well, today i (partially) realized why my basic drivers don’t work: the preinstalled packages amdgpu and amdgpu-dkms seem to not work due to amdgpu-dkms being unconfigured. tried configuring it and got the same error. around about there my system stopped using even the iGPU and i had to uninstall some other drivers (thanks @lena@gregtech.eu )
I can guarantee you’ll get more bang for your buck going with Nvidia just due to the fact that so much compute software requires cuda (blender, machine learning, any sort of engineering simulation software). Nvidia drivers are just less of a pain to deal with as a developer, since they’re less strict on error handling and syntax.
You can get a 3050 on amazon for like $150 now, which is more than enough for most games.
Plus DLSS is still miles ahead of FSR in terms of quality and efficiency.
Interesting! Well I currently have a 1070ti, which the internet tells me will mostly outperform a 3050. Thanks for your dev perspective.
The 1070Ti doesn’t have the hardware necessary for DLSS, which makes a huge difference in performance for gaming.
Also I was using the 3050 as a low-cost example (it’s what I use). My roommate uses a 3060Ti and that thing easily handles every game she’s thrown at it.
Good stuff to know. Thx!