Thinking of switching to AMD, what's your experience?
Posted by iNikiii@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 143 comments
I've been running Linux for a year now and I finally deleted my Windows 11 on my personal computer.
I mainly develop python, web nodejs, edit multimedia stuff.
I multi task a lot, having open many many applications at the same time.
Once I installed debian on my second PC I was surprised on how well it ran GPU-less with only a AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
My main pc is running i5 11600KF + RTX 3060. I'm considering switching to AMD, not just for novelty feelings, but also I feel like something is throtteling my multitasking.
Only games I play are Oldschool Runescape, Age of Empire and currently CS2 again.
What's your experience and setup with AMD? Can you recommend it? Have you experienced both sides?
I run XFCE so it's not about wayland support...
antiqueOCEAN@reddit
you know this thing "linux gpu driver issues"? well with amd, it's not going to be a thing anymore.
zorbat5@reddit
Never had this experience. My nvidia drivers have always worked well.
Majortom_67@reddit
Same here, especially with latest release of the OS version (560)
Ok-Attempt3095@reddit
I have to use CUDA, so I’m a permanent nvidiot. But I think the Nvidia drivers run nearly perfect on Arch. Except on a game. Where’s my Frame Gen, Huang?
YoriMirus@reddit
Disagree. There are still bugs on AMD but they are pretty minor (AMD iGPU 680M and RX 7900GRE) compared to nvidia.
iNikiii@reddit (OP)
I heard 7XXX is not fully developed in Linux yet. But if I switch now, I'd rather go with the latest series.
grimwald@reddit
I have a 7900 XT and I've had zero issues for over a year on Arch Linux.
Nicksaurus@reddit
On the other hand, I have a 7900XTX on Fedora and I've had too many driver crashes to count. It also constantly draws at least 75W for no discernible reason
CmdrCollins@reddit
Multiple Monitors?
If yes, that's a hardware design flaw in the chip itself and likely not fixable in software.
Nicksaurus@reddit
Yep, with different refresh rates
trevanian@reddit
Does it also happens in Windows?
CmdrCollins@reddit
They've done a lot of minor tweaking to make the issue less apparent/severe on the Windows side, but still have it to my knowledge.
trevanian@reddit
Damn, I was thinking to get that GPU, suppose will have to look for other options
HerrEurobeat@reddit
I have the same card and the same distro and had lots of sleep issues where the GPU driver crashes when going to sleep, locking the entire PC and needing a hard reset.
That's the only issue though
INITMalcanis@reddit
Same
edparadox@reddit
What does "full developed" is supposed to mean? Pretty sure you do not know what you're talking about for using such words.
shreddedpudding@reddit
My 7900xtx has less issues in Linux than it does in windows. The current windows installer still does not ship with networking drivers for my year old am5 motherboard, yet Linux installers work perfectly fine.
YoriMirus@reddit
Doesnt seem like it from my experience. Besides a few minor bugs it works pretty well
chic_luke@reddit
Exactly. No GPU driver in existence Is bugless. Especially with a rolling kernel, you'll run into the occasional regression. But the bar of "being better than Nvidia" is extraordinarily low
edparadox@reddit
What's the issue with this GPU?
YoriMirus@reddit
Besides minor visual glitches in KDE plasma, nothing much. I mentioned it because thats what I am using.
lordoftheclings@reddit
Based on?
YoriMirus@reddit
My own experience
ecuasonic@reddit
Can you expand on this again
YoriMirus@reddit
My desktop PC, even since I switched from nvidia (gtx 1660) to AMD (rx 7900GRE), sometimes encounters sleep issues. And the KDE Plasma system tray is visually completely broken when the panel is set to floating.
On my laptop, there are a few games that have minor visual glitches, sometimes even freezing the entire desktop environment. When I look at the logs, it mentions some kind of pageflip timeout and saying it's a kernel bug so it's probably also related to the GPU.
Still a much better experience than NVIDIA. Glad to have gotten rid of that card.
DividedContinuity@reddit
There are always issues with complex hardware and software. AMD isn't immune.
If you want a recent example for amd then here you go
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.11-rc7-AMDGPU-Fix
CrazyKilla15@reddit
That is a bold-faced lie. There are so many driver issues even for modern 6000 series cards! Has nobody on this thread ever looked at the issue tracker https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues
literally right now my kernel is tainted due to an amdgpu an OOPS/BUG: caused by amdgpu dereferencing a null pointer, on my nice modern 6700XT :/
griffinsklow@reddit
Wrong! There are no AMDGPU issues in Ba Sing Se
tangerine29@reddit
Doesn't happen with my Nvidia 3060 either.
Historical-Bar-305@reddit
I have vega 7 fedora ,gnome, Wayland steam sometimes flickering
JonesAvi@reddit
I have an all-AMD setup with a Ryzen 5 5600 and RX 6700 XT. Linux works really well and never had any crashes or problems gaming on Linux.
