With both Nvidia and AMD coming out with new cards soon, gamers are eager to know which of the two will be better.
AMD recently announced a new line of graphics cards, including the R9 Fury X, their new flagship GPU, and the first ever to feature HBM and stacked memory. Before the NDAs were over, everyone had extremely high hopes for this card, and was lauded as the "Titan-killer" by many AMD fans. The truth, however, is a little less glamorous...
The GTA V charts reproduced below show the Fury X behind Nvidia's pointlessly overpowered Titan X at 3840×2160. However, Nvidia has also announced a new GPU since, the GTX 980 Ti, the bigger brother of the 980. The GTX 980 was meant to be the halfway-point between the price of the "regular" cards and the power of the Titan series. While many users suggest that builders go with 970 in SLI instead, the GTX 980 is still a solid card, and the Ti is just more of the lovin'.
GTA V on PC is known to be quite the hardware hog, though the fact that it is well optimized (cough Assassin's Creed Unity cough ) means that it can run well on weaker systems too. However, if you want to get GTA V to look the best it can, then you'll need quite a beast of a machine. As such, the game works well as a benchmarking tool for high end hardware. In AnandTech's July 2 comparison, the GTX 980 Ti leads the Fury X in the three 3840×2160 charts reproduced below.
Do you guys prefer Nvidia or AMD cards? Will you be upgrading your rig anytime soon?
