I read a few posts from a few years ago that they suffered from some sort of ring crash bug frequently.

If you’re currently on either of those cards, how is the stability nowadays? Any hiccups or problems, or is it 100% in gaming now?

Bonus question, does the Mesa driver allow you to access the VCN video encoder on the gpu?

EDIT: Thanks for all your responses, everyone! The consensus clearly shows they’re pretty balin’, and definitely worthy of switching away from Nvidia to. :D

  • thisfro@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    5 个月前

    I have a 6800XT and not had a single problem, it’s been rock solid on Linux and even windows

    Not sure about VCN, I do not use it for any video encoding

  • Robin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 个月前

    6700XT here. Never had any issues. Been using this card for like 2 years on Fedora. Can’t comment on the video encoder though.

  • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    5 个月前

    5700xt. Oh yeah, I used to have that issue. It went away. Haven’t had issues for years now. I’m on a rolling-release distro so always the latest kernel/mesa.

  • Grey Cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 个月前

    In normal usage they have no problems. The only issue they have always had, is if you try run them in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough.

    They have the dreaded AMD reset bug.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    5 个月前

    RX6650 XT, everything works fine on my Linux desktop (Tumbleweed), my SO had had some issues on Windows with the 6700XT, but they run games in the background almost 24/7, so it could just be a heat issue in the ITX case.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 个月前

    not a single issue with my 6700xt. Even Raytracing works, not that I really bother to use it since its such a pointless FPS drain, but thats besides the point.

    • boaratio@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 个月前

      I have a 6700xt and can confirm it’s just plug and play. No need to mess with those stupid Nvidia drivers, and the performance is pretty great.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 个月前

        yep. Upgrading was super easy too.

        Just pulled out my old one (Which was also an AMD card, just to state it obviously), physically installed the new one, and that was all. No driver shenanigans like on windows.

  • Silverchase@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    5 个月前

    Never had issues with my 6800 XT. I’ve rendered videos on GPU via the option often labeled as VAAPI. x264’s veryfast mode on CPU is very much enough for screen recording and streaming, though.

    I’m using whatever Radeon drivers Fedora and/or Steam happen to ship with.

  • ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    5 个月前

    6700 XT user here. I’m gaming daily and I have no issues with it, or rather none specific to it’s RDNA2 chip.

    I can access the H264 and H265 video encoders in OBS via VA-API with no issues and they seem to work fine, as opposed to AMD’s Polaris architecture

  • swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    5 个月前

    RX6800 here, no issues on Arch other than ray-tracing causing crashes on Cyberpunk, sometimes taking the whole system with it, but as soon as I turned it off everything was groovy. 0 issues on other games, although it’s been a while since I’ve put it to any real challenge, as I’ve been playing Balatro lately.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 个月前

    Never had any issue with my old RX 5700 XT beside hot temperature and so noise, I have mitigated it with changing thermal paste and undervolting it. 0 issue with my RX 6600, so for my RX 7800 XT either

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    41·
    5 个月前

    I haven’t had any issues with my RX 6700 XT. It works great for games and CAD. I’ve never gotten the video encoding working though. I think it needs the proprietary drivers.