This depends a lot on your definition of “high-end” in this context. If something like the RX 9070 XT falls within your expectations, you could definitely buy an AMD card over Nvidia especially now that their features like FSR is getting pretty good. But Nvidia offers cards like the 4090 and 5090 that AMD simply isn’t even close to competing against, so if that’s the kind of performance you want you’re sadly stuck with Nvidia for the foreseeable future. Luckily, not that many people actually need something that powerful, but the point still stands.
Even an RX9060 would probably be a mild improvement over my RTX2070, but don’t think it would be a massive change either. So not worth it while my 2070 works still.
AMD is very close to compete against the 4090 and 5090, in a few years they will have the same power for halve the price, that’s why you didn’t mention 3090 or the titan series. Consumer GPUs, and i’m not sure the Titan/90s can even be called that, will keep improving even without NVIDIA, just at a slightly slower rate.
The reason I specifically mentioned 4090 and 5090 is just that those are the only two cards AMD does not have an answer for right now. In all the other segments they have solid options. And to be clear, I really wish AMD was a real option at the top end as well, but they just aren’t yet and looking at their best card vs a 5090 it’s not even in the same ballpark.
My worry is that while I agree that AMD will have a 5090 competitor in a few years, Nvidia will also keep pushing unless they actually pull out of the market to focus on AI and datacenters (which they very well might do). Right now their lead is massive, but I could definitely see it getting much closer if nothing else.
This depends a lot on your definition of “high-end” in this context. If something like the RX 9070 XT falls within your expectations, you could definitely buy an AMD card over Nvidia especially now that their features like FSR is getting pretty good. But Nvidia offers cards like the 4090 and 5090 that AMD simply isn’t even close to competing against, so if that’s the kind of performance you want you’re sadly stuck with Nvidia for the foreseeable future. Luckily, not that many people actually need something that powerful, but the point still stands.
Even an RX9060 would probably be a mild improvement over my RTX2070, but don’t think it would be a massive change either. So not worth it while my 2070 works still.
AMD is very close to compete against the 4090 and 5090, in a few years they will have the same power for halve the price, that’s why you didn’t mention 3090 or the titan series. Consumer GPUs, and i’m not sure the Titan/90s can even be called that, will keep improving even without NVIDIA, just at a slightly slower rate.
The reason I specifically mentioned 4090 and 5090 is just that those are the only two cards AMD does not have an answer for right now. In all the other segments they have solid options. And to be clear, I really wish AMD was a real option at the top end as well, but they just aren’t yet and looking at their best card vs a 5090 it’s not even in the same ballpark. My worry is that while I agree that AMD will have a 5090 competitor in a few years, Nvidia will also keep pushing unless they actually pull out of the market to focus on AI and datacenters (which they very well might do). Right now their lead is massive, but I could definitely see it getting much closer if nothing else.
Also these cards are room heaters.