Also used to have a Ryzen 5 2600 and that too, worked amazingly well on Linux whether gaming or doing more CPU intensive tasks.
If you want to run Blender, OBS or anything similar with Hardware Acceleration, that's gonna be a problem with the default configuration. I don't remember correctly but I think you had to install the amdgpu-pro or a hybrid of the two to be able to fully utilize the GPU for that stuff. I would suggest doing some research if you're into that stuff.
Otherwise-Listen-780@reddit
im a intel user and i recomend amd as they are more compatiable
DreSmart@reddit
How do you say you used a 3600 without a GPU? that CPU doesnt have any igpu... About your question using AMD GPUs on Linux is the best way
wormbooks7853@reddit
3600G ??
tolkem@reddit
Except, there is no ryzen 5 3600g.
wormbooks7853@reddit
I was thinking of 3400g. I'm not as familiar with the early ryzen series. I jumped from phenom 2 x6 1100t to 5900x.
siodhe@reddit
I'm quite happy with my Threadripper systems with NVIDIA 3080 GPUs.
obnaes@reddit
I’ve been running AMD on Linux for 12 years. Works great
RusselsTeap0t@reddit
AMD GPUs and CPUs are perfect on Linux.
The others are also good but AMD is simply better on Linux.
Better integration with the Kernel, the MESA stack.
Alternatives through AMDVLK and AMD-PRO.
Ryzen 9 is amazing on Linux and Intel has lots of problems with their 13, 14th gen CPUs.
Go with AMD, you won't hesitate.
Unless you work with CUDA or if you want to use RTX HDR, Nvidia Broadcast, etc. Then Nvidia is your only choice. Their hardware decoder/encoder NVENC is also superior. If you equalize the price, they are also better at Ray Traced games especially the ones using Path Tracing but these are minority when we look at the statistics for the most people.
CrazyKilla15@reddit
Perfect GPUs? The frequent
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereferenceand OOPS from amdgpu in my kernel log beg to differ.They're absolutely not perfect and do have many issues, they're just better than nvidia most of the time which honestly isnt a very high bar, just take a look at the many many reported issues, many of which i'm subscribed to in the hopes they get around to actually fixing or even investigating them: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues
From the null pointer deref, to GPU reset being completely broken on many 6700XT models for over a year, to constant crashing in ~any game, to
*ERROR* Illegal register access in command stream, to "by default the kernel sets a maximum gpu clock that exceeds the manufacturers specifications, causing hardware crashes", theres work to be done on the GPU drivers.Mereo110@reddit
I've been using a 6700 XT for 1.5 years now and I've never experience a problem.
CrazyKilla15@reddit
Lucky you
RusselsTeap0t@reddit
They are obviously not perfect. You shouldn't have taken all words as they were. It's an exaggeration.
This is not fanboyism or anything. I don't have any particular love compared to any GPU vendors; though I have a particular love with Linux integration and completely free and open source software stack. If Nvidia gets in line with the MESA stack, open sources their external modules completely and build them into the linux kernel directly; makes their userspace Vulkan/OpenGL drivers open source; and then maybe we can compare them on the Linux environment. Right now they are not even comparable.
I have used different machines with Nvidia and AMD GPUs.
The amount of problems you have on Nvidia is huge. Not even close to AMD. In this sense, AMD is perfect; at least on Linux. AMD will never create a more powerful GPU such as RTX 4090 but their software stack will be better on Linux.
On Nvidia, you can't even use a module-less kernel. The 4 modules need to be built externally (after every kernel update) and loaded in the userspace.
They require unrelated features from the kernel such as virtualization, KVM.
They clash with standard Linux framebuffer drivers and their system changes frequently. For example, back then we used the SimpleFB DRM drivers in order to be able to boot. Now we can remove everything and directly load the userspace modules either from the userspace or initramfs. This requires you to change CONFIG_CMDLINE= with nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1.
Do you want to use other C libraries such as Musl? You can't. Because they are hard linked to Glibc and they don't provide alternatives. Since they are completely closed, you can't build them yourself either.
You want to change the default kernel scheduler with a patch and want to use Clang's LTO with it; well you can't. Because these patches need to be adapted for Nvidia drivers and they won't work with that setup. There is a detailed explanation you can find on TKG GitHub page.
Wayland support came extremely late compared to others. It's still problematic. If you read issues and bug reports on several Wayland compositors; you can see lots of Nvidia related problems and they are refused to be solved because there is almost no way you can solve a problem caused by Nvidia drivers. They are closed. Well, if you look at my profile, I have a dedicated guide for Nvidia because it has lots of problems and most people don't know how to fix those.
Screensharing on Wayland had a lot of problems (black screen). It required tons of patches and the patches needed to be updated frequently. Luckily, this has been fixed.
We need to embrace AMD/Intel at this point. This is not a form of fanboyism. We simply show our priorities (if they ever care). So, maybe Nvidia would also change itself.
