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How is NVIDIA performance on modern cards? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by that_leaflet@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using an AMD 6700 XT for the past few years but have been considering getting a NVIDIA 5070 Ti for raytracing and lesser extent DLSS.

However, I've borrowed a NVIDIA 2060 and am having massive performance issues on the propriety drivers. I'm getting cursor stutters, window movements stuttery, Gnome overview stuttering, etc. Basically the desktop is not nearly as smooth as it is on AMD.

Even Nouveu is a better experience, although that means no Vulkan support unless I were to manually set up NVK.

Is the experience any better for 30 series or 40 series?

Edit: After further thought, I think I will just go for a Radeon 9070 or 9070XT since it's the safer choice; FSR4 seems to be a big upgrade (though I never noticed any major issue even with FSR1), open drivers, and since it will likely be significantly cheaper to get 16GB of VRAM.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Let me give you my perspective.

I've been an Nvidia user for almost my entire life (started with a Voodoo 2, then a Voodoo 3) but last year finally got fed up with the Nvidia driver insanity. I jumped ship and got a Radeon 6700XT. I powered down my PC, pulled my Nvidia 1060 Ti out and put the AMD card in.

I powered it on and it booted straight to the login screen. I then spent roughly 15 minutes trying to figure out how to install the Radeon drivers with no luck. Turns out, you don't have to. They're open source and work right out of the box. Jumped right into starfield and haven't looked back since.

I'll never buy another Nvidia card. Just my experience, but hope this helps.