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The thing that really matters for me as far as gaming goes is frame rate. HDR would be nice but I've gone this long without it. I'll have to look into what I might miss - I do love Shadowplay.
Any issues with ultrawides? I might use this freed up budget to get one
Ultrawides work fine, I use two of them at once π. I wish HDR was supported in every app but even on Windows it's hit or miss. In some cases Linux has higher framerates than Windows, your performance is not gonna be bad.
Oh yeah forgot about Shadowplay. You won't have that either. You'll have to find a recording app for Linux that uses NVENC (so your framerates won't be affected).
As far as ultrawides, you may have issues with games that require you to set a custom resolution for them to display properly. I have a 16:9 display and as such, I haven't dabbled in that field much, so I don't know how well Linux is at creating custom resolutions from within the OS itself.
OBS can use NVENC, though IIRC it needs to be built with support enabled, which may not be the case for all distros' package managers.
Does OBS have a feature where it automatically deletes what it records if you don't press a hotkey to save the footage? I thought OBS was meant mainly for streamers.
There's a plugin for it. I've not personally tested it though. https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-hadowplay.1728/
Thereβs gpu screen recorder, and gpu screen recorder UI which is basically a clone of the shadowplay ui. Itβs worked pretty well for me on arch
https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder-ui/about/
Problem solved, thanks!