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Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 2:17pm

GTX 650

Hi so i'm interested in switching to Linux, But i'm not sure what kind of drivers are I will need for it. I'm switching to Linux mint or Ubuntu if it helps.

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tyl0413

Dec 28, 2024 @ 2:21pm

Pretty sure there aren't any that you'll game with, I don't think that has Vulkan support, not full support anyways so you won't get far with games. For general desktop usage it should work if fine if you're not expecting to be playing games on it.

Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:02pm

it still plays games just fine. I just don't know what kind of older drivers to download for it.

tyl0413

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:04pm

Well it probably wont on linux, its been out of support for long, probably doesn't support Vulkan which means no proton which basically means not much linux gaming. You can try but keep your expectations in check.

Count Grishnackh (Cyber) has Steam for Linux

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:07pm

You would have to use Nouveau or the older proprietary NVIDIA drivers. you'd also need to use an older DXVK version.

https://github.com/pythonlover02/Proton-Sarek

WarnerCK

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:16pm

Originally posted by Wicks:
it still plays games just fine. I just don't know what kind of older drivers to download for it.

It would be the 470 branch. Your distro would provide it.

AFAIK, that driver branch only supports Vulkan 1.2, whereas DXVK (used by Proton) uses features from newer versions of Vulkan. So you're limited to OpenGL games, older Vulkan games, and using something like WineD3D or Proton-Sarek to run Windows games without having newer Vulkan.

Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:49pm

alright thanks/

Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 3:49pm

*thanks*

WarnerCK

Dec 28, 2024 @ 4:38pm

In general you don't download software from random websites like you might on Windows - you just get it from your distro's repositories (or additions to your distro's repositories such as PPAs, snaps from snapcraft, or flatpaks from flathub - but you don't need to worry about any of that now). Both Mint & Ubuntu (and Kubuntu, the KDE flavour of Ubuntu, which is my preference) are able to pick that Legacy version for your GPU automatically.

Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 5:42pm

alright

WarnerCK

Dec 28, 2024 @ 6:11pm

Good luck & have fun if you do switch.

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Wicks

Dec 28, 2024 @ 6:21pm

alright i will

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jjsk555

Dec 29, 2024 @ 12:00am

Originally posted by Wicks:
Hi so i'm interested in switching to Linux, But i'm not sure what kind of drivers are I will need for it. I'm switching to Linux mint or Ubuntu if it helps.

I'd recommend pop os over mint or Ubuntu personally it's Ubuntu at its core with a lot of optimizations to run better

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