Standard-Potential-6@reddit
I've had some crashes in the past few years with my Polaris pre-RDNA stuff as well. Everyone noting exact issues is appreciated.
Even so, AMD GPUs have been a much more seamless Linux experience for decode especially over integrated Intel Kaby Lake or NVIDIA Ampere, which I've also been using under desktop Linux over the same time period. I agree they should be recommended, and I doubt the incidence of issues is that high among users generally.
CrazyKilla15@reddit
To be clear my GPU is Navi 22 / RDNA 2, its modern, its recent, and I experience issues in everything from video decode, to gameplay(doesnt matter the game or how graphical it is! from AAA shooters to casual pixel-art CPU-bounds), to some ROCM info commands literally outright hard-crashing it, to GPU reset outright being broken
and no wonder there are so many issues, why bother fixing things a loud chunk of the userbase considers don't exist? AMD is literally perfect and has literally no issues according to most of this thread, so what incentive is there to fix?
The fanboyism is extremely bad for both Linux as a whole and AMD, the outright lying to prospective new buyers only hurts everyone. When they run into issues that they were told were impossible they're not gonna feel great about it. I don't. When they report issues and get told they're impossible and downvoted to oblivion because AMD is literally perfect, they're not gonna trust em again, their next system will end up being nvidia, windows, or both. Especially if they later get told "no trust us the issues are actually fixed this time" fool me once...
vanwaldi@reddit
Lol exactly! The AMD hype cult is insane.
Baggynuts@reddit
Dude said he’s never seen any issues…maybe HE hasn’t? That was going a bit hard imo. People DO have different experiences.
Retro-Egg@reddit
Not saying the issues don't exist, but my Sapphire Nitro 7700XT works flawlessly. I only play games though.
vanwaldi@reddit
I see the AMD mob is already starting to hammer down any criticism.
AMD CPUs are fine but the graphics part, dedicated or integrated, are not.
Yes amdgpu is far from perfect even with integrated graphics.
I have a much more flawless experience currently with Intel graphics than I did with past Ryzen.
If it is better or worse than NVIDIA except for safely updating the kernel, I have no idea, but I do know my next build will likely go with Intel CPU + Battlemage GPU.
yan_kh@reddit
Totally correct! I bought a new laptop a few months ago with Ryzen 7 8845HS and Radeon 780M iGPU and I have been facing artifacting and flickering. The only workaround to this problem is disabling PSR which tanks your battery life.
The issue on AMD repo doesn't seem to get much support as well: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/3388#note_2545340
lordoftheclings@reddit
AMD gpus are garbage - they are power hogs and run hot - the newest gpu generation have eventual defects - the paste pump out which inevitably happens - so, you have a $1000+ pos which you will have to repair, eventually.
It is mediocre to awful at any kind of production work - lots of ppl are even reporting that the gpus don't work with 3rd party monitoring/fan control software? I thought it should be working with those by now?
I would switch to AMD gpus except for no support on production software - and the only ppl who say 'how great they are' - don't do much on their PC except play games.
By-Pit@reddit
You trash talk AMD on reddit, man you really enjoy downvotes or something..
lordoftheclings@reddit
Idiots who are fanboys, I guess who want to work for AMD? I was just talking about the reality, that's all.
By-Pit@reddit
No no no wait.. I'm not talking about cards, I'm talking about speech freedom, if you think you can say whatever you want on reddit, bruh you're in the wrong place, reddit is basically the AMD fanboys social, so ye sorry if you perceived my comment as attack; I also had ONLY bad experience with AMD, but you know.. people think they're in a Disney movie where there must be the bad guys and the good poor guy, neglecting that all AMD technology is a copy of what other brand's technology like HyperThread and G-sync, but really you can think about anything and see that others brands did it before (and better)
lordoftheclings@reddit
Oh, I see what you're saying. No problem. In fact, I'm not 'anti-AMD' so my harsh comments are always misinterpreted. I don't care, though. I guess that is a problem, too. I'd get an AMD AMD AM5 system in a heart beat - I think their desktop hardware is really good - it's their gpus that annoy me - because, if nvidia is gonna have competition, it's gonna have to come from AMD. Intel is probably a long way off.
As for Linux, sure, the open source variable is good - but, HP and others include open source, too - and that's a pretty crappy company, right?
CUDA is such a big thing since it's ingrained in so many things now - from gpgpu/compute to AI etc. etc. - and Rocm is still a wip, it seems. AMD gpu performance in anything but gaming is way behind and that is frustrating - at least, to me. I would like to switch off nvidia for the FOSS part, alone, but AMD gpus just aren't there yet. If they ever will be, I dunno. Also, the latest gen - the nvidia gpus (40 series) are more efficient - that's not dissing/trolling or baiting anyone - that's reality.
By-Pit@reddit
You see now that we are much further in the replies we can talk with getting bombed by fanboys, that's reddit...
