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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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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know the situation with Ubuntu, but on Arch Linux older Nvidia drivers are available as legacy driver DKMS modules working with the current kernel and tools.

So basically: Yes, this will work on a technical level.

My 1080 is supported by one of the legacy driver packages and is roughly 10 years old now.

I am pretty sure something similar exists for Ubuntu.

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

just to be sure is this a basic driver or does it play the games the gpu can play? (if its the latter it would be great)

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

It’s the normal driver in the state it was when Nvidia dropped support. @Ooops@feddit.org described it very well.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, that's just the latest official nvidia driver still supporting those cards provided as a regular package for that distro.

Basically the moment nvidia dropped support for some cards, they split the nvidia package. They are now provinding nvidia-open (all cards still officially supported by nvidia are also supported by the new open soruce driver) and 'nvidia-580xx' for older ones. And although the actual driver by nvidia doesn't change anymore the package isstill maintained in the sense that they look out for it to work with up-to-date Linux kernels.

Arch Linux at the moment provides (via the community maintained repos) nvidia drivers all the way back to 'nvidia-340'. That's GeForce8800 or QuadroFX age from 20 years ago.