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Switching from Nvidia to AMD (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by BeyondRuby@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently on EndeavourOS that i set up like a week ago and I'm using a 4070 currently, I'm really new to Linux I used mint for about two months and just swapped over to EndeavourOS, but I wanted to know the proper way to swap over to the AMD card some people are saying I need to remove the Nvidia drivers and the add AMDs drivers then swap or others are saying just drop it in and then last is I have to reinstall the os, what is the proper way to do my upgrade? Thanks in advance sorry for the formatting

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[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You should remove the nvidia drivers. AFAIK leaving them on won't affect the AMD GPU, but no sense in keeping them if you aren't using them.

AMD's open source drivers work perfectly out of the box and come with the mesa package which comes packaged with most Linux distros, so it's pretty much plug and play.

Just some FYI notes : Arch purists might get upset if you ask for help with Arch-derived distros (like Endeavour) on their forums. Also, RTFM. Check if https://wiki.archlinux.org/ has clear answers before asking online. Learning for yourself is always better than being spoonfed

[–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the reply, and I did try to answer the question myself I just wanted to make sure I came to the correct conclusion with my research I guess I should have been more clear, and I only chose here because I couldn't find a community for my OS on Lemmy I'm sure there is one I just needed a quick answer. Thanks for the warning though lol arch purist are the reason people are afraid to make the switch or ask questions it's ridiculous honestly