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Seriously considered AMD this gen (first time since 5800 series) and my displays can support Freesync/Gsync, but went with Nv because:
4k performance - no contest here
RT performance - Some good games are starting to roll out with decent implementations beyond a couple reflections. Global Illumination and RT AO are game changers for IQ IMHO. The performance gap here is huge and I don't want to have to turn settings off/down on my new video card.
RT quality - I was a bit spooked when I read about poor[er] RT quality on AMD [denoiser] but I suppose this can be improved by driver updates as time goes on.
DLSS - After playing DS with DLSS 2.0 looking better than native, I'm converted. This is fantastic tech. I'm not convinced AMD will produce tech that is up to par without AI 64xSSAA algorithms. They'll likely use some sort of cheaper and easier to implement alternative, like checkerboarding as seen on consoles.
Nv feature set - Don't really care for streaming and productivity options and that sort of thing, but rather IQ tweakability, enhancements etc. I'm also more familiar with and prefer Nv's ecosystem.
Driver support - I feel Nv support is more robust in a variety of ways. AMD's AF issues are not good either, I'm pretty anal about filtering quality.
Nv will also roll out their version of SAM for [small] performance uplifts, so that evens out the playing field in that regard.
Availability - I wanted something now, in time for Xmas holidays and Cyberpunk with full RT, not next year.
4k performance - no contest here
RT performance - Some good games are starting to roll out with decent implementations beyond a couple reflections. Global Illumination and RT AO are game changers for IQ IMHO. The performance gap here is huge and I don't want to have to turn settings off/down on my new video card.
RT quality - I was a bit spooked when I read about poor[er] RT quality on AMD [denoiser] but I suppose this can be improved by driver updates as time goes on.
DLSS - After playing DS with DLSS 2.0 looking better than native, I'm converted. This is fantastic tech. I'm not convinced AMD will produce tech that is up to par without AI 64xSSAA algorithms. They'll likely use some sort of cheaper and easier to implement alternative, like checkerboarding as seen on consoles.
Nv feature set - Don't really care for streaming and productivity options and that sort of thing, but rather IQ tweakability, enhancements etc. I'm also more familiar with and prefer Nv's ecosystem.
Driver support - I feel Nv support is more robust in a variety of ways. AMD's AF issues are not good either, I'm pretty anal about filtering quality.
Nv will also roll out their version of SAM for [small] performance uplifts, so that evens out the playing field in that regard.
Availability - I wanted something now, in time for Xmas holidays and Cyberpunk with full RT, not next year.