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I’m thinking of picking up a pre-built PC since this one even with a new SSD is still slow and parts are so hard to find right now or are being price gouged. I can get the same setup prebuilt for almost the same price as building it myself.

I can go with one company that only uses the Nvidia RTX 3080/3090

Or a different one that’s uses the AMD RX 6800 XT/6900

I’ve read both the 3090 and 6900 are more work station cards so I’m not going to spend the extra on those and the 6800 is at most 10% slower then the 6900 and in some tests the 6800 beats it.

I’m leaning towards the 6800, does anyone have real life experience with it instead of just review sites or experience with the 3080?

Thanks.

I’m thinking of picking up a pre-built PC since this one even with a new SSD is still slow and parts are so hard to find right now or are being price gouged. I can get the same setup prebuilt for almost the same price as building it myself. I can go with one company that only uses the Nvidia RTX 3080/3090 Or a different one that’s uses the AMD RX 6800 XT/6900 I’ve read both the 3090 and 6900 are more work station cards so I’m not going to spend the extra on those and the 6800 is at most 10% slower then the 6900 and in some tests the 6800 beats it. I’m leaning towards the 6800, does anyone have real life experience with it instead of just review sites or experience with the 3080? Thanks.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Here's the main consideration: Proprietary API features. NVidia pays / partners with many game makers to make sure they use NVidia-specific features, rather than the open standard feature, for things like ray tracing, texture compression, etc. So in many games, for it to 'look its best', you're required to have an nvidia card, as AMD sticks with supporting the open standard, rather than the proprietary.

[–] • 3 pts

That’s why I’ve always tried to stick with AMD, I hate proprietary crap and companies that dump money into it trying to stay ahead, but game studios are greedy and will take the cash.

I would love for the game studios to say nope, we’re only using open standards and you’re out of luck, put out a card that doesn’t use 500 watts at a reasonable price and needs to compete fairly with open standards.

It’s reminds me too much of big tech with their monopolies silencing people unless you conform to their narrative and only being able to post on sites like poal if you disagree.

Amd is the poal of the gaming world lol.

[–] • 1 pt

It's kind of shitty, but it is a good reason to stick with Nvidia.

At the end of the day, I want to install and play, not have to find work arounds or mess with settings to make games run correctly. I'm willing to drop a bit extra on a card to have something run out of the box.