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
Unless you have strong religious motivation that the driver must be open source or the official driver doesn’t support one of the edge cases people mention, there’s no need to change your GPU. You shouldn’t make decisions based on things that you hear in the echo chamber.
No it’s true. Amd has much better linux support using the kernel modules. Which get a more stable and up to date experience under Linux.
More stable than what? I haven’t had any issues in 10 years. With Arch. With a custom kernel. I don’t even know how it works, I don’t need to. It just works.
Yeah, Arch is one of the better distributions regarding Nvidia support. Props to the team that makes it work. Last I’ve heard this is not the norm though. If you get a new card and all you care about is raster performance there’s no need to go for anything but AMD. Granted I believe Nvidia does everything else better (Raytracing / energy efficiency / compute ) or at least not worse but the open driver experience is just pure bliss.
oh and fuck Nvidia. I really hope the changes to EXPORT_GPL_ONLY in 6.6 screw them over
How do you know all the places I have heard and seen this information from?
amd is easier to work with on linux, nothing to do with echo chambers
I don’t give a hoot about what nvidias drivers are in fact
All I wanted to know was an equivalent to my card or what an upgrade would be