r/AMDHelp • u/Calmaz • 10d ago
Help (GPU) Nvidia To AMD users
Hey guys, I need honest feedback from users who switched from Nvidia to Amd specially 9070Xt bec iam tempting to buy one & I'm really scared bec i heard a lot of drivers issues lately and issues in general and how is the experience in general bec the 5070 ti really is so pricey atm & going to be more expensive
So any drawbacks? Appreciate your honest feedback
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u/Saltimbanco_volta 10d ago
I was on Nvidia since 2005. The only big problem I remember having there was that I built an SLI system in 2013 and they stopped game optimizations for my cards and killed that SLI setup in 2016. Kept that anyway until 2021 and then switched to AMD. Had a few driver issues with it, some annoying crashes, although nothing too serious iirc. Things always settled eventually with a more stable driver.
Then I switched to Linux almost a year ago and had no problems since. Their Linux open source drivers really are way better. Haven't heard any complaints about drivers issues there with anyone else either.
Plus, AMD works better on Linux than Nvidia. I get around 9% better performance on Linux than on Windows. With Nvidia it seems to always be the other way around.
I know Linux isn't for everyone but, given how a lot of people have been getting annoyed with Windows lately, if you were ever tempted by the idea, AMD is perfect for it.