So first of all, CUDA Is considered dead by fanboys/hardware enthusiast, reason? None.
As for Linux compatibility AMD is a "better" choice, but as always it really depends on what you do, and it's not like you can't comfortably use Intel and Nvidia.. it's just, generally "better" with kernel compatibility (I hope this is true because I have no proof at all)
And for the AMD issues, well I had problems with ALL my AMD products, and I had like a ten from various generations both CPUs and GPUs; I don't say "do not buy AMD" when people ask me for a build, I just say "if you want AMD do it yourself and don't ask me ever for support".
I simply don't buy a brand that never worked for me, I hope this isn't weird.
Educator_Soft@reddit
You never had an AMD gpu, did you?
vanwaldi@reddit
I had two previous laptops with Ryzen CPUs and amdgpu with their integrated graphics on Linux are far from perfect. Having a much more seamless experience with Intel graphics. So please not everyone wants to go aboard the AMD hype train.
JokeJocoso@reddit
Could you specify the problems you're facing in AMDs?
You see, "lots of people saying" and "mediocre garbage" are passionate statements that won't help anyone making a good choice.
shreddedpudding@reddit
I have a new amd gpu and have had no real major issues since launch. For a few months there was some stuttering with high vram usage, but that has been fixed (in Linux, the problem persists a little in windows). As for the cpu, it’s been smooth sailing this whole time using 95% Linux.
symb0lik@reddit
I have a 7900XTX (just over a year old now) and would completely disagree. It's fantastic on Linux and it way better than the pile of garbage anything Nvidia puts out on Linux is.
tandoorilew@reddit
My experience has been generally better when using Intel on Linux, especially if using recently released hardware. Intel’s embedded iGPU is a really useful tool for basic workloads such as a transcoding which has made me pass on buying other iGPUs such as Nvidia.
I think you’re on PC but if you’re next computer is going to be a laptop, Intel’s Lunar Lake has some staggering claims to be better than Snap dragon and on par with Apple M Series for battery life.
EternalFlame117343@reddit
Gfx ring bug. Constant crashes with games, green checkerboard screen of death. Changed back to Nvidia and now I just have to accept the fact that the steam app is glitchy af on Wayland but at least I can play games without crashing
SaxonyFarmer@reddit
I've been running an AMD desktop with Linux (Ubuntu) for nearly 10 years. It continues to work great!
hellslinger@reddit
Haven't had any hardware or kernel driver related problems in 2-3 years with 3 machines: 3700U, 5800X3D+7900XTX, or 6800HX+6800S. A few games need some Wine/Proton tweaking, but never any crashes. Ubuntu, PopOS and Arch between them. Never had any problems with Intel stuff either. Nvidia, on the other hand, for \~20 years on Linux was a major pain in the ass with a few years of stability scattered in between hardware upgrades and GPU cooler failures.
longdarkfantasy@reddit
Good because I don't use CUDA, so there is no benefit from using NVIDIA. AMD just works, installing driver is also easy.
chic_luke@reddit
Just. Do it
You won't regret it
overdoing_it@reddit
Got an RX 6600 a while ago to replace my old 1050 Ti and it was just plug and play.
I tried adding the AMD repo and installing the nonfree drivers... found no noticeable difference or benefit so later removed that repo and went back to the built in F/OSS driver.
oguza@reddit
AMD CPUs are great, but I don't recommend their GPUs. Installation is really a headache. I have an AMD RX5600 and decided to stick with open source driver. But, it doesn't support a lot of stuff like PyOpenCL etc. Causing halt if I don't disable power management.
And AMD barely supports the new versions. People are still waiting for Ubuntu 24.04 support, but no chance.
On the other hand, Nvidia is straightforward, just running and regularly release updates.
griffinsklow@reddit
Tried that twice already and I was unhappy both times.
LostVikingSpiderWire@reddit
Been running AMD APU for years, made like 3 or 4 setups that way, getting to the point where it is flawless these days
S4ndwichGurk3@reddit
Can only say for windows: the 6600xt is my first and last AMD GPU. Constant driver issues and bugs, no thank you. I hope for you that it's better on linux
Future_Opening_1984@reddit
I had a lot of problems woth aoe 3 in linux
w0lfwood@reddit
very happy with my AMD laptop, BUT intel wifi and ethernet linux drivers are flawless. laptop has qualcomm wifi and realtek ethernet that have drivers issues.
seems to be better now with a kernel upgrade and a propietary Ethernet driver, but it was a suprising backslide.
