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> NVIDIA GPU drivers are typically around 800M-1.5G. They also pack in a lot of game-specific optimizations for whatever reason. Could likely be a lot smaller

by Rohansi 11mo ago

> NVIDIA GPU drivers are typically around 800M-1.5G. They also pack in a lot of game-specific optimizations for whatever reason. Could likely be a lot smaller without those.

monocasa 11mo ago
Even the open source drivers without those hacks are massive. Each type of card has its own almost 100MB of firmware that runs on the card on Nvidia.
- jsheard 11mo ago
  That's 100MB of RISC-V code, believe it or not, despite Nvidias ARM fixation.