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1. LaurensBER · 1791067317 · focus · HN ↗

   I just bought a used Ayaneo 2 handheld, it has an old(er) mobile RDNA 2 GPU and I was blown away by how well this thing performed under Linux. Almost everything (that's not a recent AAA game) runs beautiful and a lot faster/smoother than it does under Windows. The experience has been so good that I'm considering switching my main pc (with a 9070XT) to Linux as well.

   No doubt Timur contributed heavily to this given Valves Steamdeck (which uses a very similar but slower GPU).

   Given the current hardware prices it's pretty awesome to see someone squeezing maximum performance out of old hardware!

   1. Gigachad · 1791070984 · focus · HN ↗

      My experience has been that for Linux you are always better buying older mid tier hardware because all of the issues and optimisations have already been worked out and those changes have flowed through to your distro so you aren’t waiting on kernel updates.

      1. tym0 · 1791072424 · focus · HN ↗

         I've switched my gaming PC last year to Linux and it's been flawless.

         Originally ran a 3070 which matches your "older mid tier" description and then upgraded to a 9070XT maybe 6 months after launch so not so old or mid-tier.

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