The 9800 PRO is legendary, but they also put out a lot of really bad cards over the years, I really doubt bringing back the ATi brand would help them at all, probably quite the opposite.
Back in the Days when it was still ATI, the mindset was just the same as now (maybe a bit less) nVidia was king and ATI was the budget option.. even when ATI got the way better cards nVidia still sold allot more... sounds familiar?
i bought a used 6700 recently for 190 dollars
the software is so easy to use that i been recording and sharing clips of me playing with my friends and honestly i have even more fun now,i am not really into editing but i am even considering the idea of streaming sometimes
Side note, the "in game" hotkey for the overlay (default is Alt+R) also works on the desktop. Alt+R on the desktop also opens the adrenaline software as if you right clicked a blank spot and clicked it manually
omfg i never noticed that. thanks
Last AMD GPU i used prior to my rx6800xt which i'm using now was a ATI 9200 Pro. Been using Nvidia in between. Must say I am really impressed with the 6800xt and see no reason to ever go back to Nvidia.
@@OaypyNvidia's overpriced shits as it's best🤡
@@Oaypy 🤣
@@Oaypy Nvidia are like Michael Jordans of GPU'S....LOL! Your right though! NVIDIA is for those who care about Raytracing and don't mind spending money.
Just got a 6800XT and it's a beast. I run all games at max graphics, 2K visuals, with 100 plus frames.
I just got one for 500 cad and I’m stoked
I've been running team red parts, cpu, gpu.. you name it.. since 2004
I know where the original "driver issues" were actually from back when everyone was still running AGP for their graphics card slots.
That specific issue btw was a chipset issue, the SiS chipset would simply not work properly with AMD drivers until they released a specific driver just for that issue.
Since Ryzen, the biggest source of driver issues is actually not even AMD's fault, its Windows Update. Windows updates like to remove drivers and install a "compatibility" driver so your system boots up. While this saves 'them' a ton of issues by simply making it always work and boot up, it destroys your driver stability by literally uninstalling components of the drivers.
This issue affects Ryzen Chipset drivers and the gpu drivers, by causing memory crashing / bsods. The fix is however super easy, just go reinstall the latest drivers for your Ryzen chipset and the Radeon GPU and it immediately stops.
The biggest thing people see when they look at what gpu to buy is the price. But that is also going to not really give you an idea of what gpu is meant to compair to another.
My RX 6600 XT I run, actually runs about the same as green teams 3060 / 4060. Yet the prices for 3060 and 4060 are $150 to $250 more.
I will say this, there is a point at which AMD Gpus are actually a bad idea to get. The 6500 and lower for example, absolutely not the same gpu as a 6600 or higher.
This is because they are repurposed mobile gpu parts. But I will point out that Greenteam has a similar issue with their gpus at a certain point and lower too.
But since I've been around for years on ATI and AMD hardware. I will mention I quite like their current drivers, and I even wonder why Nvidia's / green teams, look like they're from early 2000's still.
just recently switched out my 4060 ti 8GB (which I bought to replace a dying 2060) for a RX 7800 XT and am really happy with it.
I sold my 4060 then to partially finance the 7800 XT and am really happy with it.
I also have to say I actually enjoy the driver app for AMD cards a little more so far as well.
Thank you very much for the review. I was contemplating and switching to AMD but was scared about the reviews but u have made that easier.
Traded a 3060ti for a 6800xt last year. Really impressed with RDNA2.
I will buy 6800 XT too in a couple of weeks. Can't wait, it will replace a GTX 1060. :D
AMD is looking good. Thanks Vex for running this GPU. Peace!
Im from the other side of the interwebz where we have no issues you mentioned. Intro souded like a joke/prank of some kind. Then i realized you are serious.
If you try the Intel cards, just go for the cream of the crop, the A770 with 16 GB VRAM on it. It's just the best and has the most headroom.
Bought a 6800xt last year to replace an aging 1080ti in my second rig. Absolutely fine performance wise and like the interface. Running a 4090 in my main rig. Different price points so i think the budget conscious should not he remotely bothered by going for AMD - they've been fine for me.
I use both and both brands have been great. My main card right now is AMD and its just an amazing card (RX6800), seeps power, beast of a card @14440p and very very stable
Nice to see these lower tier cards represented, I'm thinking of a secondary build kinda I'm leaning towards an intel system cards and all but might change my mind, now sitting on a higher end Amd cpu and Nvidia card in main rig
After 6 years + on just a 1050TI my 12 year old PC broke, I got a new PC with the RX 6700 XT and I am really happy NGreedia is atm too expensive, and AMD is really good.
