ADHDefy,
@ADHDefy@easymode.im avatar

Hey , I have an RTX 2070 Super and since I'm a Linux gamer 98% of the time, I've been thinking about going team red. I found a dude who might be down to trade me a Radeon VII for my 2070S... is that a good deal or a bad deal?

Linux compatibility should be way better, and it seems like performance is comparable, but idk about raytracing performance and I've heard the R VII can be pretty loud.

Opinions? Advice?

thatdosbox,
@thatdosbox@mstdn.ca avatar

@ADHDefy the Radeon VII is a Vega card and AMD have stopped driver support for them, though I have no idea how that might affect Linux users

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/amd-pulls-back-on-drivers-for-aging-but-popular-graphics-cards-and-igpus/

ADHDefy,
@ADHDefy@easymode.im avatar

@thatdosbox Ah! That's really good to know, thank you!

mark_pc,
@mark_pc@hachyderm.io avatar

@thatdosbox @ADHDefy On Linux, this only affects the AMDVLK driver. You would still be good to go with RADV instead.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-24.0-Faster-RADV-Vega

bgardner,
@bgardner@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@ADHDefy My gear is not nearly as good as yours, but I moved from Nvidia to Radeon and the compatibility difference is astonishing. Radeon mostly Just Works.

ADHDefy,
@ADHDefy@easymode.im avatar

@bgardner That's awesome to hear! I love DLSS and the great RTX performance, but I'm just kinda done dealing with Nvidia's lousy driver support.

astromecanik,
@astromecanik@mastodon.online avatar

@ADHDefy I understand that the R VII is somewhat worse than a 2070S. Something along the 5700XT would be more comparable.

ADHDefy,
@ADHDefy@easymode.im avatar

@astromecanik Ah, looking it up, I think you're right! Thank you. :)

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