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minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 hours agoWhat is the intel GPU driver scenario on Linux? What about game stability?
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 hours agoThe real issue is spotty compatibility with older games or even things that nobody would normally think about being problematic, like emulators.
minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoSo I’m guessing that it’s worse than Nvidia but has the scope to become better because it’s open-source.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoThey are far worse than AMD, which is a very low bar already.
minus-squarejbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agohttps://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-windows-linux opengl perf is ok on linux, but vulkan is somehow much better on their windows drivers (for now)
minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 hours agoIntel has like half the valuation of AMD at this point. So expect it to be as good as AMD to half as good. It’s hard to beat Nvidia since they can hire more than 10x the people.
minus-squarePonyOfWarlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·8 hours agoAMD has much better Linux drivers than Nvidia though, so that line of reasoning doesn’t really work.
minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agofair point when it comes to gaming. My only contact point with Linux + GPU drivers is at work, where everyone would laugh if you’d suggest buying AMD cards
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoFor now. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nvidia-transitioning-open-source-gpu-152323688.html
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What is the intel GPU driver scenario on Linux? What about game stability?
The real issue is spotty compatibility with older games or even things that nobody would normally think about being problematic, like emulators.
So I’m guessing that it’s worse than Nvidia but has the scope to become better because it’s open-source.
They are far worse than AMD, which is a very low bar already.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-b580-windows-linux
opengl perf is ok on linux, but vulkan is somehow much better on their windows drivers (for now)
Intel has like half the valuation of AMD at this point. So expect it to be as good as AMD to half as good.
It’s hard to beat Nvidia since they can hire more than 10x the people.
AMD has much better Linux drivers than Nvidia though, so that line of reasoning doesn’t really work.
fair point when it comes to gaming. My only contact point with Linux + GPU drivers is at work, where everyone would laugh if you’d suggest buying AMD cards
For now. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nvidia-transitioning-open-source-gpu-152323688.html