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Do I actually need to do anything to go from GeForce to Radeon? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My GTX-1080 is getting a little long in the tooth, I'm thinking of going all AMD on my Linux Mint gaming rig here, but...is there anything I need to do or install or uninstall to switch to an AMD card from an Nvidia one?

I've never done this before on a Linux system; I've got my Intel/Radeon laptop, and my Ryzen/GeForce desktop and that's most of my Linux experience.

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[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A heads up if you have a G-Sync monitor from that same era: it may not do variable rate with Freesync. I was ready to pull the trigger and upgrade my 1080 Ti to an AMD card when I caught that detail. So now I need to justify the cost of a new main monitor as well if I want to have smooth variable refresh. Good luck!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Gigabyte...what's this thing's model number? M34WQ is AMD Freesync compatible but not Nvidia G-Sync. Wait, do either of those two technologies work with Linux?

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Freesync works with Linux on AMD, but only over DisplayPort.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My main monitor is already attached via DP, my secondary is actually DVI but it doesn't matter, that's my youtube/Wiki monitor.

Does FreeSync need any configuration of some kind, or just enable it in-game?

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Only supported in KDE, Sway, Hyprland, and gamescope as of right now. Also supported in X11.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable_refresh_rate

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No config. It should just work