Unless Nvidia improves the driver situation on Linux, I'll be switching to an AMD card next. I'm on a 3080 at the moment though so probably won't be for a while yet.
I dealt with the Nvidia Linux drivers for years across both a GTX 1070 and an RTX 3060 before getting an RX 6700 XT, and I'll never go back to Nvidia after this. Difference was night and day, stuff just works, no more tinkering every single update.
What's the deal with games needing so much VRAM nowadays? For the same resolution, I don't really think they look any better, but run way worse and require much more powerful hardware.
I think it's because the new consoles have access to so much RAM/VRAM. So the games are developed targeting the large memory pools of the consoles, where the devs know they'll have plenty, and then aren't adjusted when they're ported to PC
That's what I think as well. Consoles are always dictating hardware targets so it is no surprise that with more VRAM/RAM in consoles the texture sizes increase as well.
"reasonable prices" when compared to peak 2021.... $800 for a 4070 Super is still nuts.
Exactly. And giving only their Super versions reasonable VRAM is Nvidias typical upsell tactic again.
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