Swapping out my Nvida card for AMD. Anything I should know about before hand? - eviltoast

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.

  • cdf12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    310·
    1 month 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
      10·
      1 month 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·
      1 month ago

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