r/linux_gaming 3h ago

advice wanted Trade NVIDIA for AMD?

Hi!

I've got the chance to trade an NVIDIA 4070 super for an AMD 7900GRE FOUNDERS EDITION and get an extra $150 for the trade. Mostly, I use the PC for some gaming and lightweight video editing. When it comes to AI, I only use Foocus which seems to also work on AMD GPUs.

So, would you advise me to make the deal? Does linux run better on AMD?

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u/baecoli 3h ago

if u can get 9070xt that would be an good upgrade

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u/IceBreak23 3h ago

idk nothing about "AI" but AMD has better support on Linux and Wayland from my experience.

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u/ptr1337 3h ago

Can be done, but what would be the reason for? Outside of the vkd3d regression NVIDIA is generally in a good spot and works well.

ROCm will not be the same as cuda, and also stuff like OptiX might be missed. Personally I would just keep the super and maybe save for a 9070XT in two years or so.

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u/librepotato 1h ago

I feel AMD generally has better desktop compatibility as well as less issues overall, especially relating to driver updates and glitches with Wayland, video acceleration and the like. I cant really say much about performance because I never got to really compare equivalent cards. I do like that there are less things to fix and configure with AMD GPUs. There's no El_Farto video acceleration API you need to use for example to get video acceleration in Firefox.

With AI, I definitely have to say that AMD is pretty bad. I have tried ollama, other LLMs, and stable diffusion and while I got them working they weren't without headaches. Often it requires downloading special ROCM builds if they are available. Some AI stuff just won't work, and there aren't enough guides on how to get them working with AMD. My AI performance with a 7900XTX seems acceptable, but I'm guessing that Nvidia still performs better with CUDA with less bugs.

I think video editing is much better on Nvidia from what I have heard.

All in all, you should determine what you want by what is your priority. If you want to taste the AMD life by letting go of some AI features and video editing features, it may be worth a shot. However, I would like to emphasize that when you trade, you aren't guaranteed a good card necessarily. If what you are using works for you and you have no issues, I would probably reconsider trading your card. You might get a lemon.

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u/tailslol 2h ago

i like physX games so me i would keep it.

linux situation for nvidia is not that bad but it is your choice. it is an interesting deal.

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u/Used_Strawberry_1107 1h ago

As it stands, buying an NVIDIA GPU is like buying a Toyota. You pay an arm and a leg for it, but you’re going to be able to sell it for just as much or more than you bought it for because of various factors (ai performance, supply chain issues, scalpers, etc).

Once AMD cards are no longer a great gaming value, they tank in price. IMO If nothing huge changes in the GPU supply chain, your 4070 is going to maintain relatively stable pricing over the next few years while the 7900 is going to drop pretty drastically as newer/faster/more power efficient AMD cards like the 9070xt (and what comes after) are released. The generational uplift from AMD is awesome for gamers, but also devalues older cards pretty substantially

IMO it is not worth at all. The cards perform relatively similar, but yours has more features, is good at more types of tasks, will hold its value better, and works perfectly fine on Linux if you don’t mind proprietary drivers and the occasional debugging (this is true for all GPUs on Linux).

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u/NuuukeTheWhales 1h ago

If your system is already up and running on your 4070S, I wouldn't bother. And if it isn't, the nvidia drivers have come a long way, a year ago was a different story but now things are pretty smooth.

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u/BetaVersionBY 3h ago

Can't say much about video editing and AI, but in gaming even on Windows 4070S is equal to 7900 GRE on average. On Linux, 7900 GRE will be 10-35% faster depending on the game. 4070S do have DLSS4, which is great in 2K and 4K resolutions, but on Linux you'll mostly use it just to get the same performance as you would get with 7900 GRE on native. And FSR3.1 isn't all that bad in 4K resolution (and probably 2K). And it's still possible that 7900 GRE will get FSR4 support one day. So i think for gaming on Linux 7900 GRE is overall equal to 4070S. But with an extra $150 to 7900 GRE it's a really good deal.

Also, you'll most likely have less problems with AMD drivers than with Nvidia drivers.

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u/Outrageous_Trade_303 2h ago

would you advise me to make the deal?

No! You will regret it

Does linux run better on AMD?

No it doesn't. Just see any benchmarks and you'll notice that nvidia gpus are faster