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Nouveau is only slow because about 5 years ago Nvidia started signing the card firmware, excluding Nouveau from using some features like setting appropriate clo
by rhn_mk1 6y ago
Nouveau is only slow because about 5 years ago Nvidia started signing the card firmware, excluding Nouveau from using some features like setting appropriate clock speeds. They release some pared down firmware that Nouveau is allowed to use, but not after years from release have passed.
Before that mess (around the 900 series), nouveau was fast.
- smichel17 6y agoCan confirm; I had a laptop (Dell XPS 14) with a GT630m and Nouveau worked well enough that I never felt the need to install the proprietary drivers over 4 years of use.