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HoloDust said:

JEMC said:

Also, to gauge what you think about it, it looks like AMD has better drivers than Nvidia...

Third-party audit reveals AMD drivers are the most stable for gamers
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/third-party-audit-reveals-amd-drivers-are-the-most-stable-gamers.html
Today, independent software quality assurance experts QA Consultants release a new report determining AMD has the most stable driver in the graphics industry. AMD systems passed 401 out of 432 tests while Nvidia systems passed 356—equivalent to a pass rate of 93 percent for AMD versus 82 percent for Nvidia.
QA Consultants tested six of AMD’s most popular graphics cards at the high, medium and budget price points, from both the Gaming and Workstation lineups against competing Nvidia GPUs. These include the Radeon RX Vega 64, RX 580 and RX 560 for gaming, and the Radeon Pro WX 9100, WX 7100 and WX 3100 for workstations, using drivers Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.5.1 and Radeon Pro Software Enterprise 18.Q2, respectively.
The testing was extensive – QA consultants conducted a four-hour CRASH test on each GPU consecutively, six times a day for twelve days. Completing each test was considered a pass, and the overall stability score was determined from the total number of passes divided by the total number of attempts.

So, what do you say?

I say...fuck them...for now.

I've been with ATI/AMD for a long, long time (my last nVidia card prior to them was GeForce4 Ti4400), and I finally decided last year to go back to nVidia. Once AMD get their shit together (when it comes to GPUs) and makes something actually worth buying again, I'll reconsider my decision.

That's... a bit aggressive. And also has nothing to do with the story, that's about drivers, not capable GPUs.

But I echo the sentiment, the AMD GPU division needs to get their shit together and start making GPUs that can compete with Nvidia, if only with the xx60 to xx80 family of cards.