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The problem with GPU right now is that there is great uncertainty when the new Nvidia GPUs are coming out... the CEO of Nvidia said "not for a long time," but t
by chrisper 8y ago
The problem with GPU right now is that there is great uncertainty when the new Nvidia GPUs are coming out... the CEO of Nvidia said "not for a long time," but that doesn't have to mean anything.
GPU and Ram prices are sadly also very high at the moment... probably the worst time to build a new high end PC.
- SECProto 8y agoyeah for sure. I mean GPU/RAM prices have been trending up for 18 months, and don't show any sign of slacking, so it is what it is. I think I'll just have to bite the bullet and upgrade from the geforce 5xx or whatever it has right now. It sounds like Radeons are the more OSS-friendly option right now anyway? (I don't game on Linux, but "vote with your wallet" etc)
- berti 8y agoAMD is the clear winner on Linux simply because the official drivers are in the mainline kernel. No more dealing with NVIDIA binary blobs, and DKMS + the breakage caused when NVIDIAs shim is out of step with the particular kernel you want to run. NVIDIA wins perf/price though, and availability depending on where you are. :(
- sliken 8y agoI love the idea of opens source drivers in the mainline kernel. But from what I can tell linux + nvidia blob is still the more featureful, stable, and performant 3d stack for linux. I can stay logged in for weeks, watch bluray (with low CPU utilization), games, tinker with WebGL, and open a zillion terminals/tabs. AMD is getting better, but doesn't seem quit there yet. Steam and phoronix still seem to generally agree nvidia is still the #1 choice on linux. #2 (stability wise) seems to be Intel's GPU. AMD's working on it, but decent performance often requires a custom build stack not supported on any current Linux distro. I'd rather not have to recompile my own kernel, mesa, and related just to get reasonable stable and decent performance.
- Zardoz84 8y ago> I love the idea of opens source drivers in the mainline kernel. But from what I can tell linux + nvidia blob is still the more featureful, stable, and performant 3d stack for linux On my personal experience, I disagree.
- vetinari 8y ago> nvidia blob is still the more featureful yet which still cannot run Wayland/Xwayland+XGL. And you cannot do anything about it.
- tasuki 8y agoI game on Linux with Nvidia (sadly, instead of training neural nets like I thought I'd do with the GPU).
- theandrewbailey 8y agoThere was a cryptocurrency bubble at the end of last year, and that was the primary driver of GPU prices. New GPUs are almost going for MSRP now.