Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever

Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by Kon-Peki on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:38AM (#30555394)

My son wanted a "gaming PC" and I gave in with the only stipulation being that it had to be Linux. He plays Minecraft and Cities: Skylines, so it's all good. The Nouveau drivers suck for this. It's a ~3-year old i7 PC with a 1660 GPU. Maybe that's the difference? Switching from Nouveau to the Ubuntu-provided recommended Nvidia driver (510.XX?) gives you a 200-300% improvement!

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Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by rhn_mk1 on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:31AM (#30556918)

> Maybe that's the difference?

The difference is that free drivers don't have access to changing the GPU frequency in newer cards. Newer means anything above NV110, that is, 900-series.

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Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by Kon-Peki on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:50AM (#30557168)

Thanks for the info!

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Re:Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most ... by danuker on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:24PM (#30560787)

Certainly the Nouveau drivers are slower. I sacrificed both speed and capability for software freedom.

I don't know about Minecraft, but Minetest runs well for me on Nouveau, on a 7-year old i7 with a GTX 850M.

I tried RimWorld and Factorio, but they were unplayable due to I believe missing OpenGL features.

I have not tried Cities: Skylines.

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