nvidia raw performance is better, but requires installing a proprietary driver (like you would on windows). amd is a bit lower, but you can use the built in op

nvidia raw performance is better, but requires installing a proprietary driver (like you would on windows). amd is a bit lower, but you can use the built in open source driver and get roughly the same performance as the proprietary driver (From what i understand, the proprietary driver is going to only be there to support their direct clients, and in general, they are working on getting all generic improvements into the open driver). From what i understand, this means kernel updates mean you have to re-build the nvidia drivers, whereas with AMD, the new drivers are included in the new kernel. either way, I went with an AMD rx480 this month because i dislike nvidia's closed off business practices (especially in comparison to AMD's open practices). it runs everything I want it to run just fine, so its not like i suddenly cant play some game because i went AMD.