amd or nvidia for blizzard games?

[Ron Burgundy]

which gpus generally perform better if you play mostly blizzard games ie diablo 3/starcraft2/wow

[n0cturnal]

Nvidia performs better in Blizzard games.

[BicycleMafioso]

Doesn't matter, as long as it's a GTX 460, HD5770 or better when you're running 1920x1080.
Neither perform worse or better.

[Deleted]

Blizzard games don't really require a monster GPU, so it doesn't really matter what brand you have. A wooden gpu could run WoW and D3, but SC II needs a bit more juice.

[vesseblah]

Crossfire has more problems than SLI, but both are unsupported. That's the only real difference between the two manufacturers when it comes to WoW.

[n0cturnal]

There is a distinct performance lead with Nvidia once you push the settings to max.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/403
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A..._Cu_II/23.html

[Deleted]

There is a distinct performance lead with Nvidia once you push the settings to max.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/403
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A..._Cu_II/23.html

I'd argue it's because Nvidia has better profiles for SLI than the 7970 has for CF. For the starcraft one at least.

[Usako]

Blizzard usually endorses Nvidia at Blizzcon etc, with the computers and banners having Nvidia on them/in them. Figure I would just throw that out there :P

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Blizzard usually endorses Nvidia at Blizzcon etc, with the computers and banners having Nvidia on them/in them. Figure I would just throw that out there :P

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