Swapping graphics cards from AMD to Nvidia
When i first installed Bazzite, I had and still do have an AMD RX 580 8GB Card. Tomorrow I'm getting either an RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB or an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB [depending on which is available in stock]. How do I make my version of Bazzite compatible with either fore-mentioned Nvidia cards? What steps and software & update checks do i do to ensure a smooth transition without having resort to reinstalling the OS?
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run one of those two commands (depending on if you use KDE or GNOME) and you should be good
I would highly recommend you get an AMD GPU
why so?
my current DE? whats that mean?
the desktop user interface you're using
Bazzite comes with KDE by default, which is more Windows-like
yeah..i'm using KDE
yeah, then user
brh rebase bazzite-nvidia
and you should be good to go for Nvidiaok..so do i swap out the card then run it? or before?
yeah, swap first then run the command
cool..any other procedure i need to know?
not that as far as I know
also the other guy said not to switch for Nvidia, why so?
AMD's drivers are much better on Linux
i see
Nvidia is catching up, but they're still behind some areas and DX12 games have a perfomance hit on Nvidia+Linux
if you haven't paid for the card yet, definitely better for you in the long run to consider the AMD equivalents
Nvidia's drivers on Linux are third class citizens
they're closed source, so when you have an issue w/ them all we can tell you to do is pound sand
they have a laundry list of unfixable issues
and they aren't going to get better anytime soon
stick to AMD if you're running Linux
i see..unfortunately that's not a luxury i can afford...i'm a 3D artist and Nvidia has a supperior play on the rendering side
error: Creating importer: failed to invoke method OpenImage: failed to invoke method OpenImage: reading manifest bazzite-nvidia in ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-deck: manifest unknown
its throwing this error
What's your current version? Post the output of
rpm-ostree status. You'll need to rebase to the nvidia-open version of that.Rebase Guide - Bazzite Documentation
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Hey i managed to install it, but i think my GUI got busted in the process
I progressed a bit further now its throwing thos error at boot up :
[FAILED] Failed to start ublue-ctk-cdi.service
Now I'm in the grub terminal
And ran /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland
And its throwing me this:
post the
rpm-ostree status outputOk
@biebel here you go
ok. Just wanted to make sure you're on the right version and you are
Alright
Does it list your gpu in
fastfetch?
This is what it throws back
If Nvidia Device 2D04 is supposed to be my RTX 5060Ti then yes
I'm not an nvidia user, but that looks like it's not recognising the card
I see
Any potential way to rectify that?
Not sure. Haven't ran linux with nvidia since my 1060.
Do you have csm disabled and rebar enabled in the bios. Those are often required for new gpus
i dont know what whose are...been using AMD RX580 for a good 7 years now
Those are bios settings. How they're named in bios depends on your motherboard.
i found CSM
cant find rebar
It should be named something like above 4g decoding
i got a B450 Motherboard
the option should be there somewhere. I'm also on a b450. Have you updated the bios recently? Not sure if it's needed, but I always do that before hardware upgrades.
nope..no upgades
*update
What GPU did you buy?
I got to go soon, but to make sure you're in the right starting position and everything is available for people to help diagnose further: Update your bios. After that make sure you use uefi mode, set csm to disabled and above 4g decoding to enabled. After that try to boot. If you're using secure boot, you'll need to reenroll the mok. If it doesn't work do
journalctl -b -0 | fpasteand post the link here.5060Ti
I think you need driver 576 and we ship what's in stable, 575
Explains why it's not detected
If that's the case your only option is to wait or use another distro, or buy a GPU that isn't a borderline scam, or buy AMD
How do i do that?
Scam? What you mean?
You can't here
This card was so bad that multiple reviewers came out and said they will not review it and that Nvidia is harming journalists with bad practices
It's anemic, it has an 8 GB model in 2025 which is unforgivable, and it's actual price is way higher than MSRP
Crap, man you scared me...i just git the card today... i thought i bought a brick or something
For the purposes of running bazzite, you did buy a brick
Your only option is to wait for that driver to become stable, use an unstable driver in another distro, or use a different GPU
That would explain why it's no recognised yeah 🤦♂️
Since returning it isn't an option, I'll have to follow bazzite closely till a better driver drops ... till then my guess CachyOS is my best bet...or Ubuntu
When you say "unstable" what kinda shit i can expect?
No clue, closed source driver
Bugger
Thanks a lot anyways ...gotta rethink this in a serious way...