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Stalker.Return

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Registered: 2021-05-11

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Intel + NVIDIA

Hi everyone
my old frd Lenovo E330 has both Intel & NVIDIA VGA
since I'm new on Linux , I need a tip whether I should install both xf86-video-intel & ( nvidia + nvidia-utils )

here is output of ( lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" ) :
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 5007
    Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device 5007
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
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appreciate your any feedback, guys

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: Intel + NVIDIA

Depends on what you want. Do you have use cases where you feel you need the added performance of the nvidia gpu, and nouveau's implementation being insufficient? Do you even need the nvidia gpu (if you don't have one of the aforementioned use cases and don't use multiple screens the nvidia GPU will be suspended/put into a power saving mode by nouveau anyway).

It's hard to give feedback when you don't have any specific use cases in mind. In general with this chip you'll have to use nvidia-390xx-dkms from the AUR so that's an additional - albeit small - hurdle to get the nvidia driver going.

regarding intel I generally discourage xf86-video-intel because it has had a variety of issues with many common usecases that I feel to be better covered by the built-in modesetting driver, but opinions are somewhat split here and also depending on what exact setup you have/need.

Stalker.Return

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Registered: 2021-05-11

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Re: Intel + NVIDIA

clear enough
it depends on tasks and setup
i believe my simple tasks match enough to Arch & openbox I use
no needful addition requirements there

thank you for your help