{"id":1275125,"date":"2026-03-14T23:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9DA8UK9nRFomE9ooy42LBo"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:46:14","slug":"linus-torvalds-is-still-on-the-same-old-boring-radeon-rx-580-which-is-a-sign-i-probably-dont-need-that-upgrade-ive-been-eying-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/linus-torvalds-is-still-on-the-same-old-boring-radeon-rx-580-which-is-a-sign-i-probably-dont-need-that-upgrade-ive-been-eying-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Torvalds is still on the &#8216;same old boring Radeon RX 580&#8217;, which is a sign I probably don&#8217;t need that upgrade I&#8217;ve been eying up"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to get lightly obsessed with upgrading PC gaming hardware, but if Linux developer Linus Torvalds is still on an old card, maybe I don&#8217;t need that RTX 50-series GPU just yet.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/news\/Radeon-RX-590-Torvalds\" target=\"_blank\">Phoronix<\/a>, Linus Torvalds is still rocking an AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU in their rig, alongside an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lore.kernel.org\/lkml\/CAHk-=wjn5Pg2Gp=o2NVv-nRKqE=E75AxUypWCCpQ7MDXuHx+YA@mail.gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intel i9 15th-Gen laptop<\/a>. These were found in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lore.kernel.org\/lkml\/CAHk-=wimp=a1zH4goKuXjXGMKUsuQDtB-TVNM+JRzk1ht6+c9Q@mail.gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">notes for a DRM regression in Linux 6.17<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In these, a user asks, &#8220;Is that the Polaris card still?&#8221;, to which Torvalds responds, &#8220;Same old boring Radeon RX 580. lspci calls it &#8220;Ellesmere&#8221;, don&#8217;t know about the Polaris codename.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When we reviewed it back in 2017, we gave the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/radeon-rx-580-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radeon RX 580<\/a> an 88%, praising its whopping 8 GB of memory and good DX12 performance. We did note, however, that it uses more power than the Nvidia GTX 1060.<\/p>\n<p>Launching at a price of $229 in April 2017, the Polaris 10-based RX 580 was built on TSMC&#8217;s 14 nm process, with a base clock of 1257 MHz and a TDP of 150 W, and was AMD&#8217;s top card of the day. Comparably, the 5 nm RTX 5050 has just launched at $249, also with 8 GB of memory (though GDDR6 instead of GDDR5), a base clock of 2310 MHz and a TDP of 130 W, and is the bottom of Nvidia&#8217;s current stack.<\/p>\n<p>The two GPUs have a similar number of shaders (with the RX 580 having 2304 and RTX 5050 having 2560), though given the years, architecture generations, and different manufacturers between them, that&#8217;s about as apples to aardvark a comparison as you can make. The new GPUs also have RT units, tensor cores, and a lot more L2 cache (24 vs 2 MB) to play with.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"qbpS93uCskkB7ziorVTUii\" name=\"Asus ROG Strix RX 580 T8G (2).jpg\" alt=\"The back of an RX 580 GPU from AMD\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/linus-torvalds-is-still-on-the-same-old-boring-radeon-rx-580-which-is-a-sign-i-probably-dont-need-that-upgrade-ive-been-eying-up.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As you might expect, what was considered a good amount of video memory back in 2017 is considered quite low right now, with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/intel-arc-b580-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intel&#8217;s budget-oriented B580<\/a> coming with 12 GB of GDDR6 RAM for a similar MSRP. AMD gear has picked up the reputation of &#8216;ageing like fine wine&#8217;, and sometimes leaned into that (<strong>*cough*<\/strong> Vega <strong>*cough*<\/strong>). But it kinda makes sense here, when <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IKkJK9sY9_M\" target=\"_blank\">creators ran the card on new games<\/a> even last year and came away pleasantly surprised by its performance.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of Torvald&#8217;s setup is cheap, though. Phoronix points out he&#8217;s currently running his rig through a 5K monitor, and it appears to be paired with a Ryzen Threadripper CPU.<\/p>\n<p>Though it must be said, Torvalds running the RX 580 is surely less a testament to its gaming staying power than its role in a productivity rig. It&#8217;s still a solid choice for someone working on Linux, partially thanks to its open source driver support, but it will still struggle even on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/battlefield-6-system-requirements-are-in-and-you-probably-wont-need-to-upgrade-your-pc-to-run-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">new games with even modest system requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a sign that &#8216;if it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it&#8217; is an adage for a reason, and one I could afford to listen to every now and then. If a card ages like fine wine, it would probably benefit from actually letting it age.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/linus-torvalds-is-still-on-the-same-old-boring-radeon-rx-580-which-is-a-sign-i-probably-dont-need-that-upgrade-ive-been-eying-up\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s easy to get lightly obsessed with upgrading PC gaming hardware, but if Linux developer Linus Torvalds is still on an old card, maybe I don&#8217;t need that RTX 50-series GPU just yet. As spotted by Phoronix, Linus Torvalds is still rocking an AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU in their rig, alongside an Intel i9 15th-Gen laptop. These were found in the notes for a DRM regression in Linux 6.17. In these, a user asks, &#8220;Is that the Polaris card still?&#8221;, to which Torvalds responds, &#8220;Same old boring Radeon RX 580. lspci calls it &#8220;Ellesmere&#8221;, don&#8217;t know about the Polaris codename.&#8221; When we reviewed it back in 2017, we gave the Radeon RX 580 an 88%, praising its whopping 8 GB of memory and good&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/linus-torvalds-is-still-on-the-same-old-boring-radeon-rx-580-which-is-a-sign-i-probably-dont-need-that-upgrade-ive-been-eying-up\/\">Read 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