Now where are the 5 nerds here to tell me it’s bug free but I just need to get rid of my Nvidia card 🙄

hi I am here. But you're barking up the wrong tree. Ask NVIDIA to fix their shit on Linux. It's unreasonable for open source devs to fix it when they don't even have access to the source code for NVIDIA drivers?

I could run my 3080 full time at full bore and it’ll cost me $40. That’s 24x7.

The average user is taking $10-$20 a year Delta.

RTX 3080 draws up to 350 watts max.

Energy cost varies wildly per location.

Looking at: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-electricity-by-country

• The average cost of electricity in the US is 0.18USD per kWh
• The average cost of electricity in the UK is 0.40USD per kWh

Sidenote 1: Even within the two countries above, there's going to be massive regional differences, but we're just looking at the averages

Sidenote 2: Other places may have cheaper electricity (e.g. Argentina at 0.08USD per kWh) but that's only half the story since the people there make a lot less money so it still takes up a significant cost for them.

Running the card at those costs 24x7 is:

• US: $10.58USD per week, $552.26USD per year
• UK: $23.52USD per week, $1,227.24USD per year

So a little bigger than:

The average user is taking $10-$20 a year Delta.

Going further, assuming an average 4 year card lifespan, that's:

• US: $2,209.04USD
• UK: $4,908.96USD

Been using Nvidia on Linux for a long time and it mostly works just fine. On occasion a game doesn't work right, in which case I wait a while on that particular game until it does work.

With electricity prices going up, I've actually had people make that decision based on price.

$40/year for 24/7 running? Really? Hmm... I've gotta educate myself on these numbers, I suppose... Also, I have a 3080, too, lol.