obbeel to Linux · 3 years agoNVIDIA open source drivermessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareNVIDIA open source driverobbeel to Linux · 3 years agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Basic question: why are NVIDIA open drivers unable to run games? Is it unable to run complex commands too?
minus-squaresasalziglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoAfaik the free drivers can’t control the clocks so the the card runs at low clock the whole time and is really slow. Not sure about features but I think it runs most games fine in terms of that.
minus-squareobbeelOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 years agoGames go black screen if you try running them with open drivers. This could be hard coded.
Afaik the free drivers can’t control the clocks so the the card runs at low clock the whole time and is really slow. Not sure about features but I think it runs most games fine in terms of that.
Spoiler: they don’t.
Games go black screen if you try running them with open drivers. This could be hard coded.