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AMD vs Nvidia (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by user_naa@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I am going to buy a new graphics card and can't choose between Nvidia and AMD. I know that Nvidia has bad reputation in Linux community but how really it works? And I heard recently their drivers got better. What can you recommend?

P. S. I don't want any proprietary drivers (so I am talking about Nouveau or any other FOSS Nvidia driver if it exists)

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[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 25 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

there is no proprietary AMD Linux driver

I mean, there is. It just isn't recommended for most users.

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

didn't know this. is it no good then? does it have the HDMI 2.1 driver missing from the open source driver?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

the driver is called AMDGPU PRO. it sits on top of the normal driver, and contains stuff specific to high performance compute and workstation workloads. i think it's a requirement for properly fast ROCm but i'm not sure.