So I’ve been a little wary of installing Linux on my desktop since I have a 1660 ti as a graphics card and read that there are some problems with drivers and such. Are my fears unfounded/outdated? Anyone experienced any problems and what Linux distro should I look to use for gaming?

  • AstronautOlympian@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve just switched from a GTX 1080 to a Radeon RX 6650 because of problems I was having with the Nvidia binary drivers.

    Games performed just fine, but my desktop performance would slow down dramatically if I had a lot of things running at the same time, especially YouTube videos. This issue seems completely resolved now that I’m using an AMD card.

    However, based on what I’m reading online it seems that a lot of people are using the Nvidia binary drivers without any major issues. So maybe my experience isn’t very representative either.

    • timo@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I am looking for switching to Linux as well and run a 1080 as well. How would you compare the general performance (desktop usage and gaming) of the RX 6650 versus the 1080? I am looking for getting a RX6650 or RX7600 as well, that is why I ask

      • AstronautOlympian@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        I haven’t played many intensive games on the 6650XT yet, but from what I found online the 6650XT is roughly equivalent to a 1080, slightly faster even.

        • timo@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          That is great to know, thanks! I plan to use it primarily for programming, but I would like to have the option to play some games every so often.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    1 year ago

    Basically it just works except if you use a bleeding edge distro like Arch where the newest Linux kernels are sometimes still incompatible with the binary only Nvidia driver. Overall the experience is a bit better with an AMD GPU and the open-source drivers though.

    • nachtigall@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Idk. Proprietary Nvidia driver on Debian or vanilla Fedora aren’t easy for non-tech folks either. Last time I tried with Debian was 2018 though.

  • nachtigall@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you use a distro that includes Nvidia drivers by default (like Ubuntu or Pop!OS or VanillaOS) it is pretty much a no brainer nowadays. For gaming I’ve been using Ubuntu with an Nvidia card for the past 3 years, and did not encounter any problem related to the drivers.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s not great I can’t even use nvenc and have to use software encoding for OBS…

    I mean everything else works, so I guess this is a high bar? ?