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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?

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[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Harry_h0udini@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Buying a modern cheap low end card might give you the same or better framerate tha~t~n this legacy card.

And steer away from Nvidia.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Btw, apparently there are multiple types of 730. Some are supported by the 470 driver, some not. If yours is not, try the 390 driver.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way. My advice is to add a second hard drive to your pc and install linux on that. Distro hop, install arch and break it horribly, swear at your printer, learn. Then when you screw up, you’ve lost nothing, you can switch back to your “‘ol faithful” and get the job done. What will eventually happen is you’ll find yourself spending more time in linux than windows until you almost never boot it up.

If you do it this way, there’s really only two things to worry about. 1) if you’re using mbr or want to still use mbr with uefi, you’ll have trouble dual booting cleanly and will probably want to reinstall windows. You can’t break anything, but you can’t dual boot from both methods (or at least I’m pretty sure I’ve never owned a motherboard that can). 2) when installing linux, learn and be careful about what drive contains windows - don’t ever pick that drive when formatting and partitioning. Bonus points if it’s a different brand and size - makes it almost impossible to pick the wrong drive. When using a single drive for dual booting, there’s much more opportunity to make a mistake and break your windows install if you’re not familiar with partitioning and boot loaders.

I literally can’t think of a way to break windows if you keep the above in mind, and then you can “make the switch” gradually.

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year 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.

[–] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 10 points 1 year 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

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago

You'll likely lose some frames by switching to Linux but not much. It really depends on the games you are playing. Check ProtonDB for some of them

If I don't game, then Linux is worth for my config?

[–] Minty95@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sounds like the best option would be a dual boot, Linux for everything except games and when you want to play just boot into Windows. If you do this i would strongly suggest a two HD set up, one for windows and one for Linux, for two reasons, if you don't like Linux then you still have the original windows setup, two Windows will at one moment wipe the dual boot grub and you'll 'lose' the Linux startup, unless you have one OS per Hard Disk. I don't game anymore. Like you I also have an old card Gtx760 🤣🤣

[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely use 2 HDs. I've ran into the issue with Windows all of a sudden deciding to wipe the boot grub. Makes no sense!

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I would also recommend using drives with different sizes. The different drive enumeration means that it's really easy for beginners to format their windows drive. Different sizes help as a way of double checking that you are on the right drive.

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you not going to list the games that you want to play? If so, then just head over to www.protondb.com and make sure they are playable.

[–] astra1701@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You should definitely give it a shot! Due to proton, you should be able to play most, if not all, of the games you play om windows (unless they have obnoxious anticheats). A good resource for checking game compatibility on linux is ProtonDB. In terms of performance, there will almost certainly be a slight impact, but in my experience (with an admitingly far more powerful gpu) it really is minimal. And if it really doesn't work out, you can always go back to windows.

[–] austin@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, grind 24/7. That's the way to live.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Bootlicker spotted.

Work keeps you poor and lazy

Gaming keeps you poor and lazy

Being on a social media keeps you poor and lazy

Random general statements with little easily provable truth to them.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

tl;dr: for this GPU better dualboot and use Windows for the games.

[–] Harry_h0udini@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nobora or popOs or any others?

[–] midas@ymmel.nl 2 points 1 year ago

First time dipping your toes in Linux with a Nvidia card should be PopOS's Nvidia image.

Distro doesn't really matter. Just pick any popular beginner-friendly distro that supports your preferred desktop environment. Use a gaming distro like Garuda or Nobara if you really want to, but I doubt it makes a huge difference.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of pc do you have? Is it a pre-built, a laptop, or is it a custom build desktop?

Also, what kind of games are you planning on playing?

Its an old lenovo thinkcare desktop, i5 2nd gen, 8Gig of ram, GT 730 2 GB. Games - Mostly late 2013