Swimming-Disk7502@reddit
Pretty bad during the 2020s (I HAD an Athlon 3000G and Radeon Vega 3 2Gb and every couple of months, the drivers would crash my games) but the drivers have been improved quite a lot in recent years so AMD is a solid option now. If you're gonna use Linux permanently, AMD+AMD is the way to go. Otherwise AMD+NVIDIA is a better option if AMD GPUs are less available or more expensive or you're going to go back to Windows.
twitch_and_shock@reddit
I've been running amd cpu with nvidia gpu on Linux for years. Nvidia gpu is because I was doing a lot of ML stuff that required that hardware. But the amd cpus in my experience are amazing and great performance for their price point. I prefer them for my personal machines.
Alarming_Rate_3808@reddit
It just works. I use Debian Sid on my gaming rig and Debian testing on my laptop. Perfection. You might also want to try Siduction which is a Debian Sid based distro that is well maintained.
Alert-Drive-7546@reddit
Sry to intrupt this pro-discussion, BUt I wanted to ask middle in this discussion, if anyone of you tried the new Intel 3D GPU with AMD?
Have they Linux drivers?
DoubleOwl7777@reddit
the same as an intel, but cooler quieter and more efficient. great. last intel CPU i had was from 2013. went ryzen.
At0mic182@reddit
My current rig is Ryz 7950X3D and 4070ti and it's a flawless experience. This CPU is quite a beast. Regarding GPU, I don't have any experience with AMD ones, but nvidia works just fine and DLSS is great for my 4K gaming.
Derpygoras@reddit
You make it sound as if there would be any sort of compatibility issue between the CPU brands. There is none. They all parse the same x86-64 code.
They differ in performance, but a high-end Intel is of course faster than a low-end AMD and vice versa.
Legituser_0101@reddit
You get my upvote for OSRS and using XFCE 😎👍🏼
birds_swim@reddit
Absolutely Top Tier. I've had a full "Team Red" gaming rig that was nothing but AMD hardware. Fully gaming on Endeavour OS. Never have I ever been happier. One of the best Linux experiences and gaming experiences I've ever had.
In my 13 years of using Linux, time after time I have seen post after post about the problems with Nvidia. I stay away from Nvidia. Some people get the drivers to work and they're happy.
But with AMD, you don't have to do any of that foolishness because the drivers are fully open source.
Pick AMD. You'll be happier that you did.
blisteringjenkins@reddit
Sadly AMD just working is not universally true.
AMD can have major driver issues (major as in constantly crashing your system). While technically the drivers are open source, most of the magic still happens in proprietary firmware blobs and you have to rely on AMD to fix issues there.
Which they do, and they listen and respond to the community, but don't go into AMD and expect things to just work. Research if your hardware does have any issues before buying it, especially if it's a new architecture.
As has always been the case with Linux, avoid bleeding edge hardware and buy what is known to work
Source: 2 dedicated GPUs (RX 6600 XT, WX3200) working flawlessly, 1 mobile APU (680M) being unacceptably problematic for almost a year.
CryGeneral9999@reddit
Bought my first AMD in about 20-years last year. 5800H and it is my fastest machine :/. I have a 10th gen i7, 4-year old Xeon 12-core and that 5800 is the most pleasurable to sit behind.
LanoxKodo@reddit
AMD GPUs work fine on Linux. For reference, I was on a GTX 1070 for almost a decade before I upgraded to an RX 6900 XTX because my dual monitors going from 1920x1080@144hz to 2560x1440@165hz made my GPU underperform noticeably. I would've gone with a 3080, but ya know, the market was dumb and GPUs aren't sold like how Valve sold the Index VR headset via a queue-like system which made it more convenient for buying the device, anywho.
For example, my metrics of when I was searching for a GPU included doing things I could to on my then Nvidia card: -Gaming (2D screenspace and VR) -Some rendering in things like Blender -Rendering capabilities for me to test my WIP game against -Self instanced AI stuff so I can throw my own art in it to get upscaling for parts I want here and there, or other minor background image stuff that I can't quite get with my own hands in things like Photoshop or such myself but could take those results and edit by hand to my liking
But of course, some newer metrics like Streaming were tested in my AMD gpu to which I still will say is fine, but services like TTV should really upgrade to support modern formats, I digress.
On Linux you shouldn't really see any issues going from an Nvidia GPU to an AMD one as long as you follow the 'normal' curve of getting a GPU that is at least generally spec-wise better than your previous one. There is nothing my AMD card can't do that I could do on my then-Nvidia one and I can't say I've experienced any issues with it either but let me expand below.
For issues, I switch from windows 10 to Garuda Linux at a time when Plasma 4 was built into it. It was somewhat buggy back then, but every update the OS devs pushed those got patched. One update brought Plasma 5, and new problems appeared. This is when I upgraded my monitors and thus needed to buy a GPU to keep up with my increased demand on the system. After switching the GPU, I didn't need to do any particular work besides swapping the GPU. System booted up fine with no issues at all. I still see nvidia-dkms in the update notes before I commit to the rolling update cycle, but other than that, things are fine. The system doesn't fuss unless there is an OS or such specific bug. When Plasma 6 came to my OS in recent-ish time, there were some minor hiccups, but again, they were smoothed out. The only thing GPU wise was that I needed to boot into my BIOS to enable BAR support and something else to fix an issue Plasma 6 required for my GPU due to some obscure bug. Everything has been peachy since.
