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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by shmerl on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:20PM (#15547188)
Comparing amdgpu+radeonsi to nouveau isn't really fair. Nouveau can't use proper reclocking most of the time because Nvidia are being jerks.
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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by jfoutz on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:28AM (#15547467)
Nvidia can play the game however they want. But they were not pushed into that situation. Their choice, they get to own it. I think it’s a fair comparison.
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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by shmerl on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:37AM (#15547500)
Nvidia isn't involved in nouveau, it's developed completely by the community. Since it can't use hardware in full, there is no point to compare it to radeonsi performance wise.
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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by danieldk on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:05AM (#15547874)
I don't think anyone would say this with any negativity towards the folks who are developing the nouveau driver. Given the circumstances that they are working under (no useful help from the vendor), they have done heroic work.

But I think you are missing the point here and that is: if you want to buy a GPU now for a Linux machine and you don't want to use a big proprietary blob, AMD is by far the best choice, because the amdgpu driver outperforms the nouveau driver.

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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by shmerl on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:14AM (#15547908)
> if you want to buy a GPU now for a Linux machine and you don't want to use a big proprietary blob, AMD is by far the best choice, because the amdgpu driver outperforms the nouveau driver.

No doubt, I said so explicitly elsewhere in this thread. I.e. that on Linux Nvidia will lose its current dominance.

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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by fulafel on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:58AM (#15547594)
Sure it makes sense, since the graphics driver for most is a means to an end. Few users are graphics driver fans based on how commendable the progress is relative to circumstances. Though this is of course a good and valid POV too.
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Re:AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings by jfoutz on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:53AM (#15547576)
Not intended as a slight against nouveau. I’ll spare you a political rant.
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