I recently changed my desktop from Windows 10 to OpenSUSE Leap, and I have a AMD XFX R9 390 video card. OpenSUSE runs fine with the radeon driver, but of course I have no OpenCL support. There seems to be a quirk with the AMDGPU-pro driver and OpenSUSE Leap, and I just haven't been able to get it to work. I could play with another distro, but to be honest I've used OpenSUSE for years and I just like it and am comfortable with it.
It seems like there are still a lot of issues with both NVidia and AMD in Linux. Looking at video cards, and being a little surprised at how they've stagnated, it looks like I'd have to spend quite a bit of money to get a NVidia card with equivalent or better performance than my existing card. It seems like taking a big chance to do that, and end up with the same (or worse) results. Does anyone have any current experience with OpenSUSE and Nvidia with OpenCL?
I am interested in OpenCL support mostly because I primarily use the machine for photography, and a lot of the tools will use it for rendering. I don't really play games any more, although I'd like to maybe set up a dual boot for the rare occasion I do play them. I really have the itch to build a new Ryzen rig, but this machine is still fairly quick (i7-4790k).
It seems like there are still a lot of issues with both NVidia and AMD in Linux. Looking at video cards, and being a little surprised at how they've stagnated, it looks like I'd have to spend quite a bit of money to get a NVidia card with equivalent or better performance than my existing card. It seems like taking a big chance to do that, and end up with the same (or worse) results. Does anyone have any current experience with OpenSUSE and Nvidia with OpenCL?
I am interested in OpenCL support mostly because I primarily use the machine for photography, and a lot of the tools will use it for rendering. I don't really play games any more, although I'd like to maybe set up a dual boot for the rare occasion I do play them. I really have the itch to build a new Ryzen rig, but this machine is still fairly quick (i7-4790k).
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