Sure, just let me put that fully operational graphic card that can run games fine in the trashcan, shell out another thousand dollar or so on a new card for absolutely no other reason than to appease the internet crowd. It’s so easy, why isn’t everyone doing it.
I’d like to believe they mean on the next GPU you get, but not everyone can just upgrade their card. But if you can, dump Nvidia in the daily driver asap, as long as it’s reasonable to do so.
Also, side tangent, but remember when the whole computer cost a grand? I miss those days.
Yes, sell the card for a fraction of the value, and buy a new one at full price. After that, we can tell the person that bought it, it’s their fault for buying a nvidia card.
I’m still using a 2016 card (1050Ti). If somebody could send a Polaris card my way, it’d save me the headache of having to deal with updating my system to legacy drivers (and from the AUR with my not-very-fast internet? no thanks Samuel). Otherwise, I’m pretty happy with this performance (and yeah, ignoring new/bloated games) and the GPU market seems pretty wrecked by the crypyo->NFT->AI market (on top of companies largely abandoning low-end).
GPU aside I did build a Ryzen system in 2019 because the sale prices were great (and it was a huge leap in performance from my 2011 hardware), so that’s something. Still happy there, too.
As for why I went nVidia in 2016? I had ATI driver issues way back in Windows, so that may have clouded my judgement on AMD options a bit longer than it should have though.
Why you choose Nvidia above all? Just dump it and live happily ever after.
Sure, just let me put that fully operational graphic card that can run games fine in the trashcan, shell out another thousand dollar or so on a new card for absolutely no other reason than to appease the internet crowd. It’s so easy, why isn’t everyone doing it.
I’d like to believe they mean on the next GPU you get, but not everyone can just upgrade their card. But if you can, dump Nvidia in the daily driver asap, as long as it’s reasonable to do so.
Also, side tangent, but remember when the whole computer cost a grand? I miss those days.
Okay, I won’t buy Nvidia anymore. What should I buy for the best compatibility with Linux?
I remember choosing Nvidia specifically because it used to be better than ATi on Linux. Is the situation reversed now?
@Scrollone @jayands it is reversed, but AMD still may crash everything on gpu hang
AMD is the best at the moment, i think Intel is fine but don’t quote me on that one
I do sympathize, but this isn’t a new problem.
Nvidia has been shitty for a while now. On multiple fronts, not just Linux drivers.
The second best time is now, stop buying Nvidia cards.
Yes, it would be easier if graphics cards couls be sold but alas…
Yes, sell the card for a fraction of the value, and buy a new one at full price. After that, we can tell the person that bought it, it’s their fault for buying a nvidia card.
CUDA arguably works better on Linux than Windows, so you just have to find someone who needs it for accelerated computing purposes.
I’m still using a 2016 card (1050Ti). If somebody could send a Polaris card my way, it’d save me the headache of having to deal with updating my system to legacy drivers (and from the AUR with my not-very-fast internet? no thanks Samuel). Otherwise, I’m pretty happy with this performance (and yeah, ignoring new/bloated games) and the GPU market seems pretty wrecked by the crypyo->NFT->AI market (on top of companies largely abandoning low-end).
GPU aside I did build a Ryzen system in 2019 because the sale prices were great (and it was a huge leap in performance from my 2011 hardware), so that’s something. Still happy there, too.
As for why I went nVidia in 2016? I had ATI driver issues way back in Windows, so that may have clouded my judgement on AMD options a bit longer than it should have though.