• klangcola@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    Damn, finally! A gaming laptop with AMD graphics :D it looks overall well specced too

    Sadly I'm not in the market cause I bought a gaming laptop with Nvidia 2 years ago, and it's still way too good to justify replacing. Too bad laptops with AMD graphics were made of Unobtainium until now

  • F04118F@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    Great! It's good to see they are also contributing upstream!

    If you're not rich or willing enough to contribute to this, the ASUS TUF Advantage (2023) is a very similar all-AMD gaming laptop, a good fit for Linux, at roughly half the price on sale. I've been using it for a few months now. Zen3+ cores instead of Zen4 but 32GB RAM and an RX7600S, but with only 1920x1200 pixels at 165 Hz, instead of 1440p.

    Just make sure to install a distro with a recent kernel version:

    • Pop!_OS (best "just works" distro with recent kernel)
    • Fedora 39+ or derivative (such as Nobara)
    • Archlinux or a derivative like EndeavourOS or Garuda

    Linux Mint will not work out of the box so if you insist on Linux Mint, you will have to install a newer kernel yourself.

    It's good but not strictly necessary to install asusctl and supergfxctl on it for stuff like limiting battery charge to 80% and turning off the dGPU when working away from wall power.