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You should clarify you mean games. Nvidia has the gpgpu market to themselves on Linux, and nobody cares if the driver is open source in that area.

• shmerl 9y ago
  Yes, I mean games. In GPGPU market AMD is popular as well though. Miners buy Vega GPUs like hot cakes, it even creates a shortage. Also, CUDA lock-in will be undermined by Vulkan becoming the new common basis for compute. And AMD hardware is better for it and has more raw power, there is no question about it.
  • Nursie 9y ago
    I haven't noticed a Vega shortage, are you sure? Vega is loud and power-hungry, and expensive The last generation of AMD card was snapped up by miners, I've not heard of it happening with Vega.
    • shmerl 9y ago
      There was Vega shortage for some time, but now it looks better. Huge demand from miners clearly affects it.
      • Nursie 9y ago
        AFAICT here in the UK there was a very limited first week release, followed by a restock and since then it's not been an issue. I am genuinely interested in whether miners are really buying these. Have you any reason to think they are? I couldn't find much when I looked, beyond speculation about how amazing they might be (but turned out not to be). AFAICT for ethereum you're better off with nVidia 1070s which can cost about 75% as much, have about 75% of the hash rate, and use under 50% of the power.
        • shmerl 9y ago
          That's what I've heard from others about the shortage reason. I didn't specifically research mining topic.