Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare
by johnny22 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:37PM
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yep. nvidia was the only choice back then. I don't see how folks have forgoten that. But, now it's all AMD for me, because amd doesn't require a closed source driver or userspace. Apparently that will change in the next year or so though. It'll be interesting to see how the open nvidia stuff compares in the future.
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Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare
by mort96 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @04:28PM
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Nvidia will always require a closed source userspace, the only part they've opened is the kernel side. And the new kernel driver only works for 2000 series or newer.
But it's still a pretty huge step in the right direction, even though it won't be as nice as AMD's fully open source and upstreamed driver.
Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare
by silisili on Sunday July 02, 2023 @04:30PM
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Some people have no idea how nice it is now compared to 15 or 20 years ago.
I took an NVME out of an Intel machine, threw it into an AMD machine, booted it, and everything just worked, graphics included. No weird network drivers to track down, sound card drivers, proprietary graphics or even xf86- stuff needed.