• Nsh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Two reasons:

    • Nvidia is mostly closed source so no driver on Linux without reverse engineering
    • Steam deck and other handhelds device
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      1 year ago

      Nvidia doesn’t make CPUs, which is what this headline is referring to. The headline is still a bit surprising because Intel’s Linux support is first-class, but yeah, there’s more than a million Steam Decks out there in the wild now, I imagine that accounts for a large chunk of this stat

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        1 year ago

        For me, choosing AMD in my newest laptop over Intel boiled down to iGPU. In previous years I had an Intel with their iGPU, which was underwhelming. For the next one, I chose Intel with a discrete Nvidia card, which was a mistake due to a power drain, proprietary drivers, and all-around hustle. For the first time in decades, I chose AMD CPU, finally lifting away the resentment of anything ATI-related from decades ago. I must say that I am immensely happy with the choice, speed, reliability, power consumption, thermal control, and the iGPU (Rembrandt).

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          1 year ago

          Were I in the market for a new laptop I imagine I’d go through nearly the same thought process. AMD iGPUs are quite good.