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Going from nvidia to amd (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As many already know, nvidia is not the best choice for linux and amd is always recommend when it is brought up, so here id like to ask an equivalent to my graphics card in amd, i know nothing about amd and dont really know where to start honestly.

GPU: gtx 1660 super processor: 11th gen i5-11400 2.60hgz x 6

what would be a similar or better choice from amd in terms of gpu that maybe doesnt cost an arm and a leg? Do nvidia or amd matter in terms of games?

any help would be very appreciated

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Keep using your Nvidia card, it is still good enough for 1080p gaming.

In general Nvidia is better on ray-tracing and upscaling to 4k, but AMD is catching up quickly on the latter. Nvidia is also better for AI, but that isn't so relevant for you I guess.

[–] deadbeef@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The context of this post is Linux on AMD cards, is there any support at all for raytracing or upscaling of any sort on Linux on either AMD or Nvidia? Serious question.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, both works fine on Linux, however ray tracing performance on AMD is especially bad with Linux right now.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

10-series cards have degraded dx12 performance on Linux, though (and likely always will).

Low D3D12 performance on Nvidia Pascal (and older) GPUs is expected and likely won't improve much. The hardware has a bunch of limitations that make it very hard to extract good performance. Turing fares better, but only AMD actually runs reasonably well right now.

So depending on what OP plays, it might even be necessary to upgrade if they want to play dx12 games on Linux.

[–] pitbuster@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Also Nvidia is still better for general computing (e.g. openCL). That may change when rustiCL finally catches up, but AMD implementation of openCL always gives problems.