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My son wanted a "gaming PC" and I gave in with the only stipulation being that it had to be Linux. He plays Minecraft and Cities: Skylines, so it's all good.
by Kon-Peki 5y ago
My son wanted a "gaming PC" and I gave in with the only stipulation being that it had to be Linux. He plays Minecraft and Cities: Skylines, so it's all good. The Nouveau drivers suck for this. It's a ~3-year old i7 PC with a 1660 GPU. Maybe that's the difference? Switching from Nouveau to the Ubuntu-provided recommended Nvidia driver (510.XX?) gives you a 200-300% improvement!
- rhn_mk1 5y ago> Maybe that's the difference? The difference is that free drivers don't have access to changing the GPU frequency in newer cards. Newer means anything above NV110, that is, 900-series.
- Kon-Peki 5y agoThanks for the info!
- danuker 5y agoCertainly the Nouveau drivers are slower. I sacrificed both speed and capability for software freedom. I don't know about Minecraft, but Minetest runs well for me on Nouveau, on a 7-year old i7 with a GTX 850M. I tried RimWorld and Factorio, but they were unplayable due to I believe missing OpenGL features. I have not tried Cities: Skylines.