3 ms·
AMD 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 breaka
by berti 8y ago
AMD 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.