using an old Lenovo Y50

[mc5686]

I have a rather old Lenovo Y50-70 laptop with a dual GPU: integrated Intel and discrete Nvidia GTX860M.
I know this setup is unable to run modern AAA games, but I hope to be ale to run older titles.
Problem is this laptop has been completely reformatted and now has a completely updated Linux Mint release.
I installed Nvidia proprietary drivers but apparently Proton does not use them and tries to use the internal Intel GPU, obviously far too weak for any non-vintage game.
Specifically it seems unable to activate Vulkan shaders.
Can someone help with required setup?
Target, if possible, would be to run Dragon's Dogma.

[Orme Oliver]

Oprindeligt skrevet af mc5686:

I have a rather old Lenovo Y50-70 laptop with a dual GPU: integrated Intel and discrete Nvidia GTX860M.
I know this setup is unable to run modern AAA games, but I hope to be ale to run older titles.
Problem is this laptop has been completely reformatted and now has a completely updated Linux Mint release.
I installed Nvidia proprietary drivers but apparently Proton does not use them and tries to use the internal Intel GPU, obviously far too weak for any non-vintage game.
Specifically it seems unable to activate Vulkan shaders.
Can someone help with required setup?
Target, if possible, would be to run Dragon's Dogma.

Maybe its a skill issue?

[mc5686]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Z0ts.exe:

Maybe its a skill issue?

Very likely.
Would you mind sharing some of your wisdom?
I would appreciate it very much.
Many Thanks in Advance

[mc5686]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Omega:

I'd try EnvyControl first.

I did.
No joy.
It always tries to use Intel GPU even if I request "Nvidia only".
I'm unable to understand what I'm missing ;(

[mc5686]

I managed, using bumblebee, to actually use my NVIDIA GPU to start the game.
Unfortunately it stops "initializing vulkan 0%" and just stays there.
I tried to enable Proton logging, but I see no log (yet).
Any help would be welcome.

[Omega]

Oprindeligt skrevet af mc5686:

I managed, using bumblebee, to actually use my NVIDIA GPU to start the game.
Unfortunately it stops "initializing vulkan 0%" and just stays there.
I tried to enable Proton logging, but I see no log (yet).
Any help would be welcome.

The processing of Vulkan shaders happens entirely on the CPU. You can try clearing the shader cache.

You can also just skip it and let it generate the shaders while running the game.