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Planning to upgrade GPU from Nvidia to AMD. Any pitfalls I should know about? (reddthat.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/linux@programming.dev

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I'm running CachyOS, and having an Nvidia card, I'm using their Nvidia-specific kernel. I know this 3060 won't last forever, and I'm planning to upgrade to an AMD card for a better overall experience.

Is there anything I should be aware of regarding the kernel or other compatibility when switching brands? Can I simply plug in the new one and run pacman -Syu?

Sidenote: I will plan around my PSU's output, so no need to advise regarding physical compatibility.

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That's interesting. You generally don't need to manually install that. You've prompted me to play around with arch once I return from the most beautiful city in the world.

Which distro and dgpu are you using, if you don't mind me asking?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Updated the comment. (The ICD is explicitly installed by vulkan-radeon, vulkan-intel or nvidia-utils/vulkan-nouveau. Just as with all linux-firmware categories/companies being their own package now, this is probably done to minize unused space/bloat.)

Vanilla Arch Linux, testing repos, with an RX 7800XT.