… Right now, it's hard not to feel like AMD is asking us to look ahead all while it hasn't fully delivered on what's already here. Related 12 years ago, I left AMD for NVIDIA, and AMD has never given me a reason to come back NVIDIA's ecosystem became about much more than silicon, years ago. …
… You will have a relatively smoother experience with AMD graphics cards due to the open-source drivers integrated into the kernel. You can expect faster performance and more predictable driver updates on AMD GPUs. …
… Instead, it's foundational in a way that most updates rarely are. …
… Related 12 years ago, I left AMD for NVIDIA, and AMD has never given me a reason to come back NVIDIA's ecosystem became about much more than silicon, years ago. …
… AMD kept feeding it new chips well past the point where most platforms would have been quietly retired, and the ecosystem still functions perfectly fine today. …
… And even when I tried one of AMD's Ryzen AI processors, it still wouldn't work. These processors were a big leap for AMD laptops with a lot of changes, so that might be why. …
… We've already seen recent SteamOS updates laying the groundwork for the OS expanding outward , along with tiny quality-of-life updates that are clearly setting the stage for the Steam Machine's release in late 2026 hopefully . …
… The broader ecosystem is still catching up, too. …
