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would my gpu work ten years from now on ubuntu linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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my gpu is gtx 1650 from laptop msi gf63. im wondering if after 10 years will the gpu still have a driver in linux ? im asking this to know if the life of gpu would be better with linux or windows. it may be an absurd question but it makes sense to me. as if the usecase its to play cyberpunk(yes it does work) on a sepfic version(cracked no updates).

will that version still be useable ten years from now on ubuntu with this laptop?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It will TECHNICALLY still work at whatever version Nvidia cuts off support at, which is pretty soon for GTX cards (they've already cut off the mobile counterparts). So you'll stop getting updates, but it should still work as long as that driver is made available still in some form that whatever distro you are using can install it, or you compile it from scratch. I would not trust Nvidia's installer to still be working by then in it's current form because it's a MESS.

[–] workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

so would the last driver nvidia releases for it be installable and useable on ubuntu after ten years? or would there be different driver to use?

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I don't know how Ubuntu in particular handles their drivers, but I would assume that at some point support of your card ends end you will then have to install nvidia-<number of the last driver version with support> or nvidia-legacy or something like that, which automatically replaces nvidia.