Hello all, first time poster.

I’ve been gaming on Ubuntu for a few months now with no issues on my 2080ti.

It’s time to upgrade my card before Starfield comes out, but I haven’t seen too many positives regarding Radeon on Linux.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I’d like to get the 7900 XTX over a 4090 for the price difference alone.

My AMD CPU has been great on Ubuntu.

  • c0m47053English
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    11 months ago

    One warning, if you use a display over HDMI, then you might have a bad time with Radeon on Linux. I use an LG C2 TV as my monitor, and there is a bug in the driver that forces it to a crappy ycbcr mode that ruins text clarity. I did try all manner of workarounds like hacking up the EDID profile, but I gave up and went back to Windows for now.

    It’s a very specific issue, but a showstopper if it affects you

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That’s the display advertising a specific function set, not the card, and it has to do with the large panel size and pixel density. If you used a proper monitor I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t have that issue.

      • c0m47053English
        1·
        11 months ago

        Ok, then why does the same display work perfectly in windows? The display supports full RGB both 8 and 10 bit uncompressed. There is an open issue for this on the driver gitlab repo.

        Don’t monitor shame me please. Also, the pixel density is within 5% of my 27" 1440p monitors.