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A new AMD vs Nvidia decision? (lemmy.nowsci.com)
submitted 5 months ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hey all,

In the market for a GPU, would like to use Bazzite, mostly a Steam user with some SteamVR (rare), and have run into nvidia issues with Bazzite and a 3070 previously.

With the recent news on nVidia's beta drivers and Plasma's sync support in beta, I'm newly on the fence about switching to AMD given nvidia having a better performance to cost ratio, the power usage (big one for a compact living room system), and the fact that they have the potential for HDMI2.1 support which AMD doesn't have a solution to yet.

What are community thoughts? I'll probably hold out for some reports on the new drivers regardless, but wanted to check in with the hive mind.

Thanks!

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[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks! So VRR works out of the box for you or did you have to do tweaks to get it to work? The answers on the Amazon page are conflicting, with the manufacturer saying VRR is not supported but some users saying it does. Don't know who to believe.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Should work out of the box with Plasma 5/6 (6 if you want HDR) and Sway.

VRR didn't work with older firmware versions but there have been updates since so the manufacturer information may be out of date. If it doesn't work, there are links in the gitlab thread for newer firmware (you'll probably need Windows to update although I saw some vague references that it might be possible on Linux). The adapter is mostly useless on Windows for the record, although you can just swap to a direct HDMI connection in that case.

Oh and I'll add there are some instances where you may need to power cycle your TV/monitor and/or switch console VTs, if you get a black screen or if HDR fails to toggle on/off.

And lastly, gamescope session didn't work reliably last time I checked, but it's been a while.