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Re:Nvidia’s Integration Dreams by rhn_mk1 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#24485326)
Nouveau is only slow because about 5 years ago Nvidia started signing the card firmware, excluding Nouveau from using some features like setting appropriate clock speeds. They release some pared down firmware that Nouveau is allowed to use, but not after years from release have passed.

Before that mess (around the 900 series), nouveau was fast.

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Re:Nvidia’s Integration Dreams by smichel17 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:45PM (#24488760)
Can confirm; I had a laptop (Dell XPS 14) with a GT630m and Nouveau worked well enough that I never felt the need to install the proprietary drivers over 4 years of use.
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