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Suspect is highly depends on what you're doing. I used to run Linux for video editing with a Nvidia GPU. It was an extreme hassle anytime a new driver came out
by WestCoastJustin 8y ago
Suspect is highly depends on what you're doing. I used to run Linux for video editing with a Nvidia GPU. It was an extreme hassle anytime a new driver came out and blew away some config. Moving to Mac cleared all those issues up. I know this pain well when you have a deadline and are messing around with kernel configs and compiling. Many many hours wasted.
Docker with ffmpeg has solved most of those issues now since you can basically have a custom toolchain totally isolated from your core operating system. So, it would likely work knowing what I know now (or with modern tools).
- mixedCase 8y ago> It was an extreme hassle anytime a new driver came out and blew away some config. Your distro's fault. Never had such a problem with Arch but I remember I had it with Ubuntu, albeit so long ago I can't say it's still a problem.
- larrik 8y agoHow long ago was that? Valve spurred along a lot of progress in that area.
- rbanffy 8y agoYes. The Nvidia GPU stuff is usually more painful. I tended to not update my kernel+drivers as much on those boxes. In the end, I moved to Intel GPUs, which are punier, but, at least, work.
- boudin 8y agoAMD GPUs support is really good now too.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoUnless you have an older card.
- danieldk 8y agoHow old? I have a Southern Islands card (GCN 1.0, FirePro W2100) and it works very well with the amdgpu driver. GCN 1.0 is from 2011.
- rbanffy 8y agoSo I hear. It may be a good option in the future.
- LukeShu 8y agoYou don't go with an Intel GPU because you want a powerful GPU, you go with an Intel because you want a reliable GPU that will never give you any problems, ever. With an AMD or something else, maybe it's more powerful, and works fine to most appearances. But the colors start to be a little funny when the uptime gets in to the months. Or a kernel update changes whether it thinks the unused S-video port is live. Or other weird <1% issues.
- rbanffy 8y ago> You don't go with an Intel GPU because you want a powerful GPU That's true. For desktop work, just about any GPU is overkill. Even the kind of scientific visualization we used expensive SGI boxes for not so long ago can easily be done with the cheapest Chromebook. I'd love to be able to play with OpenCL (where a beefier GPU would be useful) and see how far my boxes can actually go, but I never get around to find a good excuse.
- Const-me 8y ago> that will never give you any problems, ever Here's a bug I've found in Intel GPU drivers on Windows 10: https://stackoverflow.com/q/43399487/126995 https://stackoverflow.com/q/43399487/126995 AFAIK not fixed to this day.