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I'm surprised someone building a high-end Linux-specific PC would go with an Nvidia GPU when it's AMD who has the performant open source GPU driver.
by 1MachineElf 5y ago
I'm surprised someone building a high-end Linux-specific PC would go with an Nvidia GPU when it's AMD who has the performant open source GPU driver.
- cgoto89798 5y agoIf he's still running the Dell 8K display, it requires two DP 1.4 cables and "display tiling" GPU driver support and he found that only nVidia's Linux drivers do the proper tiling for this: https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2017-12-11-dell-up3218k/ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2017-12-11-dell-up3218k/
- secure 5y agoYep, that’s still the reason :)
- dagw 5y agoMost benchmarks still put Nvidia ahead of AMD, especially when it comes to compute and ML. And, based on personal experience, Nvidia drivers are at least as stable as AMDs, despite being closed.
- disabled 5y agoNvidia has better AI/ML features.