It is much harder to create the hardware. Only 2 companies in the world can do it and bring a product to market (AMD and Intel). So generally the hardware has to come before the widespread usage in software. Nobody is gong to put much effort into creating software when there is no market/users for it.Do you really need 16 cores in such a beast? Or put another way, how are they fitting all this into such a small package?
The bad AMD driver quality misinformation is an internet myth perpetuated by bad players. There is a lot speculation on the who with regard to these bad players from viral Nvidia marketing to brand loyalists. But rest assured as you have found out, there is no truth to it.
There’s also thinking out there that if company A does something better than company B then it means company B has bad quality control or is ignorant to making good products. This relates to super sampling and ray tracing for the current discussion. These two things are features which Nvidia simply does better. It has no relationship to drivers or driver quality. If these features are not important to you, paying the extra premium priced into Nvidia products for said features would be a waste of money.
System Name | Holiday Season Budget Computer (HSBC) |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7700X |
Motherboard | MSi PRO B650M-A WiFi |
Cooling | be quiet! Dark Rock 4 |
Memory | 2x 16 GB Corsair Vengeance EXPO DDR5-6000 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB |
Storage | 2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 2 TB Corsair MP600 R2, 4 + 8 TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" |
Display(s) | Dell S3422DWG, 7" Waveshare touchscreen |
Case | Kolink Citadel Mesh black |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech Z333 2.1 speakers, AKG Y50 headphones |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime GX-750 |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 2S |
Keyboard | Logitech G413 SE |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
I have to add, I did have driver-related problems with the 5700 XT. But before and after that, my experience with the drivers has been flawless.AMD has been making good drivers for over 20 years now. Prior to the ATi 9700 pro, this statement could have held true that ATi drivers are not good. But since 9700pro and AMD's take over, the quality has done nothing but improve. People need to stop spreading what they don't know and only hear.