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!!!
Some of the problems you’re describing are not Linux issues specifically. Nvidia has worked a lot to make their hardware, specifically their proprietary hardware, the industry standard for productivity applications. That’s why Nvidia works better for those things. It’s like this on Windows too, that’s not a Linux problem.
Where AMD does work better is for…everything else on Linux. OP might not have run into issues like this because Nvidia has gotten a lot better recently. But new things often don’t work well or at all on Nvidia (wayland is a great example, it only recently got some critical fixes after months if not years), bugs can take far longer to squash if they’re to do with something on Nvidias side, etc.