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arrow-up149arrow-down1image[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux.lemmy.ca@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-28 hours agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
Price: 370$ Model: Asus ROG Strix G15 (G531GV) CPU: Intel I7 9th Gen GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB Ram: 16GB Storage: Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB (NVME)
minus-squareAnti-Face Weaponlink4•3 hours agoNVIDIA drivers are notoriously bad. They break and WILL depreciate your card eventually, forcing you to switch to the slow open source drivers. I have had two cards lose support. It’s absurd. But for 370 it’s kinda a steal honestly.
minus-squareUnfortunateShortlink1•23 minutes agoIt’s 2000 series, so they are supported by the new OSS driver, no?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 hours agoI would love to here more info about your issue, I bet there was just a misunderstanding 😇
minus-squarebruhduhlink1•45 minutes agoI have Nvidia gt210 in office, and latest Linux mint installed, no proprietary drivers for my GPU is installable, they exist, yes, but you can’t install them on latest Linux mint
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NVIDIA drivers are notoriously bad. They break and WILL depreciate your card eventually, forcing you to switch to the slow open source drivers.
I have had two cards lose support. It’s absurd.
But for 370 it’s kinda a steal honestly.
It’s 2000 series, so they are supported by the new OSS driver, no?
I would love to here more info about your issue, I bet there was just a misunderstanding 😇
I have Nvidia gt210 in office, and latest Linux mint installed, no proprietary drivers for my GPU is installable, they exist, yes, but you can’t install them on latest Linux mint