I’m getting handed down either 1080TI or Rx Vega 64. 1080TI definitely has better benchmarks however how is experience of them being used on Linux (I use Pop OS)? If Rx Vega provides stable / reliable experience then I would pick that.
[EDIT/UPDATE]: picked up rx vega, pretty good out of the box experience
On a slow updating system like PopOS/Ubuntu with X11 the binary Nvidia drivers are ok, but if you plan to keep the card longer and maybe switch to a rolling-release distro, then the open-source drivers for AMD cards are much more convenient.
I think the 1080TI uses less power though, so this might be another consideration for sizing the PSU and longer term electricity costs.
Personally I would go with the AMD card, but that’s mostly because I prefer the open-source drivers not because it is the better hardware. But I am also happy with my Radeon 480 8GB, which is even worse ;)
Yup leaning towards Vega right now, my past experience with proprietary drivers is not very good. Quite a few times OS update doesn’t update driver and got black screen