So, as for you, just browse around and don't feel loyal to a single brand. Buy a GPU that is better, preferably across the board, for most/all specs and is within a reasonable price. There is no reason to pay a ridiculous amount if the margin increase is like +2% for a spec in most cases. Whether that bias for you comes from compuational units, VRAM, etc, just browse till you find your beloved GPU.
castleAge44@reddit
Worse virtualization support
dicksonleroy@reddit
I’ve been team AMD for years on processors and gpus. I’ve had nothing but success with them.
I’m no gamer, so I don’t tax a GPU to much, but as far as Content Creation goes I’ve had zero issues.
On Fedora and on Windows, DaVinci Resolve runs splendidly.
_KingDreyer@reddit
doesn’t davinci have problems on linux with amd?
dicksonleroy@reddit
I know it used to, but I haven’t had that problem in years. I could never get it running with an AMD GPU a few years back on Manjaro.
It does break fairly easily with os updates, so I have it running in a Fedora 37 container in Distrobox.
_KingDreyer@reddit
doesn’t it have to do with codec licensing?
dicksonleroy@reddit
That’s a different issue. The file types DaVinci on Linux supports is much smaller than on Windows.
_KingDreyer@reddit
that’s because of licensing tho, unless you pay for davinci
dicksonleroy@reddit
Yup. My solution, is just to batch convert video files using ffmpeg before importing them.
_KingDreyer@reddit
do u notice any issues with it?
Xatraxalian@reddit
I went AMD all-in when I built my current rig with an Asus X670E Pro Art, Ryzen 9 5950X and MSI RX 6750 XT, 64 GB and 4 TB storage. No problems whatsoever on Debian.
I do run a backported kernel though, to make use of some more sensor data on the motherboard. If you want to run an RX 7000-series card, you probably need the newer kernel as well, and pull in some extra firmware versions from the Linux git repo. When you play only old-school games, it's fine going through Lutris by using the flatpak and use its version of Wine and Mesa.
This rig (with the RX 6750 XT, so I don't need additional firmware) has absolutely no problems.
Organic-Algae-9438@reddit
I’ve been using Intel and AMD for the last 25 years in Linux. No complaints on either side. Beware though that Nvidia drivers can be a “challenge”.
CreepyOptimist@reddit
Full AMD user here. It just works. AMD support on Linux is excellent , I have never ran Linux on a system with nvidia cards myself, I have a friend who has, he is actually using it right now and has 0 issues, some distros come with a separate iso for nvidia users, but installing the drivers yourself is not hard, it's just an extra step you have to do . with AMD , you don't have to do anything , it works out of the box.
SirPookles@reddit
I think the something that is throttling your multitasking may be RAM. I also do a lot of dev work like you and my laptop with 16GB chokes with qt creator, vs code, browser, node, all running at the same time. While I make use of zram on the laptop, it still feels a little slow switching between applications.
That’s not an issue on my 64GB borkstation as it never hits swap. It runs a 5800X3D and a 6950XT. However I never ran into problems with my 6700k and GTX 1080 before it either.
AMD, ati, intel, nvidia have all treated me well on desktop. I’d avoid nvidia in a laptop because I always end up tinkering with bumblebee or power states/acpi for a few days because the nvidia gpu is idling in a higher power state than it should and burning watts compared to windows.
If you feel like switching up your hardware, go for it, but the components that have sped up my dev work are more ram, cpu cache, and a sizable optane ssd.
zlice0@reddit
runescape aoe and cs2 lol ur fine
amd encoding is shit ime...idk if it got better after 6000s. had a 5700 rx and i was better off just using 5600x cpu for encoding.
geolaw@reddit
Several times in my Linux journey (since 1994) I've swapped the motherboard on a system out, not just cpu but the whole motherboard. Never ever had a problem, the system picked up whatever the new motherboard offered and the worst I've had to do is swap around some hard drives ( mounted via /dev/sdX instead of uuid) to make things boot properly.
Not sure if you've got x or Wayland tweaked for a specific card but otherwise you should be fine
Recipe-Jaded@reddit
I didn't miss Nvidia
ManufacturerTricky15@reddit
Personally, I think NVIDIA works great on Linux and I don's see any reason to switch to AMD. The drivers are getting better and better and more features are getting added (NVIDIA reflex, DLSS,..).
AMD already dropped ROCm support for the AMD Radeon VII (a GPU from 2019). Dropping support after 4 years is way too soon. I feel bad for the people that bought the AMD Radeon VII for ROCm. This is the main reason I choose NVIDIA over AMD.
INITMalcanis@reddit
If you're thinking about the upcoming RDNA4 GPUs, keep in mind that it usually takes a point release or two for the kernel drivers to properly shake out. The current RDNA2/3 GPUs are fully supported in the recent and current kernels.
