I just got hold of an AMD RX7800 XT to replace my current Nvidia RTX3080.
I’m likely overthinking this but from what I understand I should just be able to swap the cards then uninstall the Nvidia drivers correct?
I’m running EndeavourOS which I installed with the option to include the Nvidia drivers by default so dunno if that changes anything? I’ve been daily driving Linux for exactly a year as of this month but I still kinda feel like a newbie sometimes lmao. Thanks in advance!
(Update) I got my AMD card installed and loaded up Wayland with no issues, only thing I had to install was the AMD Vulkan drivers for Steam.
- lattrommi ( @lattrommi@lemmy.ml ) English3•4 hours ago
There isn’t anything you need to know. It’s the opposite actually. You can now forget about graphics drivers entirely if you want. Unless it’s like, a job or hobby or something.
- Walk_blesseD ( @Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•3 hours ago
Meh… there are certain use cases where the selection between mesa or either of the AMD drivers does matter.
- D_Air1 ( @D_Air1@lemmy.ml ) 8•10 hours ago
I’ve never done the process myself, but I would probably uninstall the nvidia drivers while the system is still running, install whatever amd packages you need I know there are some vulkan packages that people need that aren’t installed by default, and then power off and swap the cards.
You just got me to remember something about a Vulkan package when I first installed Steam so gonna find the AMD package for that. Thanks!
- laurelraven ( @laurelraven@lemmy.zip ) English1•10 hours ago
I’m not familiar with these vulkan packages, what should I look for?
- D_Air1 ( @D_Air1@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 hours ago
I don’t have an AMD card, so I don’t know, but I recall reading on the endeavourOS forums of people solving their AMD gaming issues by installing the proper vulkan packages. That is to say. You should head to the endeavourOS forums and peruse around there. You will probably find that information very quickly there.
- laurelraven ( @laurelraven@lemmy.zip ) English1•9 hours ago
Thanks! I’ve not been having many problems, but if it’s causing a performance loss it would be good to take care of it, I’ll check that out
- cdf12345 ( @cdf12345@lemm.ee ) English1•10 hours ago
Even if you install the drivers while the system is running, it is not recommended to remove the card while the system is running.
- D_Air1 ( @D_Air1@lemmy.ml ) 6•10 hours ago
I never suggested that they remove the card while the system is running. You must have skipped the part in my comment that says
power off and swap the cards
Don’t worry I wasn’t planning on sticking my hands into a powered up PC anyway haha.
- The Hobbyist ( @TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip ) 1•8 hours ago
I think the only thing to keep in mind is that Nvidias proprietary drivers work better for Linux whereas for AMD it is the open-source ones.
I have an Nvidia card and the prop. drivers have worked flawlessly for me for years.
I know the open source drivers are closing the gap for Nvidia, and they also seem to be playing ball on that front. But for AMD the open source drivers are definitely the way to go from what I understand.
- HumanPenguin ( @HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ) English1•9 hours ago
If no one minds my hyjacking part of this thread.
Id also like some similar advice.
I use blender. Not heavily but have been playing on it for 20plus years.
My GPU is pretty old. 1050ti at the time nvidia was pretty much it for blender.
Im looking for a sub £300 card in the next 3 to 6 months.
Is AMD well supported by blender now. And what cards would folks recomend these days.
PS not a gamer. 0ad is about as close as i get.
- jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 1•5 hours ago
Take a look at
From what I can tell NVIDIA still is much better for Blender at least points-wise. No idea if you’d notice it on normal usage …