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What is it about Linux and/or GPUs that makes it so hard to write great graphics drivers for it? Do the two just not inter-operate well?
by cgb223 6y ago
What is it about Linux and/or GPUs that makes it so hard to write great graphics drivers for it?
Do the two just not inter-operate well?
- rhn_mk1 6y agoIt costs money, and the market share is not so big. It has nothing to do with inter-operation, as Intel has proved. People also say nvidia's driver is great except from the friction coming from nvidia's political decisions not to cooperate with the rest of Linux community.
- TheCapeGreek 6y agoIt's not Nvidia's drivers being any good per se (some features are lacking, off the top of my head async reprojection for VR), just the hardware is strong enough to still perform well. With AMD the open source drivers are better than the proprietary ones and generally has an easier time with compatibility, but comes with its own host of issues (e.g. no Freesync over HDMI, no Freesync with >1 monitor if using xorg).