My experience of using a 7900XT, which I bought last summer, was: I installed it and it worked at stock settings immediately. (I did have to wait a bit for corectrl to work fully, I can't remember if that was fixed in 6.9 or 6.10?)
If you're thinking about Zen4/5 CPUs, then there are no Linux issues with those that I'm aware of. it's worth noting that if you are considering a Zen4 or 5, they have an iGPU, which means that if you have a video card as well, you'll be able to install a Windows VM and let it use your main GPU should you need to.
AverkromXD@reddit
I can't compare it to Nvidia but I have no issues in mind. I've been using an AMD card (RX5700XT) since 2020. The only issue I remember were blue screens on windows for a while but they haven't occured in like 2 years.
Aretebeliever@reddit
I have a 3900x and a 3060LH and it runs great with no issues on Arch
derangedtranssexual@reddit
I genuinely don't think you should use linux if you have Nvidia, like just use windows it doesn't work well enough on linux. If you're ever wondering about switching away from Nvidia on linux the answer is always yes.
KosmicWolf@reddit
I highly disagree, I actually went from an AMD RX6600XT to a RTX 4060Ti, why? Because nvidia works better for some stuff, like Blender or OBS (with nvenc), etc... Also while is true that AMD drivers are just included and ready to be used in most distros, not every component works with those drivers so depending on the use case you need certain parts from the propietary driver which depending on the distro can be difficult to install, with nvidia however everything is included in the driver.
Right now I'm using OpenSuse Tumbleweed, with Gnome on wayland, with the 560 driver and everything that I need works flawlessly
Interesting-Call-188@reddit
I switched from Windows to Linux with an RTX 3080 and I have had very few issues with the drivers. It’s a worse experience than AMD but it has been completely usable for me. Maybe I just haven’t been using Nvidia for long enough.
darth_chewbacca@reddit
Both intel and amd cpus work great on Linux. I've never had a problem with either.
AMD GPUs are significantly better than comparable (price vs price) nVidia counterparts, both in terms of "it just works" and in terms of performance.
Nvidia obviously has CUDA, AMD gpus using ROCm aren't as good in either the sense of "it just works" (because rocm is a pain depending on distro) or in terms of performance.
iNikiii@reddit (OP)
Not really doing any CUDA related stuff. Seems like CUDA is the only special part of nvidia alongside their encoding
darth_chewbacca@reddit
Ray tracing would be another "special" part. However, I have seen some reports that all ray tracing is poor (both nvidia and amd) on Linux for a significant amount of games (maybe localized to unreal 5 games, but that will be a significant amount of games soon), so I didn't mention that Nvidia is better with ray tracing.
InevitableMeh@reddit
I've run AMD since the first dual socket motherboard came out in the 90s. Always been fine.
securerootd@reddit
Seriously? When did Ryzen 5 3600 got an iGPU?
New_Public_2828@reddit
Like maybe have and will say. And gpus I hear are favorable with Linux
GreatBigBagOfNope@reddit
Buttery smooth all AMD on Fedora since early last year. Literally zero problems related to either component (only real issue being a Realtek WiFi adapter, which failed to boot so hard it ended up corrupting the Windows 11 install I was dual booting with – switched to a £20 Intel card and it Just Worked)
Tallon_raider@reddit
I’m using a 7900xtx. Works fine.
Fun-Sample336@reddit
I would recommend one of the monolithic processors (the ones with the G at the end), because they don't have the excessive idle power consumption and the integrated Radeon should be good for older games.
OrseChestnut@reddit
I wouldn't touch the newer Intel's that are having serious issues, but I've had no problem with either my Intel or AMD CPUs on Linux. Honestly I check what's available at the price/performance point I want and buy what's best, ensuring there are no known issues with that particular CPU.
I would certainly take AMD over NVIDIA for a GPU on Linux for a headache free life. On Windows I would probably go NVIDIA.
wormbooks7853@reddit
The only intel chips I own were given to me for free. I only buy AMD cpus and gpus
2cats2hats@reddit
Wrong sub.
AMD has been tops for me. Debian and RH(and variants) no issues.
daviburi@reddit
For me it was flawless
drucifer82@reddit
I’m pairing a Ryzen 9 7900X (unlocked) with a RX 7900XTX with plenty of RAM. Whether it’s gaming or productivity I haven’t experienced any hardware related hitches. And any hitches I hit were easily corrected.
ahferroin7@reddit
I’ve been running fully AMD for years now. I currently have a home server with a Ryzen 9 3950X (looking at upgrading soon to a Rzye 9 9950X) and a RX 6700 XT, and a laptop with a Ryzen 9 7940HS , a Radeon 780M iGPU and a RX 7700S dGPU.
