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Nouveau NVIDIA GSP Firmware Support Merged For Linux 6.7 (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 year ago by vividspecter@lemm.ee to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Nouveau GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware integration that allows making use of NVIDIA's binary GSP firmware on RTX 20 "Turing" and newer GPUs for having improved support. In turn this GSP route also provides initial support for GeForce RTX 40 series support.

tl;dr some preparation for hopefully better Nvidia open source driver support in the future

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[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I won't be buying an NVIDIA GPU any time soon for my desktop, but hopefully this move will make gaming on my laptop better. Unfortunately NVIDIA seems to have an almost monopoly on good gaming laptops especially if you don't want giant bulky or cheaply built ones. My 2021 Razer Blade 14 has a 3070 and while the proprietary drivers work, NVIDIA's own implementation of render offloading/PRIME leaves much to be desired, with random screen tearing even when vsync is forced on as soon as the GPU load starts getting high.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you have to be okay with APUs to be satisfied with AMD on laptops. Which at least are decently powerful these days, as long as high res triple AAA gaming isn't a requirement (the Steam Deck is just an APU after all).