r/linuxmemes • u/Suitable_Stick2554 • 3d ago

LINUX MEME Nvidia vs AMD drivers in a nutshell

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u/NoiseGrindPowerDeath M'Fedora 2d ago

I thought Nvidia drivers were terrible on Windows as well nowadays

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u/Technical_Instance_2 Arch BTW 2d ago

yeah, I've been hearing about a lot of issues with Nvidia + windows recently. I can't think of any off the top of my head as I've been busy with Uni stuff but I remember hearing some stuff was going on. I've been on linux for a while now and I can't really think of the last time I actually had an issue caused by Nvidia drivers or my card

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u/NoiseGrindPowerDeath M'Fedora 2d ago

Most of the Nvidia issues I came across on Linux were due to the fact that the drivers aren't open source so it's hard for application developers to get their stuff working properly with Nvidia cards. No such issues with AMD and Mesa drivers, which is why I switched to a 9070 XT in my main PC

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u/ComradeVaughn 2d ago

Yeah, I swapped my 3060ti for my 6700xt and all the hassle immediately went away.

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u/alexceltare2 2d ago

Well, yes and no. Nouveau is open-source but limited in capabilities while Nvidia closed-source blobs are feature-complete.

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u/NoiseGrindPowerDeath M'Fedora 2d ago

I should have specified, I was using the Nvidia proprietary drivers