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Originally posted by Raka555 View PostInteresting that the RX 480 is the most popular GPU on linux.
It is also weird that the RX 480 is up by 0.7% in the last month, since these are not on sale new for a long time now.
To me it indicates that the trends of the survey is kind of lagging approx 2 years behind or linux users are buying up all the old RX 480s ...
I've had previously a R9 290 and it was a living nightmare, since I got my 480 gaming on Linux is bliss.
When it came upgrading my secondary computer, I bought a second RX 480 on ebay because I prefer 10-20 less fps with a smooth sailing rather than "the greatest" RX 5XX which runs fine only 6 months to a year after release.
The RX480 currently provides one of the most solid gaming experiences in Linux.Last edited by JPFSanders; 02 October 2019, 09:13 AM.
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Originally posted by skeevy420 View Post
I have to assume that's partly because the RX 5*0 cards tend to be reported as RX 4*0.
RX 480s and 580s are damn good cards for a combination of value, Linux compatibility, guaranteed long-term Linux support, guaranteed major desktop environment performance and support, gaming performance, computing standards support, they both over and under clock very good, and they're mature enough that most major bugs have been squashed. IMHO, they're the best AMD cards for a 1080p Linux desktop that also plays games.
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Originally posted by Raka555 View Post
It would make much more sense if this is the case.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostProbably because these developers are working for server features first.
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Originally posted by kpedersen View Post
This is very true. Open-source seems a little too volatile to really produce a polished desktop. The technology changes too fast and too sporadically without working together for perfect interoperability.
Just small subtle things like missing icons in the default install, default display brightness in login screen not being restored or remembering which audio output to use per user often work for a few revisions but are then broken during the next. And when they do work, something else is a little broken.
That said, compared to Windows 7, I find Windows 10 to have a few more breakages, especially around screen layout or using less consumer tools (gpedit.msc, services.msc, etc). Often there are resize issues causing the components to cut off around the edges. So perhaps it isn't just open-source that is dropping the ball here.
Linux? It seems every time the Kernel gets bumped for one or two minor fixes *everything* needs to be re-compiled against it. And normal people do not want to deal with that. Sure, Microsoft breaks stuff all the time, but they (usually) fix it in short order.
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Originally posted by Raka555 View PostInteresting that the RX 480 is the most popular GPU on linux.
It is also weird that the RX 480 is up by 0.7% in the last month, since these are not on sale new for a long time now.
To me it indicates that the trends of the survey is kind of lagging approx 2 years behind or linux users are buying up all the old RX 480s ...
But come to think of it. I bought a new PC about 2 months ago, but I am not expecting to see another steam survey for the next year or more. In this light it explains why the trends are more than 2 years old.
Also my RX580 reports as a RX580, so I don't think it's those cards posing as the wrong model.
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Originally posted by Aeder View Post
I think it has to do with the survey being kinda bad at its job. If you have an intel processor and a discrete GPU, it's very likely to report the intel graphics instead. And if later you switch to a Ryzen and keep the GPU, it will report correctly. That way the % goes up without anyone actually buying a new video card.
Also my RX580 reports as a RX580, so I don't think it's those cards posing as the wrong model.
On 19.3 and Linux 5.3 I still see it occasionally reported as either the generic POLARIS10 or as an RX 480 under Wine and Proton with DXVK. I haven't played any games with D9VK or Wine's DX11 in a good while to know what they report my GPU as these days.
Looking at Steam's reported Linux OS numbers, the majority of people are on Ubuntu LTS followed by Ubuntu, Arch, & Manjaro which are using Mesa 16.04, 19.0, 19.1, & 19.1 paired with Linux 4.15, 5.0, 5.3, & 5.2 meaning that the majority of people are using versions of Mesa and the kernel that, for me with those combinations, reported my 580 as a 480.
What's interesting is if the trend in their OS numbers continue, it'll soon be Ubuntu LTS, Arch, Ubuntu, Manjaro. Interesting that "hard to use" Arch is the #3 most used distribution they're reporting. I was expecting to see one of the heavyweights like Suse, Debian, or Fedora after the Ubuntu family, not Arch & Noob Arch, I mean, Manjaro.
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