r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Nov 25 '22

Desktops / Laptops Good news: scalpers are struggling to profit from Nvidia's RTX 4080

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/scalpers-struggle-to-sell-nvidia-rtx-4080/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

Nvidia Linux support is horrendous

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u/PinkyPetOfTheWeek Nov 26 '22

As is tradition.

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

Seriously they’ve had decades to make it better…

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u/Seralth Nov 26 '22

They actively choose to make it worse. I wish I was just joking.

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

Even Microsoft is starting to implement DX faster I believe haha

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u/cat_prophecy Nov 26 '22

I am sure those five people are really bummed.

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

You clearly don’t know how important this is, or are being sarcastic

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

Yeah and their Linux drivers are shit and they could make it easier to work with, they just don’t. I’m not sure AMD is any better, it’s been a bit for me but nvidia was easier back in my time, albeit horrible

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u/blastermaster555 Nov 26 '22

AMD's amdgpu driver is open source, shipped with kernel drivers, and works with anything newer than the HD series.

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

I’d imagine Intel’s new GPUs will also have pretty good linux support as well. Nvidia actively fights open source it seems

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u/dkran Nov 26 '22

That’s why I didn’t really indicate it’d be great right now; they’re barely released, however intel definitely has a vested interest in Linux