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QOTW: AMD or Nvidia, who makes the better graphics driver?

by Parm Mann on 17 May 2013, 16:30

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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There's more to graphics cards than just processors, texture units and ROPs. It's fair to say that with today's frequent over-the-air updates, the real back end of any gaming GPU is the software driver.

And who doesn't love a good driver update? Free performance boosts, bug fixes, new features and multi-GPU profiles are just some of the regular enhancements, as both AMD and Nvidia race to keep up to date with the very latest titles.

Both teams are constantly introducing updates, but with next-generation cards seemingly just around the corner, now's a good time to ask: based on your own experiences, who makes the better graphics driver, AMD or Nvidia?

Whether you're the kind of consumer who tries every beta or your middle name is WHQL, here's your chance to have your say. Let us know using the comments below, and if you do prefer one over the other, don't forget to tell us why.



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nVidia ofcourse.
I reckon in terms of performance per die area Nvidia might have the edge, hard to say based purely on power/performance as it depends on your use case as AMDs ulta-low idle power state counteracts slightly higher load power usage. However, what AMD is doing is really adding a whole load of value to a purchase with the games bundles - so if I were in the market for a GPU at the moment it would definately be an AMD card.
Seriously Hexus, are you trying to start a flame war? Would have to be Nvidia though, AMD have been good recently but Nvidia have always been good imo.
martian_aphid
I reckon in terms of performance per die area Nvidia might have the edge, hard to say based purely on power/performance as it depends on your use case as AMDs ulta-low idle power state counteracts slightly higher load power usage. However, what AMD is doing is really adding a whole load of value to a purchase with the games bundles - so if I were in the market for a GPU at the moment it would definately be an AMD card.

Oops, don't skim read the title damnit! Yeah as for drivers, probably right with Nvidia but AMD have caught up a lot, espcially if you look at certain games like BF3. I think AMD need to focus a lot on remedying their micro-stuttering though as Nvidia certainly have them beat on that front.
Nvidia still better.. But still expensive..