I’ve been thinking about switching to Linux for a while, but there are some things that make me want to stay on Windows. For example, Gaming and installation of graphics card and software availability.

My G-Card was GT 730 2 GB ddr5.

Can I be able to play the games that Windows supported without losing frames?

  • s20@lemmy.ml
    4·
    3 years ago

    My suggestion is to use a beginner distro with easy dual boot options. Linux Mint comes to mind. Get that going and try it out. If it works for you, you can then move on to ditching your Windows install and/or using a more advanced distro.

    Unless you’re more of a “dive into the deep end” sort. If that’s the case, grab Fedora Workstation and make sure to enable the proprietary software repositories. Fedora is stable, and the desktop will be a reminder that this isn’t Windows and it won’t act like it. From there, you can find help all over the place, from Fedora’s documentation and forums to simple internet searches.

  • Square Singer@feddit.de
    3·
    3 years ago

    This card requires legacy drivers. Getting this to work is going to be a pain and a half in the rear. I’ve done it before.

    Basically, what you need to do is this:

    • During OS installation it will install the modern GPU driver, which will not work with that GPU
    • Once installed, boot the PC. You will very briefly see an error message during boot that the GPU isn’t supported by the driver.
    • Now you first need to unload the current driver kernel module.
    • Then unstall the current driver package in your package manager.
    • Install the 470 legacy driver from the package manager
    • Load the legacy kernel module
    • Reboot and hope it all works.

    Google how to do each of these steps, since they are a bit too complicated to get into it here, also they are dependant on the Linux distro you chose.

    Btw: you will be losing frames. Support for legacy Nvidia GPUs isn’t great at all.

  • IuseArchbtw@feddit.de
    1·
    3 years ago

    Linux Mint offers the option to install it as a secondary operating system so if something doesn’t work on Linux, you can just switch

  • austin@aussie.zone
    01·
    3 years ago

    I’d advise to quit gaming and do more work. Then, Linux has no problem. Gaming keeps you poor and lazy.

    • s20@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Oh yes, god forbid anyone take any downtime. I can’t believe all these people waste so much time on recreation! Start working the moment you get up! Work until you go to bed! If you’re not putting in a 100+ hour workweek, you’re just a lazy piece of shit.

      I mean, I’m abjectly miserable and I’ll be dead well before retirement age, but at least I’m not lazy!

      • austin@aussie.zone
        01·
        3 years ago

        Your choice. But you could go for a run instead of gaming or mow the lawn, make your front yard look nicer, start a YouTube channel or a website for some interest, learn to code and write a passion project, do some creative writing and publish your first 200 page novel; the list is endless. All of those things are work, but most things in that list are FUN. Sometimes downtime can be spent working. I spend my time reading and contributing to Wikipedia and supporting FOSS projects like this fantastic social media site! Because… this site doesn’t throw shit at me with intent to grab my attention with some advanced creepy algorithm. The code is publicly available. These fediverse socials are the only ones that aren’t extremely harmful.

        • s20@lemmy.ml
          1·
          3 years ago

          There are more useful hobbies than gaming, I guess. But you mentioned a novel. Novels are fiction and therefore reading them is a waste of time. By your standard, as established here, by you.

          Enjoyment is a perfectly good reason to do a thing.

          And nobody’s advocating for Facebook here, so that horse manure is 100% beside the point.

          Edit: I suck at proofreading

        • porl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 years ago

          You could also do a run rather than waste time commenting on here. Obviously you are enjoying your free time in some way, so stop gatekeeping what others should be allowed to do in theirs.