cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nowsci.com/post/7576006
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!
HDMI is proprietary, so keep in mind that if anyone is ahead it’s because HDMI cock blocked AMD.
That said, Display Port is superior as it’s not proprietary so the sooner we move away from HDMI the better for all.
Other factors you may consider are – can you wait to see? Does it make sense to buy for features that haven’t been delivered yet and might not be as advertised? Only you can answer for you.
I’m on a borrowed GPU on my desktop, so can’t wait too long unfortunately.