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I'm newer to Linux gaming, but the consensus I've seen is that AMD is better on Linux. Will these actions change your mind? I already have Nvidia hardware, so an open source kernel module sounds like a win.

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[–] dinckelman 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

Both of them have their own issues, but historically, Nvidia have been considerably worse, because they not only required a proprietary driver, but also adamantly refused to support certain features, crippling the functionality of a lot of compositors.

Today, I'm having zero issues with an Nvidia card, on Kwin/Wayland. Everything that runs in native Wayland runs flawlessly. Games through Xwayland run great too, now that explicit sync is actually there.

Worth noting that I don't have a VRR display, and don't have a card that supports frame generation. The latter just is not implemented at all, and the I've heard there are issues with the former

[–] tomten 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AMD has been open source since late 2017?

[–] dinckelman 2 points 4 months ago

Not what I meant. I've reworded the original post to clarify

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