• adr1an@programming.devOPM
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      3 months ago

      If you’re looking forward to use some LLM AI chatbot (e.g. ollama), you might prefer nvidia. I have been using my card without problems. If your only usecase is videogames and movies, then probably AMD is okay. Something similar might happen on regards to transcoding (serving movies to many devices), you might want to check which brand offers the best (some nvidia cards have hacks to enable features that are otherwise off because they segment market with that). In any case, depending on your usecase, you might prefer look into models actually, and not only the brand… on top of it, prices are fluctuating a lot. Perhaps you find a great card, for a great price, but with some compromise on the desired functionality. I’ve been there, ideally you want something to tackle all problems (incl. future desires of functionality and so on…)

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      yup, you’re more likely to have a better time with Linux if you have an AMD gpu

      currrently if you get an NVIDIA gpu, you’d miss out on features like explicit sync and triple buffering, NVIDIA’s getting better about supporting Linux via open source drivers, although with their current focus/obsession on AI (and decrease on the gaming market based on Jenson’s recent behavior towards gamers at Computex 2024) it’s hard to tell what efftect that might have for driver support

      • so I’d still typically recommend most to use an AMD gpu for a better time