From 2008 to march of this year, i ran exclusively nvidia GPUs. I am now running an RX 7900 XT and very happy with my experience so far
Good video, glad to see you go through a lot of aspects people seem to forget about their GPU and associated drivers. I've been rocking an AMD card since the 480, skipping the ill-fated Radeon 7 and going to a 5700XT, been super happy with my 6900XT. The only issues I have are when Micro$oft "thinks" they know better and force an older or incompatible driver on me via Windows Update. One Safe mode boot, DDU run later, and I'm back in business.
yer that had been my exp to with amd microsoft messing around any one know how to avoid this they are forcing drivers on you ?
@@danborg1228 If I may, you can go into the [instead of the Update area for some reason in Windows] SETTINGS > SYSTEM > ABOUT > Advanced System Settings > Hardware Tab > Device Installation Settings button, to change if you want Windows to automatically de-update your GPU drivers for you (for some reason you might have to do this twice because Windows). HTH
To be fair with AMD I don't count the loss of AI acceleration to be a con because AI acceleration was never meant to be an nvidia's consumer grade gaming cards. It's the entire reason they have their other cards like the A series and the quadro series and stuff like that it was never meant to be in the consumer grade cards and now they're doing just that and price hiking it because of that. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason they added AI acceleration to the consumer grade cards most people doing digital development are going to be using like a100s and stuff like that not RTX 4060s, 4070s, 4080s and 4090s.
Fun cards to give a go for someone only seeking gaming use cases. There's a few things I wished I had from Nvidia, but AMD's (And Intel for the ones willing to experiment and tinker) performance/dollar is so good, it's pretty solid.
All cards are good as long as value's found in a product. I am excited regarding ROCm though. Would be nice to see what the RX6800m can push productivity wise when at its maximum :)
I still wouldnt buy an intel gpu tho
I use AI for fun and its easier to deal with an NVIDIA card than AMD for those purposes. Otherwise I d buy AMD
@@inqizzo The drivers for arc have been getting much better, the price makes them pretty tempting for me. Going to wait until they actually make a new gen or arc "ti" equivalent though. Want to see them continue support before I buy them.
I started building in late 2021, and from all of the news, I was terrified to even think about even putting an amd gpu in my Amazon cart. Now, I have a 6900 xt in my main rig, and it runs flawlessly.
im about to rock a 6800 xt soon!
@@MyouKyuubii'm about to rock a rx 6700 tx soon!
@@elsensei666 Siick, dude! 80+ fps on every game, at a modest power consumption of 150-200w! Energy efficient gaming! :3
@@MyouKyuubi yeah, and because I use a 1080p monitor, I'm gonna absolutely destroy most games 🤣
@@elsensei666 Only downside is it's a hot graphcis card.
I always go for the best price-performance. My history of Nvidia vs ATI/AMD since the TNT2 times is 6 GPUs from Nvidia, and 5 from AMD. But I think Nvidia has gone crazy, my next GPU is going to be AMD again.
Intel is making really good arguments aswell these days, if id have a budget moment theres reasons for intel.
Im a 6750xt (reference model) owner and im in love since i bought it day One. Did not had any partical issue with driver. Adrenaline is also much more complete and you can opt for minimal install if you dont care about game profiles, recording, metrics etc.
It reflects more my consumer philosophy and combined with my ryzen 5600x with sam enabled It just rocks 1440p, thansk also to 12gb of vram
I currently use a 6650 XT and it is my first gpu from AMD. Only had problems in the first week when the driver seemed to just disappear, but after that I've had no issues. I have more problems with my SSD for crying out loud! I am happy that I chose AMD for the great value for money
The driver disappearing is a Windows thing, windows update will occasionally screw with the drivers and break things if you allow it. You can thank Microshaft.
@@Son37Lumiereexactly…it’s maddening because AMD has been making all Xbox chips for almost 2 decades now but Microsoft is so incompetent they can’t keep themselves from deleting AMD drivers.
And of course because the fanboy narrative about “teh AMD drivurs!” is so deeply ingrained in everyone’s heads people automatically assume AMD is the problem. Which in turn deflects necessary pressure from being applied to MS to fix their idiot OS problems. So irritating.
@@kenshirogenjuro873 Absolutely. Microsoft couldn't code their way out of a paper bag.
I've been in IT for over 30 years, always had Nvidia since they exist.
Now I have an RX 6800 and it's awesome.
I wonder what you think about the adrenalin package. I was very impressed by it.
