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!!!

  • darkades94B
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    1 year ago

    My new AMD card is better even in desktop experience than the RTX 2060 I had… AMD just works good on Linux out of the box, it’s smooth, you do not even have to do anything at all.