Hey guys, sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this (feel free to point me to a better community) but I’m in a weird “predicament” this summer: My AMD build plans are in shambles after receiving a free ROG Astral 5080.

Now I want to make the switch now with my current (Intel i7-13700K) hardware + this new card. I was only considering AMD before but it’s really hard to say no to a video card worth more than my entire budget lol

The slightly worse performance compared to Windows is still an upgrade from my 3070 so that’s fine - It’s initial/recurring troubleshooting I don’t really want to deal with. Most of the info I’ve found is from earlier this year and no one speaks highly of the beta drivers

Sorry if this is a stupid question but am I setting myself up for disappointment with this new plan? I have a few more related questions I’ll toss in the comments but that’s my main concern.

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    2 months ago

    Oh yeah forgot about Shadowplay. You won’t have that either. You’ll have to find a recording app for Linux that uses NVENC (so your framerates won’t be affected).

    As far as ultrawides, you may have issues with games that require you to set a custom resolution for them to display properly. I have a 16:9 display and as such, I haven’t dabbled in that field much, so I don’t know how well Linux is at creating custom resolutions from within the OS itself.

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      2 months ago

      OBS can use NVENC, though IIRC it needs to be built with support enabled, which may not be the case for all distros’ package managers.

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        2 months ago

        Does OBS have a feature where it automatically deletes what it records if you don’t press a hotkey to save the footage? I thought OBS was meant mainly for streamers.