Do I need to reinstall Bazzite with Bazzite for AMD GPUs if I switch my Nvidia GPU to AMD GPU?

I'm thinking about changing desktop gaming PC, which has and Nvidia RTX 2060, from Linux Mint to Bazzite and Bazzite apparently has two different version, one for AMD GPUs and another for Nvidia GPU. I'm planning on upgrading my existing Nvidia card to AMD Radeon RX 9060 some time early 2026 but if I switch from Linux Mint to Bazzite right now, I'd have to go for the Nvidia version of Bazzite and I don't want to have to reinstall Bazzite into the AMD version by the time I upgrade.

�𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓪 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝔂 I'm thinking about changing desktop gaming PC, which has and Nvidia RTX 2060, fr...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:29 PM

there is no such thing as AMD bazzite regular bazzite us AMD bazzite NVIDIA drivers are an addition on top of that

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:29 PM

small but important difference

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:32 PM

so since bazzite with NVIDIA drivers is just bazzite AMD GPUs work with or without the NVIDIA drivers added

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:33 PM

though since bazzite is atomic & image based you can get away without reinstalling if you wanna switch versions

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:34 PM

the OS can be & is swapped out every update

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:34 PM

when switching versions you'd do a rebase

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia so since bazzite with NVIDIA drivers is just bazzite AMD GPUs work with or witho...

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𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓪 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝔂OP•12/23/25, 7:36 PM

Oh, so if I install the Bazzite with Nvidia GPU drivers right now, I should not have to reinstall to a so-called AMD version of Bazzite when I switch to an AMD GPU later on?

�𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓪 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝔂 Oh, so if I install the Bazzite with Nvidia GPU drivers right now, I should not ...

nagito || Knight of Emilia•12/23/25, 7:38 PM

yeah you shouldn't have to though you can simply rebase to regular bazzite which keeps data

Nnagito || Knight of Emilia yeah you shouldn't have to though you can simply rebase to regular bazzite which...

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𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓪 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝔂OP•12/23/25, 8:25 PM

what does rebasing mean? How do I do it? Is it a terminal command?

Ayanami Rin•12/23/25, 8:38 PM

You run the script in a terminal to start the rebasing process.

Ayanami Rin•12/23/25, 8:39 PM

It will swap the current system image with the one you select during the process.

Do I need to reinstall Bazzite with Bazzite for AMD GPUs if I switch my Nvidia GPU to AMD GPU?

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