Switching to AMD - 1 Year Later

Lecctron May 23, 2025
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This was my personal experience of switching from NVIDIA to AMD. After using NVIDIA GPUs for my entire life, I finally made the jump to red team. One year later, is switching to AMD actually worth it? In this video, I test the RX 6900 XT across 11 of the most popular AAA games and competitive titles: Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Black Myth: Wukong, Ghost of Tsushima, Rocket League, FragPunk, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Uncharted 4, Control, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. I also put it through creative workloads in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and OBS to see if it can truly replace NVIDIA for both gaming and productivity. I walk through my full journey building and daily driving an all-AMD system, covering everything from raw gaming performance and undervolting, to Adrenalin software vs GeForce Experience, and how it handles video editing, rendering, and recording. Whether you're a budget-conscious student, a content creator pushing GPU acceleration, or just a gamer looking for the best value GPU, this is the most brutally honest breakdown of AMD GPU life you’ll find. I also talk about DLSS, FSR, and XeSS—showing where AMD wins, where it loses, and where NVIDIA still holds an edge. _______________________________________________________________________ Try an ExitLag free trial and drop your ping TODAY: https://exitl.ag/lecctron Use my creator code LEC, or any other small creator's code. _______________________________________________________________________ discord: https://discord.gg/lec instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lecctron/ tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lecctron/ _______________________________________________________________________ Enjoying the music? @arramie @incompetech_kmac @celluxis10shi @dskeep @mimofrl Astral Chain OST Cyberpunk 2077 OST Wii Play OST Wii Sports OST Nintendo eShop OST MCSM OST _______________________________________________________________________ Specs: GPU: XFX Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT CPU: AMD Ryzen 7600X RAM: Silicon Power 32GB 6000MHZ CL30 DDR5 Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX SSD 1: TEAMGROUP MP33 2TB Gen 3 SSD 2: Western Digital PC SN810 1TB Gen 4 _______________________________________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 - Switching From Nvidia to AMD: Why I Made the Jump 4:09 - 1 Year With AMD: The Harsh Reality 6:49 - 11-Game 1440p Benchmark: How AMD Really Performs 13:00 - AMD for Content Creation, Professional Work, & Closing Thoughts Written, recorded, and edited by me

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