submitted 2 weeks ago by PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I've been running Arch for about a year on my pretty old Acer laptop with an I7 8750h and a GTX 1060. Got a pretty good deal on a used Asus Tuf A16 with a Ryzen 7 7735hs and an RX 7700s.

Getting Arch going with my Nvidia card was a bit of a pain. Still have the random game that thinks it needs to use the Intel GPU (which I eventually solved).

So is there anything I need to do for this new laptop or since it's all AMD should everything just work?

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[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

With AMD it’ll just work

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

For steam/gaming, you'll need vulkan-radeon or amdvlk now (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Installation), instead of nvidia-utils (which you may need to uninstall if you're using the same install). If you're using the same install, just do a

pacman -Qq | grep nvidia

to check for any nvidia specific packages, and replace them with generic/amd-specific packages according to logic or the Wiki.

For selecting a GPU: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Switching_between_devices and maybe Prime (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME)

[-] PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome thanks. That's what I was looking for. I decided just to do a fresh install once it gets delivered. I don't have much on this one other then some work stuff I can transfer over.

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