Hi everyone,
I’m looking to buy a new gaming rig as my current machine feels like it’s getting a bit dated. Been gaming on Linux for the past 6 months to a year. Ditched Windows around the time they announced ads and that recall bullshit.
What are your experiences with gfx cards and their drivers? I haven’t bought AMD (gfx) in… Over 20 years. Online results show conflicting answers. Some swear by AMD, others say the drivers are unstable and they need to reboot when switching games. Other say never to update the drivers as long as stuff works.
Currently have an Nvidia 2080 super. Which has served me quite well. But newer games are starting to give it a hard time. Never really had any driver related issue.
I have a friend with an AMD gfx ( windows) and he’s not super happy with it. Game/pc crashes related to it apparently. So I’m a bit on the fence about AMD.
I’m not sure what to look for in a cpu. I currently have an AMD. I guess more expensive is better and that’s about it? Is there a noticeable benefit of the amd 9 vs AMD 7 series?
I’m not looking to overclock any of the hardware.
What’s the standard regarding memory nowadays? I’ve got 16 in my current rig, and more can’t hurt. I would never go under 16. Was looking at 32 but I’ve seen PCs with 64 and wondered if that is just overkill or not.
I’ve mainly games on nobara, but recently switched to bazzite as I’ve been meaning to give that a go. I didn’t really have any complaints om nobara.
Side note: my monitor supports Nvidia whatsitcalled, but not free sync I think.
Mine is a few years old now (so not the absolute latest and greatest, not that it was to start with lol) but when I built it, my spouse also built his at the same time. We have very similar builds with some minor differences. But the two biggest differences are the GPU (mine’s an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and his is a Nvidia with almost the same stats) and the mobos. My experience has been completely problem free. Everything has just worked. His GPU has been giving him problems up until more recently. Even then when something goes flaky he has to work out if it’s because it’s a Nvidia. He regrets not getting an AMD. His mobo is also a bit weird with Linux but only around the rgb lighting. It’s a Gigabyte whereas mine is an ASUS. So if you get a Gigabyte mobo, I would just double check compatibility if you care about RGB lighting.