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gato_7908

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Registered: 2025-04-06

Posts: 7

How to use the second graphic card. (HP pavilion)

Hi I'm using arch Linux in an old hp laptop(2013?)
I'm starting with wine for gaming and I don't know anything about how to use the second graphic card, is very important to use the second graphic card because is the only graphic card compatible with the amdgpu drivers(opensource)(better for gaming).
I'm researching a lot in the arch wiki and I think it is called Hybrid Graphic cards, I research about PRIME to, but the wiki explain this superficially, all my laptop work with amd.

lspci -k -d ::03xx
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8610G]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 216c
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / Radeon 520 Mobile]
DeviceName: SUN (6660)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 216c
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu

mackin_cheese

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Registered: 2025-01-07

Posts: 437

Re: How to use the second graphic card. (HP pavilion)

I research about PRIME to, but the wiki explain this superficially,

what about it is superficial? what are you having trouble understanding?