Originally Posted By: Allen
AMD GPUs continue to do well in DX12 -- particularly on a "bang for buck" measure.



DX12 is the future. So, if one is buying for the "long run" and has a "budget", AMD continues to look good. But, that's part of the AMD marketing strategy -- "bang for buck".

According to AMD statements, AMD knows Nvidia will do "whatever it takes" to finish first in the FPS competition (regardless of price or other things). Thus, AMD competes on price and other factors that improve gaming.

If one wants the highest FPS, period, buy Nvidia. For a more "balanced" GPU, buy AMD (according to AMD).


The trouble with this sort of propaganda graph is that it doesn't actually show anything relative or even useful.

You don't play 'bang for buck' and there is no indication of performance......what frame rates is an RX480 getting on Battlefield 1 at ultra settings @ 4K resolutions? Fair enough....it has almost twice as much bang for buck as a GTX 1080 but if you're getting 15fps with the 480 and the 1080 is getting 40fps then you're still not going to be happy regardless how much bang you're getting in the first place. It's going to be the best part of unplayable. Can you put a price on value if minimum performance isn't met?

Bang for buck isn't going to give you 90fps at 1440p in a VR headset either.


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