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Switching to AMD GPU for better gaming performance? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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OS: CachyOS

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Board: MPG B550 GAMING PLUS

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (16) @ 4.43 GHz Memory: 31.26 GiB

i try to keep it short: i have issues with some games (like the witcher 3) and often hear that its an issue with nvidia drivers etc..

So my question is: would a switch / small upgrade to a AMD Radeon 6800 be worth it?

Edit: Small updates:

witcher 3 was an example. I play newer stuff. But my partner is paying witcher 3 and it lags, while I had to just tune down some settings in horizon remaster.
I would buy an used and sell mine (would get around the same price on eBay ±40€

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I have had great luck with a 6600XT myself, but your mileage may vary. There seems to be a fair amount of variance in terms of which AMD cards have solid footing in Linux and which games they work well with. I haven't had any issues but I generally don't play visually demanding games.

Also, if you ever want to roll out your own local LLM, you're just going to have better performance with an Nvidia card, as ROCm just seems to not be quite up to snuff at speedy work.

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

If it is just casual LLM stuff, just get something cheap with enough VRAM. Ollama runs with Vulkan now and on my 6700 XT I can run DeepSeek 7B just fine.