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fascinating-indigo
[Solved] Games doesn't use my Nvidia GPU after downgrading my Nvidia driver
After trying to downgrade my Nvidia GPU to get a more stable framerate and less issues with shaders on one of my games, I realized that when trying to run a game on Heroic, it just doesn't want to use my Nvidia GPU and keep using my Intel GPU even when the "Use Dedicated GPU" option is enabled, but when I come back on the latest driver (currently 535.98), I can use my Nvidia GPU without issues, any reasons why, and is there a solution to fix this ?
15 Replies
national-gold•2y ago
There is no info here to say something with certainty.
What is your distro?
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
Arch Linux, on Bleeding Edge kernel
national-gold•2y ago
Bleeding Edge kernel means 6.5 rc?
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
6.4.10-arch1-1
national-gold•2y ago
It is not bleeding edge, it is what arch pushes by default. I use the same.
Possible reasons are you're not using nvidia-dkms so your driver only works with what
nvidia package ships against for.
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia/
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia-dkms/
Other is ( very unlikely ) , older NV driver is not compatible with newer kernelsfascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
oh, so instead of running the
nvidia one I should run the dkms one ?
i see i seenational-gold•2y ago
Yes
national-gold•2y ago
GitHub
GitHub - Frogging-Family/nvidia-all: Nvidia driver latest to 396 se...
Nvidia driver latest to 396 series AIO installer. Contribute to Frogging-Family/nvidia-all development by creating an account on GitHub.
national-gold•2y ago
I was using this when i had NV
Best way to handle NV drivers on Arch
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
oh i see i see :Noted:
national-gold•2y ago
Tips: Go with DKMS which is also what prompts of the script recommends
- Open kernel module is not necessary and doesn't work on some gens which again script warns you
- Even when script doesn't have entry for a newest driver ( eg released 1 hour ago, didn't even hit Arch repos either ) typing that desired version number correctly in custom version field just pulls that asked driver
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
mhmmm okokok
imma try that then, thanks for the infos
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
Well, just did what you suggested, but it didn't really worked, I don't really know why, as my GPU is actually detected by the computer
stormy-gold•2y ago
did you reboot after?
fascinating-indigoOP•2y ago
I did
Just rebooted one more time, I can see if it fixed anything, because why not
aight bruh, rebooting 2 times fixed it what
well, anyways, it works now, thanks for the help :MonikaThumbsUp: