I just got hold of an AMD RX7800 XT to replace my current Nvidia RTX3080.

I’m likely overthinking this but from what I understand I should just be able to swap the cards then uninstall the Nvidia drivers correct?

I’m running EndeavourOS which I installed with the option to include the Nvidia drivers by default so dunno if that changes anything? I’ve been daily driving Linux for exactly a year as of this month but I still kinda feel like a newbie sometimes lmao. Thanks in advance!

(Update) I got my AMD card installed and loaded up Wayland with no issues, only thing I had to install was the AMD Vulkan drivers for Steam.

  • D_Air1@lemmy.ml
    141·
    9 months ago

    I’ve never done the process myself, but I would probably uninstall the nvidia drivers while the system is still running, install whatever amd packages you need I know there are some vulkan packages that people need that aren’t installed by default, and then power off and swap the cards.

    • HouseWolf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      You just got me to remember something about a Vulkan package when I first installed Steam so gonna find the AMD package for that. Thanks!

        • offspec@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          Most distros have a vk package that steam depends on that varies based on hardware, there is a system different package for amd than Nvidia or Intel.

            • offspec@lemmy.world
              1·
              9 months ago

              I’ve encountered the issue on arch and fedora, don’t have the package name off the top of my head but both package managers ask you to pick a package to fulfill the dependency.

              • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                I see, appreciate the info. I’ll have a poke around on fedora later today

    • cdf12345@lemm.eeEnglish
      36·
      9 months ago

      Even if you install the drivers while the system is running, it is not recommended to remove the card while the system is running.

      • D_Air1@lemmy.ml
        4·
        9 months ago

        I never suggested that they remove the card while the system is running. You must have skipped the part in my comment that says power off and swap the cards

      • HouseWolf@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Don’t worry I wasn’t planning on sticking my hands into a powered up PC anyway haha.