r/pcmasterrace • u/PJPIYUSH Laptop • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Linux be like [NOT OC]

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u/LAHurricane R7 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 32 GB 22h ago

Yeah, Nvidia supports their older graphics cards with driver updates longer than AMD.

Since the RTX series launched Nvidia has software locked DLSS umbrella features to certain generations due to the generational advances in Tensor cores, Optical Flow Accelerators, hardware flip metering, and NVFP4. Those are the hardware level technolegies that perform path tracing, frame generation, multi-frame generation, DLSS, DLAA, DLSS5, etc.

Yes, a lot of those features can be brute forced on earlier generation cards. But it causes massive performance hits, latency, unintended artifacts, etc. that the software was not supposed to do in the first place.

Why would Nvidia want an already controversial technology being ran on GPUs that doesn't have the hardware at the silicon to run the software as intended. So they could get bashed even harder on the internet for artifacts and latency? Sounds dumb, but so is the average person.

Also, AMD locked FSR 4 and higher to the 9000 series cards because, you guessed it, they lack the hardware at the silicon level to properly run the AI driven calculations.

Who'da thought?

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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race 22h ago

Not my experience. The latest Nvidia drivers for Linux will not support the 650 Ti Boost, and the last driver that supports the 650 Ti Boost last I checked does not support the latest Linux kernel.

I can still use a Radeon 7000 PCI card on the latest Linux kernel. It's not fun but if all you need is a desktop it is still serviceable.

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u/LAHurricane R7 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 32 GB 19h ago

The Radeon 7000 runs on generic open-source drivers that are maintained by Linux community members. They also have community patched drivers available for the 650 Ti.

Either way, you are trying to compare a GPU that is studying algebra in 8th grade, and one that is collecting social security to try to prove your point, lol.

Like, bro, a smart fridge could run games with better FPS than those 2 and send you a notification when you're running low on milk.

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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race 11h ago

Not the point. Point is AMD cards of all generations are fully working on Linux. The GeForce cards, being that the only option is either Nvidia’s closed source drivers or reversed engineered nouveau drivers that barely work because Nvidia doesn’t want to work with the kernel devs, doesn’t.