Sure there are edge cases like having to use Libre Office instead of Word, but just think of that $100/y saving you'll be having by switching! & Possibly even get a more responsive system!
Not that there's any guarantee there isn't something similar in the AMD drivers, open-source or not. But I'd like to think the community would notice at one point if that was true.
Just forked out for a 4070 ti super so i toy with some AI stuff... when it arrives I'm doing a clean fresh build. Fedora only. no windows at home anymore.
While I would loved to have bought an AMD GPU, the power suck on those high end cards is an order of magnitude more than the Nvidia
Any source for this? I highly doubt a high end AMD GPU will draw 2-3kW of power.
>Club386 specifically gave the example of the RX 7700 XT compared to the RTX 4070. The former is rated at 245W of power consumption versus the latter's 200W TGP. The RX 7700 XT also reportedly performs worse, targeting the RTX 4060 Ti.
>https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-says-most-gamers-dont-...
Though looking at this, if you undervolt the AMD stuff it does a lot better
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-rx-7800-xt-under...
I recently did this because Windows 11 was becoming increasingly cluttered with crapware and AI. I have an NVIDIA and chose Pop!_OS.
I have a pretty large collection (https://steamosaic.com/#skhaz) and all the games I've tested work, even the recent releases.
The only issue that sometimes occurs is some games defaulting to the lowest possible resolution instead of 4K, which is my desktop resolution. And Red Dead Redemption 2 had a crash on a mission that was resolved when I switched to the experimental version of Proton.
Occasionally, I play StarCraft 1 and 2, and Diablo 2, and Lutris works perfectly for that.
Besides, I personally find Pop!_OS to be a great distro.
Seems my support for Microsoft might end up for good at October 2025. Might replace my aging 1080 Ti with an AMD card and start gaming on Linux. Seems the time has come to start evaluating.