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by baq 705 days ago
GPUs have the most complex drivers in the whole system, we're talking tens of millions LOCs, so it is absolutely not surprising that you're having issues like that given how recent AMD's investment into APUs is. I wouldn't use them for a few more years; get a cheap discrete GPU from nvidia or maybe even from Intel.
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Hm? AMD's investing in APUs is not a new thing, that's going back to the FX days with their FM1 socket. Since Ryzen 1 they have their G APUs, and their integrated graphics power the steamdeck and many other mobile handhelds. Plus, Intel's integrated graphics are known for their driver issues (and so is Arc, for now), so I'd disagree with that recommendation.
APU is not only not a new thing, it’s a marketing term AMD themselves invented over 10 years ago pushing the entire concept of having an iGPU.
The rtx3090 is an Ampere gpu, and will apparently be supported in the new open nVidia driver release.

Should get interesting soon =)

In Nova? Or just the in-kernel component?
Press release:

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-t...

Yet to personally try it out, but this should eventually enable better integration with the library ecosystems. =3