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Recently AMD announced the RX 480 at a very good price point of only $200 USD which I'm thinking of purchasing. How has AMD been lately with their current cards?
Thank you in advance for any replies, fellow penguins!
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On top of that, I would wait for their new driver system to mature a little more.
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Once it's out of beta and perhaps has a build source tgz then it should be easier for distros to package it up better.
It's quite surprising how many people are still trying to get FGLRX/Crimson drivers working on Linux. Bit sad as those people are going to have a horrible experience and either move to NVIDIA or back to Windows.
Linux probably loses as many gamers a day as it does gain due to all these issues.
I'm debating getting the RX480X 8GB even thought I have a 390x atm, wouldn't mind the lower temps and power usage to tie me over until Vega (still long way off).
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I'd say the opposite. RX 480 isn't even out yet, so no point to decide anything until benchmarks will show up.
And I'd second what others said above. amdgpu + radeonsi should get in shape, but it might happen soon already.
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I switched to NVidia about two years ago, and it's been nothing but smooth sailing. The difference has been night and day. Everything works out-of-the box with the proprietary driver. No serious issues. In some cases they've supported cards for nearly a decade. It looks like the oldest desktop cards currently supported in the 364 driver are GeForce 400 series stuff from circa 2010.
I would need to see a turnaround which stays in effect for at least five years before I could ever trust them again (with current cards still being supported in the official drivers five years from now). Unless Nvidia really screws up, I would not even consider switching to AMD before 2020. In performance terms, AMD has been getting a little better recently, but my old wounds are still sore and I remain suspicious of them.
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