I don’t agree with Nvidia non-usable on Linux, in fact it’s very easy to get it to work (for everyone except Kernel devs obviously ).
In terms of use there is basically only one serious problem - proprietary drivers, so if / when they decide to name your GPU “outdated” - your options would be:
Proprietary AUR drivers
Low performance and cut functionality nouveau
That being said, i would advice to buy Nvidia GPU (top models at least) only if you:
Modern games in 4k
Want their proprietary stuff: PhysX, RTX, CUDA etc
Serious 3D modeling (unfortunately they’re more performant here than AMD as well)
Into some A.I. stuff which needs CUDA
@beerbelly for CS:GO only it doesn’t matter, so i’d advice AMD for your case
But if you look into VR for future - top Nvidia model is a must (3070+ i’d say), i don’t think lower models like 3060 are enough, but it depends on a game… @Othoric could probably tell more about it, since he have access to some hardware.
My philosophy is: if I can’t get it on AMD, it’s out of reach for me. That’s not the end of the world, for me, at least. A bunch of windoze-only software is out of reach for me anyway. I don’t have to get everything I want.
I’m certainly not going to spend my month’s wage on a high-end Nvidia graphics card only to have to deal with their proprietary drivers.
I’d rather spend a little less, get a high-end AMD card, put the difference in price towards a better CPU, and say to myself: “well, at least I don’t have to deal with NVidya’s proprietary drivers”…
Besides, I don’t need 4K for gaming, I’m quite content with 1080p, due to natural anti-aliasing built into my eyes in the form of myopia
I can definately feel the hostility towards Nvidia, hahah! I still haven’t made my mind up fully. A Rx6800 would run me about 940 at the very cheapest offbrand model to well over 1100EUR. It outperforms the 3070 in certain games, but does very much seem to have last-gen Ray Tracing.
The 3070 is about 900EUR, and provides somewhat similar performance. Sags behind a little in a few games, outperforms in a few games.
My question is: how is VR on AMD cards? Would the 6800 perform well in VR? It seems the V-ram of the 6800 could prove usefull at this in the future (and overkill for now. Loving how some cards like the 3090 ships with 24GIGS of vram!! I could install CS:GO on there )
Also regarding when Nvidia plans on dropping support, how long do they generally support Linux? My 1060 is getting old but runs perfectly so far. If it’s 5+ years I’m okay with that, as I might end up using something like a 3070 as VFIO in Windows. (My 1060 will be promoted to VFIO soon )
Also; like a few said. YES both cards are overkill in CS:GO, I know this, my 1060/10850 combo leaves me well above 400fps This new card is for futureproofing for different games!
From what i’ve heard / know:
think of VR as something which will cost you about x7 more than usual game - that is heavy, meaning:
Running at least in 4K (more is better)
Maintaining about 90 FPS for each eye, for a comfortable play
From that estimation and to be relatively future-proof…
You’d need something like RTX 3080, better RTX 3090 (if you can get them at all this day ), i don’t think that AMD top models can compete with Nvidia when it comes to such heavy VR demands YET, looking at results in most 4k games…
For example look here:
With games like Flight simulator in VR you’d get about 52 FPS even with RTX 3090 compared to AMD’s 35 FPS
I understand what you are saying but I think this is a bit of an overstatement.
It is certainly possible to get it working and lots of people do but it isn’t just a matter of installing the drivers and having everything work perfectly. There are still things that need to be dealt with in certain circumstances like workarounds for tearing and similar.
The open-source drivers are fairly terrible but some things don’t work fully with the proprietary drivers such as gnome/wayland.
Compared to the experience on modern AMD where it just works with little to no tweaking required there is a pretty big difference from my perspective.
I understand this is a fairly old game, but this is running on a 1080! My dream is tearing up Akina in a 90s Nissan
For me its primarily Assetto Corsa that caught my eye, and maybe something like Pavlov :d And of course Half Life Alyx. I cried a little when it was revealed back in the day. I’m a very very big Valve fan! It seems dynamic resolution and DLSS might play into VR heh
If you can get AMD, I’d recommend AMD, like everyone else. Driver support is excellent on Linux (and other operating systems too); everything works pretty much out of the box.
On the other hand, look at the price:performance ratio. If you’re getting a better deal with Novideo, go for it; it’s not that hard to set up…
Take me with a grain of salt; I have a crap nvidia gpu that the 11th gen inteI integrated graphics beat, so I disable it software-side, but it requires a bit of mucking around. I’m no gamer
A bit late to reply, but I’m running an RTX3070 (Asus TUF) with zero issues on xorg. Wayland is a no-go for me still. I’m not a loyalist to any brand. Brands aren’t our friends, they just want our money. Choose the best solution for your usecase. For me, that’s currently nVidia. In the future, it may well be AMD.
Performance, coming from a GTX970, has been incomprehensibly good. Whisper quiet and cool (Fractal Define R5 case). Good luck on your search!
Based on latest reports about super resolution I’m turning even more towards AMD. But… still not paying the asking prices. The GPU prices are still ridonkylous.
AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s DLSS. However, no proprietary hardware required, so able to run on AMD’s cards, Intels cards, and even Nvidia’s cards. CURRENTLY isn’t as impressive (overall) as DLSS, but still pretty impressive with the performance gains that can be found while using it.
Long story short, runs games at lower resolution and upscales them so you can get much better FPS.
Like I said above, after my last awful experience with Nvidya drivers, I made an oath not to buy another Nvidya graphics card until they open-source their drivers (which is to say, never).
Luckily, I am happy to say there exists a good alternative. I’m extremely happy with my newly acquired AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT.
I have also had an RX 580 (Sapphire) for a little over a year. I only regretted not switching to AMD sooner. However, the zero-fan mode does not seem to work yet at low load. Fans are always running permanently.
Precisely. And super resolution is apparently much easier to implement in game development. Also, most consoles will have AMD graphics, so that should make it very popular.
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This new card is for futureproofing for different games!
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