My only gripe with the Adrenalin software is that AMD for some stupid reason removed the ability to set single-button hotkeys at one point. It always has to be a key combo now and that's just dumb AF. I want my universal "F12 for screenshot, ScrollLock to record video" back god dammit >:(
I really don't like the overwhelming details on adrenalin. To figure out that your settings can be saved for specific games and in general took me like an hour.
Another thing about Adrenalin: You don't need that much settings, since ingame settings of your games are a huge part of adrenalin, which makes it completely pointless to even show this type of information.
@@shavy9655 Do a minimal install then.
I see people complaining but not having any IT knowledge.
It's like people without a drivers license complaining that their car makes rattling sounds and they wonder if it might be because they haven't checked the oil for ten years.
This is my first time working with this and I have zero problems with it. 🙄
@@Knaeckebrotsaege Yeah, it's insane that the adrenalin software can't distinguish between one button in a game. Do you want to open a door or start recording? What a piece of crap that it can't read you mind huh?
@@how2pick4name ?!? The one-button-hotkey feature was there till 2020 and they removed it for no reason. It worked perfectly fine (and still does when you manually specify the singular key via the registry). Not sure what this stupid snarky reply was for? smh
I got a 7900 XTX a few days ago for Linux, and I kind of wish I could use the AMD software there, which is quite amusing.
Awesome. There are alot of openssource alternatives for the AMD software that do various things. I usally don't bother with overclocking though and obs does the rest.
Although I'm not in the market for a gpu, and am knowledgeable on both amd and nvidia. I found this video enjoyable and enticing. Excellent job!
It is awesome to see someone who is used to Nvidia try using AMD. I had been on a 1070 that I bought brand new when the 10 series launched back in 2016. It was the GPU for my first fully custom PC and it kicked ass in anything I threw at it in 1440p for 7 YEARS. Now I upgraded this year and had a choice between a 3070, or an RX 6800. After watching many benchmarking videos, I eventually chose the RX 6800 and quite frankly I was a little scared to go back to AMD, I had not had a Radeon card since an R9-270X in 2013 lol. I was pleasantly surprised at just how good this card is, I am playing anything I want at 100+ FPS, maxed out settings and no upscaling. The card is stable, and I even run with a slight overclock through the AMD software that gives me a good boost. Another advantage is AMDs Smart Access Memory tech (SAM) and that nets an up to 10% increase in FPS depending on the game, you have to be on 3rd Gen Ryzen or better to use it, I got me a 3700X lol
Doesn't an rtx 3070 compares to the rx 6700xt?
@@aniketsrivastava1870 it is roughly between the 6700XT and RX 6800 non-XT
@@aniketsrivastava1870 rx 6700xt its better than 3060ti with the same price. u should compare price to performance rather than gpu series
So glad to here that! I have a rog strix gtx1070 from new and just purchased an rx 6800 xt. Can't wait to receive and see the difference!!!
@@SimRacingCarsandCoffee Man, that thing flies through any game. I have one with my 5800X3D and it's golden
I returned the 4080 FE model as I couldn't stomach $1731 (after tax) even though it is a BEAST of a card and is amazing. Instead got the 7900XT Hellhound and it is AMAZING for the price to performance. I can get 120fps with mostly ultra settings and turn some settings down to high. RE4 remake, the last of us, redfall all runs great in 4K even with high RT. If you are on the fence and don't want to spend more 1k or more, find an open box 7900XT especially Hellhound and you will not be disappointed!
Did you get the XT or the XTX? From what I've seen, the XT takes a big performance hit compared to the XTX.
you mean 18 fps with Cyberpunk Path Tracing?
what a joke.
7900xtx 24gb vram is around $1700 AUD the 4800 16gb vram starts around $2100 AUD so in my position (and country) it would be a great choice.
@@arturiaarthus8367 who plays with pathtracing
I bought the Sapphire Pulse RX 6700 10GB in August 2022. It's been an awesome card! It's been so good, in fact, that I convinced my mother to buy one as a replacement for her ancient and dying MSI GT 730. She's loving it!
Yeah, the 6700 isn't very good at ray-tracing, but I couldn't care less about RT. It's gimmicky and negatively impacts performance too much to justify having it enabled. Also, sure, the 6700 isn't as good as comparable Nvidia offerings when it comes to "productivity" apps, but even still, the 6700 is more than capable. I use my 6700 to edit complex and long RUclips docu style videos that range anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, and my RX 6700 10GB has been a champ. My videos will often have thousands upon thousands of graphical elements and visual effects, and even with all that, editing on the 6700 is buttery smooth in HitFilm Express.
Happy with my rx 6700xt. Nothing wrong with it. Good driver/software with plenty of options.