I've been intel w/ nvidia since 2007 on Linux. Recent trends have me thinking AMD is the way to go for my next one though. I think I've got so used to the rough edges of Nvidia that they stopped bothering me.

As someone who has been ignoring AMD for most of this time, (my last AMD product was something in the Athlon XP line), can I do Intel CPU w/ AMD discrete GPU?

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, this is what my wife was doing. I'm also doing the reverse: AMD CPU, NVidia GPU. I considered AMD but went NVidia mostly for the PPW on an undervolted 4070. It results in a cool, quiet, low-wattage machine that can handle anything that matters to me, which AMD GPUs still can't match this gen even with the upcoming 7800XT they're trying to compare against the 4070. I'd wait for some PPW analysis before making a choice depending on your needs. There's way more to the analysis than GPU source code or even raw performance that is often overlooked.

Oh,and don't sleep on AMD. Though I don't feel like the AM5 platform is fully baked, Ryzen architecture is rock-solid and I fully recommend using it if your history with Athlon is what's keeping you away. I actively avoided them for the same reason until a friend convinced me otherwise, and I'm so glad I did.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, will take a hard look when it's time to buy again. I forgot to specify that I was explicitly discussing Linux usage also - assume same answer?

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Can't speak to that, unfortunately. But I assume there would be no issues. The devices themselves are system agnostic; Windows isn't doing anything special to make them play nice with each other.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I get back to you, say, in three weeks?

I'm about to put together a machine based on a AB350 chipset, with a Ryzen 5 (g series, for graphics from the start) and after that I intend to install on it a budget RX580.

If the thing doesn't ignite or explode, I'll gladly share the end result.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

No rush whatsoever, but I'd be thrilled to hear about your results when you are done.

[–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, AMD GPUs work great across the board no matter the CPU.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I should have specified "in Linux" more explicitly - same answer? :-)