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i5 and radeon incompatibility????

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RCaptain72

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Good day everyone!

I'm on my first computer build and I'm down to only the video card. Originally, I had planned on obtaining the Radeon 6870 first and then adding a 2nd one via crossfire later this summer.

While discussing with a couple computer buddies of mine - one of them mentioned that combining the intel cpu with the amd video card results in some driver incompatibility.

He suggested I go with the GTX560 (not Ti)....

Does anyone have history/advice regarding this situation? :confused:


BUILD:
i5-2500k (3.3 now - soon to be 4.0)
z68ap-d3 MO
16g G.Skill 1600mhz RAM
80g SSD
1t 7200 rpm barracuda HDD
Coolermaster 212+ heatsink/fan
Antec 900 case
corsair 600w psu
Windows 7 Pro
 
Tell your friend he's full of... well, nevermind.

No, there won't be any driver incompatability. I have heard that AMD cards work better with AMD processors than Intel, and Nvidia cards work better with Intel processors than AMD, but the difference is so marginal it's insignificant and nothing to worry about as far as I know.
 
No doubt he's full of it...

...and AMD working better with AMD / Intel w Intel is also garbage. Its not marginal, negligible, its non existent.
 
Well, hold up..... whats your budget for this card and what resolution will you be gaming at?
 
No doubt he's full of it...

...and AMD working better with AMD / Intel w Intel is also garbage. Its not marginal, negligible, its non existent.

Everywhere I had read has said there's some difference, and most say not enough to worry about. But, that's why I say everywhere I READ. In fact, I haven't seen any benchmarks to prove this, and even if I did they'd probably be within margin-of-error. Thinking about it now, it's probably just something some hardcore AMD fans and/or Intel/Nvidia fans started saying just to keep people from mingling on both sides of the fence at the same time... if that makes sense. Anyway, your post made me actually think about that for the first time and question why I've only heard speculation that this difference exists but I've never seen any proof... so no sense in me saying someone is full of it and then try and spread someone elses' words who were also full of it. *lesson learned for the day*
 
I believe it's just something assumed by some uninformed people because AMD makes both CPUs and GPUs. Their assumption is "An AMD CPU and GPU must be best together since the same company makes them." When in reality a CPU is a CPU and a GPU is a GPU, they only care about the performance of each other, not who makes them.
 
I think AMD's marketing played a part in that... Their Dragon platform using Phenom and 4 series or w/e made A LOT of people think that there was some kind of performance increase vs the same GPU on an Intel. Its not there.
 
I love this site!

Everyone so far has been helpful and provided thoughtful and useful comments unlike some other forums where people tend to spout their opinions and/or simply rag on other comments.

That being said - I'll answer Earthdog's question:

I am looking at keeping my car at $150-$175. I am already over budget on my build because I went with a 23" monitor and a nicer case than I originally planned on. I'll be gaming at 1920x1080 it looks like.

My idea was too obtain a decent card that will run most games up near ultra settings and then crossfire/sli a 2nd card in a few months when I have some more freed up cash. Thus the 6870 being one of my options. I'd love the 650ti but i can't/won't quite afford that at this time.

So go ahead and recommend away!!

Thanks again to each of you!

Go Texas Rangers!
 
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Thanks to everyone that commented and provided advice.

I ended up going with the 560ti - got a GREAT deal on it.

May not be the best setup but it'll start me off fine - hopefully I can upgrade down the road this summer!

Happy gaming!

:clap:
 
A high end AMD GPU will work better on a high end Intel CPU than a high end AMD CPU. Why? The Intel chips are more powerful.
 
+1 smokeu i was going to say that . from what ive read off toms hardware a i5 2400 beats all of amd fx line up when it comes to gaming .
 
The FX keeps the same framerate at higher resolutions, while the i5 and i7 drop in framerate as the resolution goes up, even though they're better at lower res. Still playable on any processor however.
 
The FX keeps the same framerate at higher resolutions, while the i5 and i7 drop in framerate as the resolution goes up, even though they're better at lower res. Still playable on any processor however.
Right... at 2560x1600 or multimonitor it does. No clue why it would do that, but, it does.
 
I don't understand it either. It makes no logical sense. That would be the only difference between Intel and AMD processors when it comes to GPU performance.
 
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