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Which GPU to choose for Linux gaming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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so my old GPU died a few days ago and I was thinking which brand of GPU to get next. AMD or Nvidia? I've heard Nvidia drivers are very annoying with Linux but I've never had an AMD GPU before. Which would be better? I'll sometimee switch to Windows to play specific games as well.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Short answer: AMD

Long answer: AMD used to be very bad, NVIDIA has always been the same, i.e. if you're willing to use proprietary drivers it works, but it has some hiccups. A while back AMD open source their drivers so the game turned around, nowadays they're very easy and compatible from what I've heard. I've used NVIDIA for over a decade, but my next card Winn be AMD for sure.

PS: if you're still in doubt, the latest Linux kernel purposefully broke the NVIDIA proprietary driver because NVIDIA has been copyright infringing the Linux kernel by using functions that are considered so integral to the kernel that if you have to use them you work should be considered derivative and be bounded by GPL licence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

To add to the AMD part, RDNA3 drivers were actually quite bad at launch, I think they were mostly fixed only by April-May 2023. Now they work great. Also, if you're interested in AI, stick with Nvidia. You can run most stuff on AMD cards, but it's always an issue (The main one I'm having is that a lot of stuff depends on torch 2.0, while there's only 2.1 for ROCm 5.5+)

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