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!!!

  • CleoMenemezis@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My brother in Christ, 2 months ago I changed my GPU from NVIDIA to AMD and everything just works. No post install, no tweaks, just plug and play.

    • gw-fan822@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I did the same but I had to remove a xorg settings file through TTY because I couldn’t login. I have it in my notes if someone needs me to look it up.