AMD RX400 and 500 series running on Linux
AMD RX400 and 500 series running on Linux
With a recent AMD 400 or 500 series card running Linux, the system works well. No significant problems reported. Nvidia drivers sometimes fail to handle suspend, but no official solution exists yet.
The phrasing suggests it sounds like he's leveraging multiple GPUs simultaneously.
The process is designed to function effectively even with a single GPU.
For details on how Linux systems perform, check the relevant articles on Phoronix. Compare the latest Ubuntu release with older versions at their respective pages. Explore the AMDGPU-Pro driver performance versus open-source Mesa drivers and the Linux kernel at Phoronix.
I've reviewed those sources; they focus on benchmarks rather than usability issues. Serious bugs like Nvidia suspending Debian or Ubuntu aren't typically reported there.
Keep in mind that results can differ. My laptop has 960m and Intel HD Graphics 520, but I use open source Mesa drivers (running on KDE Neon with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS). What others have told me suggests open source drivers work well for most Linux tasks. For example, the open source Nvidia driver (Mesa included) supports Wayland, whereas the proprietary version doesn’t yet. Still, open source drivers may not always handle the newest hardware as smoothly as proprietary ones and can vary in performance. It’s worth noting that the RadeonSI open source driver (part of Mesa) seems to perform better than Nouveau, while the Nvidia proprietary driver outperforms the AMDGPU-PRO driver. For most users, sticking to older hardware in Linux is a safer choice unless you want to try something new.