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I'm really thinking about replacing my aging GTX 680 with the new R9 290X (once aftermarket coolings comes), and was wondering if for a fact AMD's drivers are improving to par-Nvidia levels.
What possible drawbacks would I occur? What gains?
Or given the state of Nvidia drivers, would the investment in a 780/780Ti provide enough of a warrant for the $300 extra?
I'm not afraid to use BETA drivers, but I'm afraid I'll miss PhysX too much (in Assassins Creed IV etc).
Thank you for any advice. :)
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So in answer to your question:
Improving: Yes
On Par with Nvidia: Not yet
Drawbacks would be that the drivers are very late on the updates to Xorg so if your using a distro like Arch your more or less forced to use BETA anyway. There are a few bugs here and there but the driver is pretty stable.
PhysX isn't all that in reality. You can live if its a $300 difference.