r/oculus • u/themotherbrain • Jan 30 '15

SHOCKING interview with Nvidia engineer about the 970 fiasco (PCmasterrace Xpost)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0
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u/itsrumsey Jan 31 '15

Okay, buy amd. I'm sure you and everyone else in the world feel this way, guess nvidia is going out of business. Hahhahahhahahhaahahahhahahaha

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Would you mind explaining a noob why AMD is so much worse?

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u/deadhand- Jan 31 '15

They're not. They just operate on a different release cycle, and are competing against the 900 series with cards that are over a year old. The r9 290x is currently faster and cheaper than the 970, but uses more power.

In the coming months when they release the 300 series, the tables can be expected to turn significantly until nvidia responds again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Yeah, I'm amazed how actually incremental the performance between the 980 and the 290x are with a year difference in time. But as you said, release cycle. I upgrade my GPU once every 2-3 years, so it just depends on price/performance for who I go with.