Hello everyone. Black Friday is approaching, and I’d like to upgrade my GPU.

I currently have an GTX 1070, running it on Arch Linux, but I’ve never run into an issue of any kind. Graphics are what I expect. Frame rates dont show any noticeable drop or stutter. Still, whenever I see GPUs being discussed, I always see people say AMD GPUs are better on Linux because their drivers are open source as opposed to Nvidia’s, which are proprietary.

The only other area I can see your specific GPU being an issue is with video editing, which I do occasionally do. I dont remember the exact issue, but with the free version of DaVinci Resolve, apparently some video codex are suppored depending on your GPU? (Someone correct me on that because I’m pretty sure I got something wrong there.)

I don’t have a specific GPU in mind, but if there’s a general consensus that AMD GPUs are better on Linux, I would definitely pay a little more for better compatibility on my system.

Any input is appreciated. Thank you in advance!!!

  • the_abortionat0r@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Otherwise, it’s philosophical differences (closed vs open source) and performance issues (for both manufacturers) that are mostly on an application-by-application basis rather than general.

    This is objectively not true. The open sourced AMD drivers have allowed the 6700xt to climb enough in performance to take on the 3080 in many titles.

    Maybe instead of expressing your feelings you could use real world data.