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I've been a long time nVidia customer. Way back when I had a 3dfx based chipset. I almost gave an AMD card a shot but was turned off by talk of there being fairly major driver issues with a few games. While I'm sure it's the kind of thing that eventually gets ironed out, why risk it if it isn't needed?

I'm the kind of person who has a GPU for the "medium hall" - I'm a bad gamer in that I don't update my drivers that often, nor do I buy my card every year. I don't want to rely on spotty driver support a few years after a card is new to play a game.

I don't use a laptop for gaming so I can't speak to the performance of integrated GPUs.
According to strawpoll results, 11 out of 21 users prefer nVidia, 6 prefer AMD, and 4 prefer Intel.
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BillyMaysFan59: According to strawpoll results, 11 out of 21 users prefer nVidia, 6 prefer AMD, and 4 prefer Intel.
Update: 12 prefer NVIDIA, 6 prefer AMD and 4 Intel.
SIS or S3, maybe Matrox
Post edited August 09, 2015 by Maighstir
I've got all three and the answer is it depends.

-AMD is equal to Nvidia in performance and solves problems for the long run. If you want to keep you card for 2-3 years they tend to perform better over time. They finally started to clean up their Windows drivers and Linux is next on the list. If you buy a new Radeon card don't expect the best experience immediately.
-Intel is the best for opensource Linux. Not the fastest performers but for casual/older games this is plenty. If you want to save on your power bill or not go sterile using your laptop, Intel is your friend.
-Nvidia is equal to AMD in performance and solves problems for today. If you want to buy a new GPU every year these guys are good. Great experience from day one but as time moves forward their GPUs don't keep up.

That's a snapshot of today. Who knows tomorrow it can change.

Overall I hope people stop fighting over which GPU is 'best'. I've seen arguments where people point out one vendor runs one game 2fps faster... nevermind their monitors are capped at 60fps and you won't notice a difference on a nvidia or amd card.
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Maighstir: SIS or S3, maybe Matrox
Ah, S3 Virge!
Four people voted Intel?!
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apehater: intel gpu? O_o
For people that prefer to have their prostate exam done by Wolverine.
Intel is power man. My brothers got iGPU Intel Pentiums G2000-somethings and they run Warframe, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Darksiders, AoE3, AoM, AoE2, RoN (all HD editions), Mount and Blade (the most demanding ofc) all on good framerates.
I have no preference between the 3, as a Linux user though Nvidia has the best drivers for that OS and that's the only reason I go with them. AMD's cards are good and the prices are affordable, all they have to do is improve the Linux drivers and they have a new customer (I had an AMD 6870 back when I used Windows, really enjoyed it).

As for Intel I'm really liking the Iris Pro Graphics performance, packing it on an i5 or i7 doesn't seem very wise to me, but if they ever manage to put it on an i3, I would definitely be interested in that. Aside from that I can't really go with the HD series since I play demanding games.
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Navagon: Four people voted Intel?!
I guess some people don't need that much graphical power, and Intel works best for them. :p
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Navagon: Four people voted Intel?!
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BillyMaysFan59: I guess some people don't need that much graphical power, and Intel works best for them. :p
That's like saying that Reliant Robins are the best cars because you only ever need yours for short distances on entirely flat roads.
As a Linux user I prefer Intel and AMD cards, because of their good open source drivers. Nvidia cards are pretty useless without the closed-source driver. Lots of indie games work pretty well even on rather slow Intel graphics.
The new Intel Iris Pro 6200 GPU with its on-chip memory on the Broadwell chips is surprisingly powerful by the way. Currently by far the most powerful integrated GPU.
I have always used ATI/AMD, since the early 90's. Never had any problem, so see no reason to change.
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Ganni1987: As for Intel I'm really liking the Iris Pro Graphics performance, packing it on an i5 or i7 doesn't seem very wise to me, but if they ever manage to put it on an i3, I would definitely be interested in that. Aside from that I can't really go with the HD series since I play demanding games.
That's what I don't understand about Intel either. Iris Pro on a i3 CPU seems to be a very useful combination, but Intel keeps putting their better GPUs mostly on high end CPUs.