•  vegai   ( @vegai@suppo.fi ) 
    11•2 years ago

    I’m currently unable to use Windows as a gaming OS because it keeps hard rebooting probably due to overheating. Games like Cyberpunk 2077 are very unstable.

    Nobara Linux meanwhile plays everything perfectly.

      •  Remmy   ( @Remmy@kbin.social ) 
        7•2 years ago

        Arch is similarly this easy. I think where I usually see the most people complaining is when a new shiny version of the driver has come out and they try to update manually, breaking system packages and borking their system.

        I’m not saying I have personally done this before. Nope. Not saying that at all…

      •  noddy   ( @noddy@beehaw.org ) English
        1•2 years ago

        It works fine on a desktop with a single GPU mostly. Though I have had issues with multi monitor setup at work with xfce and xorg. I actually had a better experience with gnome and wayland, in terms of multi monitor support.

        That said, all my own non work computers I use AMD/intel these days though. It just works now. I did have a bad experience years ago with an nvidia optimus laptop, where I couldn’t use the displayport without permanently enabling the nvidia GPU, killing battery life.

    •  Pogogunner   ( @Pogogunner@kbin.social ) 
      8•2 years ago

      For gaming? I haven’t really run into any issues. If you’re trying to virtualize your GPU for VMs and stuff like that, Nvidia is a lot more locked down. I use the proprietary drivers - the open source ones don’t seem to perform as well. Most Distributions will just give you a prompt where you select which drivers you would prefer to use.

    •  BinaryEnthusiast   ( @BinaryEnthusiast@beehaw.org ) 
      3•2 years ago

      I’m currently using pop os with an etc 3070, and I haven’t noticed any major issues. I had some weird glitches on fedora because they use the open source driver by default, but using the proprietary Nvidia driver is totally usable. I even got ray tracing working on cyberpunk 2077

    •  GnuLinuxDude   ( @GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml ) 
      2•2 years ago

      I’ve been using Linux full time on my desktop since 2019 and while I don’t think I’ll buy nvidia again, the experience in the meanwhile has been fine. The things I can do with my computer are much more limited, especially when it comes to Wayland. But assuming you’re just using your computer like a normal person you can stick to Xorg and basically have a totally normal computer experience.

      Personally, one of the worst parts about nvidia proprietary drivers with Wayland is that I cannot use the night light feature in Gnome, which makes my display unreasonably uncomfortable during night time usage. When will nvidia provide the necessary support for the thing that makes it work? Who knows.

      •  palordrolap   ( @palordrolap@kbin.social ) 
        1•2 years ago

        Ancient computer and nvidia card here. Not sure what Gnome’s nightlight is ultimately based on, but you might try Redshift or f.lux which - I assume - do pretty much the same thing.

        I’ve used both and am currently using Redshift. f.lux stopped working for me a few years ago and I haven’t bothered trying to find out if that was a fluke and whether it will work again now. Redshift uses geolocation by default, but that can be turned off.

    •  teawrecks   ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 
      1•2 years ago

      tbh it’s overblown. I have been holding off on wayland for this and various other reasons, but gaming on x11 with nvidia proprietary drivers is fine. The only difficulties I’ve ever run into is installing/updating the package using a distro-specific method. I’ve never hit a driver bug.