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No, Nvidia Optimus is still an unsolved problem in Linux. Vegas run fine tho.
by papermachete 6y ago
No, Nvidia Optimus is still an unsolved problem in Linux. Vegas run fine tho.
- _ph_ 6y agoWell, there is the question, are there 4900HS laptops with Vega or just with their builtin graphics available?
- papermachete 6y agoThat's what I meant, built-in Vega. Works fine OOTB on the latest kernel. I'm not aware of any dedicated Vega GPUs.
- _ph_ 6y agoAny laptop to be recommended for Linux usage?
- papermachete 6y agoEverything with an iGPU will just work. If you have a dGPU and don't setup render offloading, you won't use it (unless you connect to an external screen and reload with dGPU drivers to directly output). That being said, nouveau "works" as a replacement for nvidia shenanigans at a colossal performance compromise.
- _ph_ 6y agoWell, concluding by the review on Ars Technica of the Asus laptop, "just work" isn't there yet, so I am curious for positive experiences.
- jakogut 6y agoUnsolved, but with exciting new progress. I've gotten PRIME running on my new ROG Zephyrus G14, and all I have to do to run applications on the dGPU is use "prime-run". Dynamic power management also shuts down the GPU when it's not in use.
- papermachete 6y agoThat's highly inconvenient. The best solution I've found is optimus-manager or prime-switcher.