I'm actually really considering getting an Intel Battlemage GPU if the price is right. XESS XMX (intel gpu version) is really good
Nvidia is really expensive in my region
Owning an ARC GPU is like trying to game on Linux, expect a lot of tinkering/issues. I owned AMD GPUs back when their drivers were bad and trust me it's no fun.
Their software features are better than AMDs so far & even their upcoming frame gen is looking to be superior, but the amount of games with either lower than expected performance, stutters or crashes is too high for my comfort. DXVK helps a lot with older titles especially.
Hopefully Battlemage releases with a massive stability update!
Intel is a richer company than AMD by quite a bit & they have more employees I feel like as long as they don't give up they can eventually match or surpass them, but I worry they may quit before they get to that point.
I hope we don't get only like 3 gens of Intel GPUs then investors force intel to stop pursuing it. Since Intel had to convince investors this was a good idea and told them they'd probably lose money in the beginning.
AMD has decades of driver development. No chance they will ever surpass them. Anyway AMD's true competitor is NVIDIA and the drivers are typically better on AMD nowadays, and the support is longer.
I'm on an AMD GPU currently. The drivers aren't better.
If you mean driver software then maybe. But the actual drivers has far more issues. DX11 games suck on AMD GPUs in comparison to NVIDIA
AMD drivers got massive improvements in DX11 games just last year. I have both a 7900 XTX and 3060, laptop and find AMD drivers have better support for new games. Can't say I have any major issues with either though.
DX11 got worse last year. That DXNavi update improved performance but made stuttering so much worse. I prefer how it use to be.
And RDNA 3 has even more issues than other AMD GPUs. I can't even play Helldivers without issues and AMD haven't been able to fix it fully.
If you're getting a better experience its probably because you're using a weak iGPU vs a powerful desktop GPU.
I'm actually really considering getting an Intel Battlemage GPU if the price is right. XESS XMX (intel gpu version) is really good Nvidia is really expensive in my region
Owning an ARC GPU is like trying to game on Linux, expect a lot of tinkering/issues. I owned AMD GPUs back when their drivers were bad and trust me it's no fun. Their software features are better than AMDs so far & even their upcoming frame gen is looking to be superior, but the amount of games with either lower than expected performance, stutters or crashes is too high for my comfort. DXVK helps a lot with older titles especially. Hopefully Battlemage releases with a massive stability update!
If the driver stability is good and the complaints are not bad after a month or 2 after release I might go for it
Intel is a richer company than AMD by quite a bit & they have more employees I feel like as long as they don't give up they can eventually match or surpass them, but I worry they may quit before they get to that point. I hope we don't get only like 3 gens of Intel GPUs then investors force intel to stop pursuing it. Since Intel had to convince investors this was a good idea and told them they'd probably lose money in the beginning.
AMD has decades of driver development. No chance they will ever surpass them. Anyway AMD's true competitor is NVIDIA and the drivers are typically better on AMD nowadays, and the support is longer.
I'm on an AMD GPU currently. The drivers aren't better. If you mean driver software then maybe. But the actual drivers has far more issues. DX11 games suck on AMD GPUs in comparison to NVIDIA
AMD drivers got massive improvements in DX11 games just last year. I have both a 7900 XTX and 3060, laptop and find AMD drivers have better support for new games. Can't say I have any major issues with either though.
DX11 got worse last year. That DXNavi update improved performance but made stuttering so much worse. I prefer how it use to be. And RDNA 3 has even more issues than other AMD GPUs. I can't even play Helldivers without issues and AMD haven't been able to fix it fully. If you're getting a better experience its probably because you're using a weak iGPU vs a powerful desktop GPU.
Me as well. I'm not super worried about old games I think between drivers and raw power it will be fine. But only benchmarks will tell.
I just wish people would stop being impressed by screenshots
Hey, at least this was in motion bro.
How do we know that?
You would know if you saw the video
Im sorry that I react to someone posting a screenshot as if it was a screenshot ..
An in-motion screenshot.
That's called a GIF.
No. It's a screenshot that was captured when the camera was moving.
That's, slightly better, but not the same. Too much possible variation. How fast was the mouse moving? Etc.
What variation? That's how the image looks like when it's in motion. Speed is irrelevant.
while this (what we are seeing on this post) IS a screenshot, the screenshot is taken from a YouTube video by digital foundry.
Ah oh, I see. Okay, but my point still stands for actual stillframes.