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Is it worth the trouble with an Nvidia card? (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 1 day ago by hellerphant@lemmy.cafe to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hey folks. I’m a new dad which means my gaming time is at a premium, but I am going through a big cleanse of the enshittification era of the internet right now, and Windows 11 is kinda giving me bad vibes.

Last time I tried to run Linux it was ok and worked the majority of the time, but ray tracing and a few games caused some issues. I was also using game pass which of course doesn’t work on Linux, so I dropped back to windows.

How is Nvidia life these days? I’ve got a 3080 and an AMD 9800X3D so it should be fine for most games I imagine.

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[–] vapeloki@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't buy nvidia. Intel and AMD opensourced their drivers and, more importantly, care for their customer needs. And i am talking about gaming customers.

The only thing nvidia cares about is AI and lots of money.

They lie to their customers (fake frames, paperlaunch) und neglect the gaming needs in favor of AI.

And, after all, AMD does not use 12V high power connectors, just simple, non burning, dual 8 pins

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

OP already has a Nvidia card and isn't planning on buying anything. Yes Nvidia is a horrible company, but that doesn't answer OP's question. What answers OP's questions is: Yes, go ahead and try Linux, your Nvidia card is going to work just fine.