Re:Sway 1.0-beta.1 release highlights
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:33AM
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Unfortunately that's the world we live in. You can either keep your nvidia card and have the best hardware, or you can vote with your wallet and have a lack-luster experience. Pretty much been the story of using Linux Desktop for a long time.
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Your experience is not lackluster with non-nvidia cards. These days AMD cards are competetive in both price and performance.
I bought my 1080Ti two years ago and have custom watercooling on it. I can spend a lot of money now and get an AMD card that's a bit slower and consumes much more power. Sure, I should be voting with my wallet but it's not a cheap vote.
What is your use case for external GPU? If you need a good GPU for gaming on Linux, it is better to sell your 1080ti and get a AMD RX580 or even AMD Vega. If it is for CUDA, you can use your CPU's IGP or buy a cheap AMD GPU for desktop and only use NVIDIA for CUDA.
So unless you don't have a IGP and your motherboard doesn't have spare PCI-e slots, it is better to use a dual GPU approach of if you really need a NVIDIA card. Otherwise selling your NVIDIA card and buying a AMD one is a good choice.
Of course, YMMV and you know better than me what is good for you.