I’m building a new controller “10ft” gaming PC for my living room. The CPU is a Ryzen 5 3600X and the motherboard is Asus ROG Strix X570-I. I have never done a Linux-based gaming PC before and I want everything to “just work” as best as possible.
I assume this means go with Bazzite and an AMD gpu? Anything else I need to be aware of? As I said the goal after configuring is for it to be entirely controller-controlled (8bitdo ultimate and DS4).
That’s good to know actually. Is Nvidia so poor with Linux that it wouldn’t be worth it assuming all else being equal?
The NVIDIA drivers are a constant source of problems compared to AMD. I’ve had updates completely break some games, so that if I want to play my whole library of games I have to alternate between driver versions.
I haven’t had great success, it causes more problems than it is worth if you aren’t willing and knowledgeable to troubleshoot any finicky behavior. The nvidia drivers just end up causing a headache. I would never recommend anyone buy an nvidia GPU if they dont have a specific requirement like run local AI/LLMs using CUDA or raytracing (I guess). AMD can also run local LLMs using ROCm, just not supported for 5000 series or lower.
The only Linux distro I (and my friends) have had any success with nvidia GPUs is Bazzite/Aurora. Bazzite is gaming focused and has special nvidia OS images.
@Lemongrab @linux_gaming I’ll second this. Nearly all of my woes whilst distro-hopping went away after I bought and installed a 7900XTX.