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Which graphics card to replace my 1060 with no AI? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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What the title says. I can tolerate rather old cards that still constitute a decent upgrade, such as the better 20xx series or amd equivalents and what not. I will buy the proper psu to feed it before I actually buy the card.

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[–] Goten@piefed.social 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

do you plan on using linux? if yes, then dont buy nvidia.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If you plan on using you GPU at all currently don't buy Nvidia, the drivers are a mess and they've been blackmailing reviewers.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This for sure. I've heard about the blackmail schemes NVIDIA will go to ensure people don't realize that the reviewers are kinda toast if they don't say nice things about it. I use an NVIDIA GPU myself for AI purposes and video editing, because I need the power of NVIDIA for those particular purposes.

I think reviewers like Gamers Nexus have some sort of idea of how that works.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

my nvidia gtx 960 (2015, closed driver, open is not complete) gets 35fps in counterstrike 2 and my amd hd 7750 (2012, open driver) too 35fps! xD fuck nvidia (linux bazzite)

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit I used to own both of these, 7 years ago

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have done the math and it was more like 11 years ago

[–] Goten@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

i know a local computer shop, he gifted the 960 to me and the 7750 i found in his archive. lol :) they are now in my main pc. i can play most games, on low obviously but im happy. i dont game much anymore so i havent yet bought a new gpu or pc.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Ahh I think that's what borked my system a few days ago. Corrupted postfix service and I had to spend an evening finding out how to re-install it and the driver, which I ended up having to reinstall twice.

[–] Bananablob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Possibly, yes. Are the drivers that hard to get working? Also does that relate to the whole raytracing ai, blur and or ghosting artifacts?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

If you plan on using you GPU at all currently don’t buy Nvidia, the drivers are a mess and they’ve been blackmailing reviewers.

I think 'themoonisacheese' meant to reply to you. They're Just a shitty company overall.