• snaggen@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    I’m free to choose any laptop I want for work. This means, that for me, the GPU and other processors are free. It turns out that I still avoid Nvidia like the plague. I don’t care if it is free, if the drivers are horrible.

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        8 months ago

        For Linux it is a huge difference. AMD and Intel have great open source drivers, while Nvidia have binary drivers with a lot of issues.

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          8 months ago

          And for AI at home? Since this is a story about AI DataCenters

          I want to get an AMD but the integration of Nvidia GPUs for processing ML/AI stuff is much higher. So if I want to mess with running AI at home I only have 1 choice.

          I hope AMD release something that competes on that front, and can still play games on the weekend, but currently, he is right there is no competition

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          8 months ago

          I find this strange, because I had nothing but trouble getting my R9 390 working with any Linux distro, but my RTX 3060 hasn’t given me a single issue on like 6 different distros.

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      8 months ago

      I still won’t consider an AMD GPU because all 3 I’ve had throughout my life have had horrible driver experiences. Even the FirePro I had at work at one point required a special driver build that AMD eventually gave me to work even half decent. Never had any major issues with NVidia drivers.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve had the opposite experience here on GNU/Linux. The AMD drivers are phenomenal.