Hey everyone,

I just bought a PC & play on getting a GPU in the near future.

However, I've heard mixed emotions about Nvidia on Linux. I'm wondering which one is best and which one plays nice with Linux?

I've heard people say their Nvidia cards don't work at all with Linux, so I'm wondering if these are just myths or what's the best approach.

Honestly hope this doesn't count as spam or anything like that but I really have no idea where to go from here

I've been using Linux constantly in my machine Ryzen 5 5500 Nvidia RTX 4060 32gb of ram Etc

But when playing games like arc raiders or the finals the performance difference is huge, more so in arc raiders as I've been playing it more

I use the Nvidia (open kernel modules ) propietary drivers, and have used arch, nixos, fedora among gnome,KDE, hyprland etc but the game runs way worse, to put it into context in order to start getting close to my windows performance: 80-90 fps high, ray tracing high, dlss 67%. On Linux I have to use static lighting, medium settings and dlss balanced to only get around 60-70 fps but it's pretty unstable

On a final note, I have also used different proton versions and even proton-ge, is there something I am missing here? Or do I have to just accept it? Would suck a lot because Linux works great for everything else I do

I'm currently a Fedora user, and I'm planning to build a PC with an Nvidia graphics card soon. However, I'm unsure which distribution offers the best support for Nvidia. Could you please provide me with some suggestions? I prefer not to consider Arch-based distros. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I've been planing to migrate to linux for a long time (since windows 11 released) but I couldn't bring myself to do it outside a VM. But now with the release of Steam OS I want to make the change, so what I was wondering is if I should expect major stability/performance changes from switching on my laptop with a NVIDIA 3060 mobile. From what I've seen NVIDIA hates linux and open source drivers and so the only available ones are some shitty default drivers made to not crash in a GUI. Is it true? Or does any alternative exist outside changing hardware?

I'm someone who is going to college soon, so I want to get a new gaming laptop, but most laptops offered by Linux OEMs are Nvidia, and rarely AMD.

Tuxedo's AMD-Advantage laptop isn't coming out for the next year, so that's out of the cards for me. I could consider ones that come with Windows, but I'm worried they won't integrate well, especially since they aren't designed with Linux in mind.

The reason why I'm very cautious about getting an Nvidia laptop is because of the issues that come with them. For example, Wayland support is, from what I've heard, still behind AMD. I'll be using a single external monitor in my dorm, so that may not be much of a problem, but still. Additionally, I hear Nvidia drivers regularly break after updates (both to the driver itself and the Linux kernel)

My biggest concern, however, is game support. People always talk about Nvidia's advantages with DLSS and ray tracing, but DLSS 3 isn't on Linux yet, and might not come for awhile (like it was with DLSS 1/2). Another thing I often hear about is how many newer games have driver-related bugs (i.e. Sonic Frontiers, Ratchet & Clank, Starfield, etc.) and some games I play regularly are impacted by such bugs and some of them haven't even been resolved for years (like Forza Horizon 4/5 crashing).

So what would yall tell me to do?

Hello,

I've got a new hp omen 15 with both an integrated gpu and dedicated nvidia gpu, currently running windows. I was surprised to find all my programs work in Linux, and I was really hoping to ditch windows and switch over, and that is when I of course learned that NVIDIA and Linux don't get along.

As far as I can tell my options are:

1. Not switch :(

2. Sell my nice new laptop at a loss and get a new one (big no)

3. Use NVIDIA's half baked drivers, which turn my graphics card into a useless power drain

4. Let the gpu sit unused in my laptop, wasting space and money

Kinda at a loss here. Is there some possibility I'm missing? Anything yall recommend I do?

Thanks so much

Hi,

I'd like to start by saying I'm not really a Linux noob, I have worked a lot with Linux but never gaming.

At work I have dumped my windows machine (had to request admin rights every time I wanted to install something, ugh) in favour of a Linux one. It came with Ubuntu 20.04 which isn't too great, but I prefer it so much over windows.

Now I'd like to do the same for my gaming pc, but I have some serious concerns for the Nvidia driver support. My Pc consists of an Intel i9-9900k and an NVidia RTX 3090 Founders edition. Other less relevant specs are 16gb ram, several TBs of disk space divided over SATA and NVMe disks, and I have an Asus WS C246 mobo.

Ideally I'd install a distro like Arch or NixOS.

I heard Xorg can't support two different refresh rates on monitors, and I am running a 165Hz and 60Hz monitor setup, both 1440p so that would mean both would run at 60Hz. Conversely, nvidia has a beyond terrible reputation on working with wayland.

Any experiences or advice you folks could share? The monitor setup is my main concern, followed by nvidia specific issues.

im thinking on getting a gpu for my desktop the rtx 3050 6gb to be exact

but i heard that its a hassle and something bout dx 12 issue

im new to linux so i got no idea what's goin on just wanna make sure that its playable and

usable:)

I'm looking to upgrade my PC from the trusty RX 580 and Nvidia GPUs would seem like a good option if not for their infamy in Linux world. But most infamies and "accepted truths" generally lag behind for 3-10 years, as indicated by the general public's view of Linux on desktop as a whole and I am generally not as up-to-date on hardware scene as a whole as I would want to be.

Is Nvidia still as bad as I think it is (barely useable) or has it improved in the last N years to the point that it's viable again?

I'm getting tired of windows and its AI bullshit. I've got rtx 4070 super and i5 13600kf. Which linux distribution do you recommend?

So, I remember a few years ago most linux gamers used Nvidia, since driver support (especially when using nonfree drivers) was much better.

Is this still the case today? What's the obvious "goto" card available for around 700 euro/USD today? Is it an RTX 4070 12 GB or an RX 6800 XT 16 GB, that gives you the most bang for your buck in linux? Assuming 4k resolution at high settings.

I am in market for a Linux laptop and I really don’t understand why most Linux laptop producers use Nvidia GPUs in most of their products. Somebody care to explain?

The only laptop I found that uses AMD was Pangolin which uses 6800U which has integrated graphics (still miles ahead of the intel Xe). The only thing stopping me from jumping it is the 16:9 screen which I hate for productivity and coding.

P.S: Linux laptops: laptops that come pre-installed with linux!

I'm thinking of buying a laptop strictly for linux use. As a matter of rule, I never purchase a laptop with Windows pre-installed on it, but rather one with Ubuntu, Linux Mint or even FreeDOS as I want to put my money where my mouth is.

Now, I've shortlisted a bunch of Lenovo laptops meeting this spec, some with dedicated graphics card and some without. Now, I'd really like to buy one with dedicated graphics, but I've heard horror stories about NVIDIA in the linux world. The major concern with open source NVIDIA drivers seems to be:

1. They aren't readily available on Debian/Ubuntu out of the box.

2. They cause the battery life of the laptop to diminish.

I'd like to know how much truth there is to this hypothesis? Is it worth risking a dedicated graphics considering that I'm going to use Ubuntu full-time? The work I do is mostly web programming (LAMP tools) but also a bit of gaming on the side. So, dedicated graphics is just a nice to have for me, not a must have.