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lardandweed

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Registered: 2009-08-24

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Gaming with Wine/Playonlinux - AMD/Nvidia

Hi guys!

I have read that AMD drivers for linux are terrible and handles many games at only 10-50% fps compared to their Nvidia counterparts. However, the most recent article I've read about this was written half a year ago. Has the situation changed since? Is there any benefit to getting Nvidia cards?

The reason I'm asking this is because I'm planning to buy a new rig in December or January. I'm thinking of getting the r9-280x for my graphics card. But if it will only perform at a fraction of its potential in Linux, then I'll probably get a GTX 770.

The downside is that a GTX 770 costs $150-200 more where I live. Nvidia has slashed prices recently, but local retailers have not revised their prices. And they are not likely to do so until a few months later. I'll have to consider the difference in performance between the red and green team and see if it is worth forking out the extra money.

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Re: Gaming with Wine/Playonlinux - AMD/Nvidia

Just get the r9 280x ( aka 7970 ). I have a 7950 and it actually plays many games incredibly well.

Earlier this year, I was looking at getting a gtx 670, but reading this article, and this article helped me in deciding my video card. And it's been doing well ever since.

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lardandweed

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Re: Gaming with Wine/Playonlinux - AMD/Nvidia

Nice!

What resolution and settings do you play at? Could you list some of the games and the fps you get?

I hope to be able to do 1080p at high/max settings. (if the game works well. I heard Skyrim plays brilliantly )

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Re: Gaming with Wine/Playonlinux - AMD/Nvidia

Oh that game, If you don't want an AMD, go for a GTX 670, which isn't that much worse than the gtx 770 ( which is really a 680 ).
Though if you are thinking about going 1440p or something eventually, might as well go AMD... it's more optimized for that.

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lardandweed

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Registered: 2009-08-24

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Re: Gaming with Wine/Playonlinux - AMD/Nvidia

I'm not party to either. I want what works best 

Atm, I really like the 280x for it's performance-price ratio. But if current drivers aren't able to get the card to work at its specifications (or near specifications), then I'm not getting the performance for the price. Which makes the previous point moot. However, the links you posted allay most of my worries.

Last edited by lardandweed (2013-11-14 08:05:36)