Need Opinions and/or Suggestions For Which AMD card To Buy

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I am needing to replace an Nvidia 3060 in my main rig to avoid driver issues when I deploy Linux on it. I don’t want to deal with these avoidable issues. I have enough issues just learning how to use the software, I don’t need the headache of an uncooperative tech company on top of it.

I am going to be using the current Rock release.

I use it for work mostly and gaming when I have time. I run 3 1440p Monitors.

I am fine buying used, the card does not need to be top of the line fancy pants. I mostly play games at least 5+ years old, and many much older. I usually only buy cards every 5-6 years.

Reliability and compatibility with Linux are my main concerns.

Any suggestions or opinions about specific models are what I am looking for.

Thanks in advance!

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It will greatly depend on your region, and your budget. I bought an RX 580 8GB and it plays the games I already own. I have two ViewSonic 28" monitors plugged into it with DP to DVI cables. My success rate has been pretty high, but some of the tech I am using would be considered “ancient” by younger people. :wink:

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Oh yeah, region matters, forgot about that. I am in the USA.

Also forgot to mention I have a PCI Express 4.0 slot to work with.

Budget is negotiable, but under $400 would be nice.

Was looking at newish models, they use PCIE 5.0, but price is not bad.

Not upgrading motherboard at this time so it is what it is.

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WorstBuy has a RX 6650XT 8GB, PCIe 4.0 with 3x DP and 1x HDMI for about $300.

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I too use a lot of old tech.

This computer is the only one I really keep “up to date” as far as hardware goes.

I am tempted to go with this year’s Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB even though it is PCIE 5. It would not matter that much for my use case. If the price of the PCIE 4 cards were $200 or less I would go that route, but with the price difference being less than $100, I might just go with newer.

It is $369 at Newegg.

Only problem is, Rock might not have a new enough kernel to support it. Card is hot off the press.

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I found a used AMD Radeon RX 7600 8GB on the old eBay for $214

I really don’t play AAA fancy games anyway. I’m more of an indie guy.

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Pretty much any AMD 6000 series on should work fine; 5000 series is ok. My only suggestion would be if you’re buying older cards (6000/7000) get the upper end ones

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check requirement for your 3 monitors , 3 DP or 3 Hdmi.

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I just bought a refurbished RX 6600 for around $170, and it’s working great in an old PC that I was looking to upgrade. I literally just popped it in, and it worked perfectly right away. Definitely shop around, and if you’re okay with refurbished models, you’ll likely find a good deal.

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Most of what I’ve read says to use kernel 6.15 for the 9060xt, but 6.12 is the minimum to have it working. Rock is on 6.14, so a 9060xt would work but might still have some bugs.

The RX7600 8gb is about the same as a 3060 8gb. If you’re getting a new gpu I would say you should try to upgrade rather than just sidestepping. RX7600xt, RX6700 or 6750xt, RX6800xt would all be good options if you can find them in your price range. Intel B570 or B580 are supposed to be pretty solid on 6.14 kernel and are about the same as a 3060, and are usually cheaper than the amd cards…usually.

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I’m using a RX 6750XT and I just built a PC for my wife using a RX 6600 8GB. Both cards are working great. The 6600 was a good deal cheaper at around $200 I believe but my wife has been playing fairly new games on it at 1080p and she’s getting solid frame rates at mid to high settings depending on the game. I’m not sure how it would fare at 1440 though. You might have to buy something a little more powerful depending on intended use. Unfortunately GPU prices aren’t spectacular at the moment.

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I’m currently looking at the 7600. Decided I am buying used for now. My next motherboard upgrade will give me a PCIE 5 slot so I’ll just upgrade them.

A newer card would just bottleneck on my cpu anyway.

If I’m being honest with myself, I’m not going to have enough game time to justify a card upgrade currently.

Thanks for all the input. In my younger days, I would have just upgraded everything using this as an excuse lol.

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I can use either cable does not matter. Makes it easier as long as it has at least 3 total ports.

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My old card was a 1080ti which is about on par with your 3060. I upgraded to a used 6700xt with a huge jump in performance and no driver issues.

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I decided to go with the Radeon RX 6700 XT, using Bidnapper to line up some bids now. Should be able to come in under $200 after shipping and tax.

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, since I am on 1440 p monitors I think less than 12GB would be a downgrade.

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So far, I just use an Intel Integrated GPU, but I have recently seen some good reviews of some of the Intel Arc GPUs.
I like Intel more than I like AMD, as Intel is more permissive in its licencing.
Anyone have any experience with how they play with Linux in general, and OML in particular?

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I have an Arc A380 for media transcoding. it does everything I need. I have heard that the Arc cards only work well with intel 10th gen and newer or ryzen 2nd gen and newer.

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@harkonnen007
Im in a same situation. If you play games,older then 5 years and those games was considered as AAA tire and you want to preserve the same graphic quality go with Radeon RX 7600 8 GB or XT version which is 16 GB. You probably need an 16 GB XT version if you doing lots of 3D or CAD or video production.

Radeon RX 7xx is power hungry So any PSU below 550W 80+ gold is a big no no.
Psu 550W is on a verge of beeing to weak for that card if you consider TDP factor with millisecond power peaks

Disclamer
That sentence is true for countries with 220V 50Hz current in electrical socket not shitty U.S.A standard of 120V 60 Hz. In that case i would go 80+ platinum or atleast buy anything good above 600W

Sorry for my utterly horrible English

PS If you have 3 QHD monitors 8 GB is a huge no go 12 is kinda ok 16 should play nice

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I will have RX 7600XT in my pc in two weeks from now I will report if it works but it shoud it is supported from kernel 6.3

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The 120v part is bad. The 60Hz part is good.
I’ve read that some countries can get 5000W+ outta their regular outlets, while here in North America, we’re stuck with 1800W for the most part, some recently built places with 20A wiring can handle 2400W, and even our 240V 20A split-phase maxes out at 4800W. Many homes (like mine) only have two circuits that can exceed those, for an electric stove and a hot water tank, some have more, for a dryer, etc.
That’s why you don’t see instant hot water heaters here, our home wiring is generally not good enough to support them.