It’s no surprise that NVIDIA is gradually dropping support for older videocards, with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed. What’s more surprising is the terrible way t…
AMD is plug and play on Linux. With my 7800XT there isn’t a driver to install. Only issue is that AMD doesn’t make anything that competes with the 5080/5090.
That’s such a bad way to look at it. I would’ve bought a 5090 if I could afford it because I want to hold onto the 5090 for almost a decade like I did with my 1080. Depending on prices, it doesn’t make sense to upgrade twice in 10 years because you bought a budget option, and then be stuck trying to sell a budget card. 5090s will hold their value for years to come. Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 7800XT.
Generally, you’ll get better results by spending half as much on GPUs twice as often. Games generally aren’t made expecting all their players to have a current-gen top-of-the-line card, so you don’t benefit much from having a top-of-the-line card at first, and then a couple of generations later, usually there’s a card that outperforms the previous top-of-the-line card that costs half as much as it did, so you end up with a better card in the long run.
Yeah, I am looking at spending less than I did before though. But when will an under £200 card give like double the performance of a 2070? I don’t want to spend that much for +20%. Unless my current card dies there is little reason to upgrade.
Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 5080 too… 5090 isn’t even considered a consumer card anyway, it’s more like an enthusiast, collector’s item. It’s so expensive compared to its performance value.
You have to look at performance-to-price ratio. That’s the only metric that matters, and should determine how much you can sell it for when upgrading, and how often you upgrade.
AMD is and has been much more friendly towards linux than nivdia. I run mine in proxmox passing through to linux and windows gaming VMs. AMD has invested in open source drivers.
Open source drivers are a major plus, I’ve had a much easier time than my partner on NVIDIA. I mean I make both machines work but the NVIDIA has been a real pig at times.
I wasted days of my life getting nVidia to work on Linux. Too much stress. Screw that. Better ways to spend time. If I can’t game, that’s OK too.
I switched from a 3080 to a 7900 xt. It’s one of the better decisions I’ve made even though on paper the performances are not too far away.
I’m told AMD works better with Linux, but I haven’t tried it myself.
AMD is plug and play on Linux. With my 7800XT there isn’t a driver to install. Only issue is that AMD doesn’t make anything that competes with the 5080/5090.
And do you really need the performance of a 5080? Certainly not that of a 5090.
My 9070 XT runs everything I need at perfectly acceptable rates on maximum settings. AAA games among them.
That’s such a bad way to look at it. I would’ve bought a 5090 if I could afford it because I want to hold onto the 5090 for almost a decade like I did with my 1080. Depending on prices, it doesn’t make sense to upgrade twice in 10 years because you bought a budget option, and then be stuck trying to sell a budget card. 5090s will hold their value for years to come. Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 7800XT.
Generally, you’ll get better results by spending half as much on GPUs twice as often. Games generally aren’t made expecting all their players to have a current-gen top-of-the-line card, so you don’t benefit much from having a top-of-the-line card at first, and then a couple of generations later, usually there’s a card that outperforms the previous top-of-the-line card that costs half as much as it did, so you end up with a better card in the long run.
My 7800XT can’t play Hogwarts Legacy without stuttering (on Linux). I’m really regretting not getting a 5080 at this point.
Yeah, I am looking at spending less than I did before though. But when will an under £200 card give like double the performance of a 2070? I don’t want to spend that much for +20%. Unless my current card dies there is little reason to upgrade.
I don’t want to play AAA games now, why would I want to with 5 more years of further enshitification?
Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 5080 too… 5090 isn’t even considered a consumer card anyway, it’s more like an enthusiast, collector’s item. It’s so expensive compared to its performance value.
You have to look at performance-to-price ratio. That’s the only metric that matters, and should determine how much you can sell it for when upgrading, and how often you upgrade.
AMD is and has been much more friendly towards linux than nivdia. I run mine in proxmox passing through to linux and windows gaming VMs. AMD has invested in open source drivers.
https://thetechylife.com/does-amd-support-linux/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/linus-torvalds-says-f-k-you-to-nvidia/
Open source drivers are a major plus, I’ve had a much easier time than my partner on NVIDIA. I mean I make both machines work but the NVIDIA has been a real pig at times.