On both systems essentially everything except the GPU has been 100% rock solid. My only complaint is really the fact that SME breaks things on both of them, but that has more to do with the OEM firmware than anything else and is not something that will matter to most people.
For the home server the GPU is used for primary video output (just text mode VT usage), as well as egl-headless 3D acceleration for the VMs I run on it, and as a compute node for OpenCL stuff on occasion. I’ve only seen issues with the OpenCL stuff (sometimes it ends up putting the GPU into a state that crashes the drivers and triggers a kernel panic, but not frrequently).
For the laptop, I’m not really doing any gaming on Linux, but I’ve not seen any real issues recently. I used to have problems all the time with the graphics stack dying every few hours or so on average and requiring a complete restart of the desktop environment, but the combination of Linux 6.11, KDE Plasma 6, and the removal of a few config tweaks I had made years back has completely fixed that and I’m no seeing no issues at all.
lolwutdo@reddit
I went from 3060 to 7600xt and no longer get scaling/ui issues.
When I would play games on my 3060 and exit the game, my icons and text would disappear and the only way to reset it was to log out or change resolutions and switch back; it was super annoying, but no more issues with amd.
MentalUproar@reddit
The 3600 is a pretty great chip all around for most people. The Linux support is fantastic. Things just work.
NVIDIA has been downright hostile to Linux for years and while that’s starting to change I don’t think they will ever be where intel and AMD are with Linux support.
ITXEnjoyer@reddit
I’ve got an RX 580, 5500 XT and my 7800 XT all on Linux builds on various pc’s with no problems whatsoever.
On the flip side, whenever I’ve used the Nvidia releases of Pop_OS! it’s been flawless. Even used to own laptops with Optimus and it just worked.
Erianthor@reddit
The installation is fairly effortless, but I've not managed to make my GPU (RX 6800) work as a HIP render device in Blender still.
tyler_dot_earth@reddit
i'm a web dev (react/node/typescript/etc) and also play some games (mainly Risk of Rain 2)
i just moved from a 3080 to a 7800 XT and i could not be more content - just popped it in and it was good to go
no real jump in performance, but a major reduction in jank. as a bonus, the card i got is also basically silent vs the jet engine that my 3080 was
strongly recommend switching to an AMD GPU
iNikiii@reddit (OP)
When looking for an AMD GPU i was considering upping my VRAM to 16GB+
So 7800 XT was one of my major choices. :)
tyler_dot_earth@reddit
yeah, the VRAM jump was a motivator too (i wanted to try
ollama).i got a used PowerColor 7800 XT Hellhound on prime day for $400 if that helps at all.
lordoftheclings@reddit
My Asus 3080 was pretty silent - sometimes, noisy gpus depend on the brand/make/model.... a 7800 XT is slower than a 3080 in 4K - most games - slightly better at 1440p.
TheBuzzSaw@reddit
After decades of Nvidia, I finally bought a PC with all AMD. My Linux experience elevated.
LowReputation@reddit
I find AMD cpus still run hot. I have a ThinkPad T14s gen 2 with AMD and the fan is always spinning.
Running fedora 40 with gnome.
No problems at all with any drivers.
ashughes@reddit
I switched to AMD exclusively for my PCs two decades ago after giving up on dealing with Nvidia driver issues. My understanding is that Nvidia has fewer issues these days but I’ve never given them a second chance, and likely never will.
Since switching to AMD (both CPU and GPU) I cannot think of a single time I’ve encountered an issue in Linux that was caused by the AMD hardware or drivers.
Currently running a Ryzen 5 7600X and RX 7900 XTX in my machine, and a Ryzen 5 5600X with a RX 6700 XT in my partner’s system, both running Linux. Typical use is web browsing, productivity, photo editing, graphic design and MMO gaming via Steam. Again, can’t recall the last time I encountered a bug where AMD was at fault.
YMMV.
ColetteDiskette@reddit
I had so many various stuttering issues running a multi-monitor setup on both a 2060 and 3080. As soon as I switched to an RX 7600, I stopped thinking about my graphics card because things just worked.
DVD-RW@reddit
Everything is fine so far, I'm running a full AMD build (7800X3D + 7900XTX) no crashes or freezes, all running smooth.
MatixFX@reddit
I have two PCs: - Ryzen 7 5800x & RX 5700 - Ryzen 7 7600 & RX 7800XT
Both running Arch with KDE on Wayland, absolutely zero issues.
Guilty-Entrance1535@reddit
I'm using amd ryzen 5 and I love it
iNikiii@reddit (OP)
I guess I will switch GPU only for now. Switching CPU requires me to also get a new mainboard... Thanks for your input though!
TouchyT@reddit
Unremarkable. Which is good.
Idk you're probably fine GPU-less either way if there are onboard graphics. Nvidia is really the only outlier these days
reklis@reddit
Jump in the waters fine
xXBongSlut420Xx@reddit
as far as gpus go, amd is leagues better than nv. for cpus both and intel work more or less perfectly