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Linux gaming on an Nvidia graphics card (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by pleasemakesense@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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So I've been a little wary of installing Linux on my desktop since I have a 1660 ti as a graphics card and read that there are some problems with drivers and such. Are my fears unfounded/outdated? Anyone experienced any problems and what Linux distro should I look to use for gaming?

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[–] Veidenbaums@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I had laptop with descrete Nvidia graphics card and had no trouble with most of the distros i tried. Theh either offer inbuilt driver app, which let's you choose which driver to use or you google it and follow an uncomplicated guide.

That being said, i always recommend dual booting at first, something might go wrong with your first installation or you just forgot that you had something important on windows. If it's a desktop, i recommend getting and extra ssd. Which you will use for linux (for now). Later it's always convenient to have extra storage. They are not too expensive anymore. You can have your linux playground, where you can test distros and see how they actually work on your machine and you can revert to windows in the meantime.