cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/22948152
OS: CachyOS GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Board: MPG B550 GAMING PLUS CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (16) @ 4.43 GHz Memory: 31.26 GiB
i try to keep it short: i have issues with some games (like the witcher 3) and often hear that its an issue with nvidia drivers etc…
So my question is: would a switch / small upgrade to a AMD Radeon 6800 be worth it?
I dont know what CachyOS is… but if you’re willing to try hardware changing, why not try an OS change first?
Specifically, a change to a gaming focused linux distro (like Nobara, or Bazzite), that comes with a nvidia specific iso?
See if that solves your issue before dropping money on a new card.
CachyOS is gaming focused though, their GUI has a button to install their gaming meta package. they also package their own Proton which shows up in Steam as a compatibility option.
cyberpunk at least seems to run noticeably better for me on CachyOS than it did on Win11, on exactly the same hardware (5800x3d, rtx 4080)
Ah, well, I don’t know then. Sorry, like I said, I know nothing about CachyOS… but it wouldnt hurt to try, regardless, since switching from nvidia to amd would basically be easiest with a reformat anyway.
Man, that’s a big lateral move. Honestly, my experience is spotty as well (using mostly Bazzite), and I’m sticking to dual booting for the foreseeable. I definitely would not change hardware for this reason. Especially because, having some installs on AMD-based hardware, my expectation that the issues would drop to zero is… very low.
If you can’t try before you buy I’d only swap to get a meaningful upgrade. Of course when a “meaningful upgrade” will be affordable or accessible in the future is anybody’s guess. Because isn’t tech in the 21st century fun?
Here’s the direct comparison:
https://www.hardwaredb.net/geforce-rtx-3070-vs-radeon-rx-6800
Would it be worth it?
If you’re in the US, looking at US prices (~$520), hellllllll no.
You can get a 9070 (non xt), for almost the same price (~$550), and thats a much, much better GPU, much more performance per dollar.
https://www.hardwaredb.net/radeon-rx-9070-vs-radeon-rx-6800
Or, you could get a 9060 XT (16 GB) for half about half the price (~$270), and still have a probably overall better card in most situations.
https://www.hardwaredb.net/radeon-rx-9060-xt-vs-radeon-rx-6800
And yes, a 9060 XT (16 GB) beats a 3070.
https://www.hardwaredb.net/radeon-rx-9060-xt-vs-geforce-rtx-3070
Double the VRAM, near half the cost, roughly 20% more gigapixel throughout.
Yeah, older model GPUs, the used market, at least in the US?
Pricing is delusional right now.
Apparently nobody got the memo that new, current AMD GPUs, have actually fallen in price a good deal in the last 6 months.
Used in Europe around 200-250€ Forgot to mention that i would buy a used and sell mine.
Also, I hoped for a easy fix, instead of troubleshooting :D
Edit: after reading your post a second time i have to say the following: dammit the world needs more people like you thank you, thank you thank you!!!
I gonna buy the radeon 9060 xt and sell my old one. Nice cheap upgrade :3
Hey, no problem!
Just make A B S O L U T E L Y sure that you get a 16 GB version of the 9060 XT.
AMD did a shitty thing, and released two versions of the 9060XT, one with 8 GB VRAM, one with 16 GB VRAM… but they often have very similar, if not identical names on the packaging, and on online store listings.
Double, Triple, Quadruple check that your 9060 XT is the 16 GB version… don’t get scammed!
But uh yeah, just generally speaking, if you’re already running CachyOS, and you’re fully into Linux Gaming…
AMD is the way to go, they are way way way more open with their drivers than Nvidia, and this just generally results in things working more smoothly.
Also, you could look into OptiScaler, the thing that DeckyFrameGen uses on Steam Decks… basically, there is a whole collections of mods that make it so you can run DLSS on an AMD card, or FSR on an Nvidia card, for a good deal of games… and that works through Proton.
Yeah, an AMD card is probably not gonna run DLSS as well as it runs FSR… but, if you want to try those options, you can.
Its a bit of a procedure to follow though, maybe comparable to doing ENB injection mods back in the day, its a bit more involved than a typical mod that just alters some content in the game.
i switched from rtx 2060 to 5700 xt just a few weeks ago, and a bunch of things run well that barely could before. i was mostly concerned with the forza horizons, they run perfectly now
however there are some issues, mplayer/mpv shows a blue screen on most output drivers, and steamvr just crashes, so there are things to figure out (suggestions are welcome)
(btw i played w3 for a bit before on nvidia, and i had no issues, just to complicate things)
I’ve switched from 3090 to the XTX few months back because of a really weird and unique bugs in one of my games (but otherwise it worked alright) and for few months had a lot more problems then I had with nvidia, especially with suspend but sometimes it would just crash (Plasma).
I did also switch to Plasma/Wayland with the upgrade so who knows but few kernels/mesa versions back were really bad, it works nicely now though [Arch]
If you’re playing Witcher 3 with the RTX on and the next-gen update then it’s probably your VRAM limiting you.
I’ve had no issues with nVidia GPU and TW3, running it with protonGE 9.26
The witcher was just an example, hoped for an easy fix for example the dead space female had some stutters too. But i think i gonna check the configs and post them wehen I am back in town
https://www.protondb.com/app/292030
Seems to generally work OK with Nvidia, but you may want to try Proton experimental or GE.
If you search 3070 one user also using NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 seems to have it running out of the box with only a minor glitch.
But there seems to be a pretty heavy overweight of Radeon users. But IDK if we can draw any conclusions from that?
The game has platinum status, so it ought to work on a decent GPU/system like yours.If things work for you with Nvidia then probably no. But since you mentioned issues, then AMD might help. My gaming box has had an AMD gpu and I don’t remember seeing any problems related to it in at least a year. With Wayland, too.
Are you using the official nvidia drivers?
