Sick project!

It looks like they imported an isometric view into 2D space

Nice teardown! I liked the gif inclusion

I love Nebula. I go there to watch Nebula Exclusives but it’s not great for browsing or discovering new channels…I found everyone I subscribe to on YouTube first

Well shit. I’m committed but it looks like my worries weren’t unfounded.

I can deal with worse performance but definitely not freezing/crashing…hopefully I’m not forced back to Windows

My lack of Linux knowledge is showing…I was under the impression Arch was more for “hardcore” users, is that an outdated mindset (or was it ever true)?

Unfortunately not really an option, the card is “on loan” indefinitely. TLDR: friend runs a 3D lab and orders new PCs + spare cards every two years but those spares have never been used outside of his own PC. So I’ll have a spare until it’s time to upgrade (or if 5 GPUs in the lab die)

What was so bad about it? Was this in the past year? I’m reading a LOT of conflicting stuff

Problem solved, thanks!

The thing that really matters for me as far as gaming goes is frame rate. HDR would be nice but I’ve gone this long without it. I’ll have to look into what I might miss - I do love Shadowplay.

Any issues with ultrawides? I might use this freed up budget to get one

Anything that sets it apart for you? I’ve seen the name in passing but don’t know anything about it

Ah well that makes it easier!

Good call about the updates. I read a bit about the release schedules and assumed I’d want the “more stable” release schedules but that’s a good point about using new hardware.

Good to know about the drivers, too! All of the performance comparisons I read this morning were from earlier this year and Linux was behind by quite a bit with Nvidia.

Does Kubuntu come as “preconfigured” as the more gaming-focused distros? I’ve heard one of the benefits of those is that a lot of the GPU stuff (drivers, config) works out of the box

Redownloading games isn’t a big deal, I just don’t want to take the time to make space and transfer it if it’s gonna freak out lol

Couple of followup questions…

1. Do any distros perform better out-of-the-box with Nvidia?

I didn’t expect to switch so soon so I’m just now deciding. I’m currently torn between Pop OS and Mint. I don’t think I want steamOS because gaming is only half of what I use my PC for - I’d rather a more desktop-oriented distro

My only Linux experience is a few servers and laptops over the years but I’m comfortable following along with CLI tutorials

2. Are my current game files useless or can I copy them over?

90% of my games are on a secondary 2tb NVME. I have a home server I can back them up them up to before reformatting but I’m guessing I can’t just point Steam to that folder and have it rebuild my library, right?

3. When it’s time to upgrade the rest of the machine, should I go AMD for the cpu?

Conventional wisdom used to be pairing Intel with Nvidia and AMD with AMD. Is that still the case? Should I stick to Intel?

I actually would prefer to be contacted on teams instead of email…

I’m copied on EVERYTHING, my inbox is utterly useless