I figured it would be fun chatting about this, Nvidia is usually the very standard go to these days and I can see why, you slot it in it's all very straightforward and pretty much guaranteed to work for the most part. Back in the day I would be going with AMD graphics cards because that's the budget option but I am one of those people who failed the hardware lottery multiple times when it came to AMD and I've had nothing but trouble with them.
Would you recommend AMD cards in 2024? Their software has certainly gotten much better and it's not weird login required crap like GeForce Experience. I've been pondering if I ever get some kind of rendering setup which hardware would be a good idea to go with.
AMD used to be my go to choice. They had the cheaper but no less powerful options for everything. I remember when they bought ati.
NVidia has made AI research basically require one of their cards. It's really annoying, but also why they are so rich. When every console uses their cards, and AI needs them as well, they've won.
I want AMD to win, but I see no chance.
That's the conclusion I'm kind of ending up at as well, I'm not doing 'AI' in the machine learning sense so I do have options however Nvidia have generally shown their cards work fantastic when it comes to rendering so I guess I'm going to have to stick with it. Maybe if I had some sort of second PC or something I'd choose an AMD card just for gaming and light stuff but that will be something to think about in the future.