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Is it worth the trouble with an Nvidia card? (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 2 days 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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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

To me, Nvidia isn't worth the trouble on Linux unless you have specific (non-gaming) needs that can't be met with AMD or Intel hardware.

With this in mind, I kept using my last Nvidia card until it needed replacing, and then switched to AMD. Seems like that might make sense for you, too.