I've inherited a laptop running Intel and a Nvidia MX150 (2gb)

My experience so far is terrible. I've got GTAV installed and set to use the card and the performance is a stuttering, input lag, tearing mess.

Most of my research points to a lack of Vulkan support on the card.

Would this perform better on Windows? 😓

I wanted to use this machine specifically to run GTAV.

The Intel gfx, under Debian, are capable of running Stray on minimum, with zero issues.

But GTAV, even on minimum, is still stuttering. Like 6fps.

And No Man's Sky, on Nvidia, is even worse than GTAV. On Intel, it's almost as bad.

I'm pretty bummed… Is this card only usable in Windows? Or is it just a bad card (not broken)?

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Are you sure you're using the official Nvidia drivers and not Noveau? What does it say when you write nvidia-smi in the terminal?

    Either way, it is a pretty old and weak card, but it should run better than 6fps on gtav.

    • Benjamin@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It identifies and loads up the interface.

      One process, Xorg @ 4MiB

      I've got the right click to use card menu, and use that to force flatpak Steam to use it. Then I confirm in game it is selected.

      It feels like a huge step down from Intel gfx on an older laptop running Windows…

  • Dandroid@dandroid.app
    2·
    1 year ago

    Afaik, MX150 is extremely entry level. It's like the laptop version of a 1030. My wife has a laptop with an MX250, and she basically uses it for playing visual novel games or 2D games only.

    Though 6FPS on minimum for a 10 year old game is lower than I would expect. I wouldn't be surprised if it performed better on Windows, but I probably wouldn't expect any higher than 30fps on low.

    • Benjamin@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I keep reading that anything below the 2000 series has severe Vulkan limitations… I'm wondering if Windows would perform better? Playable?

      I've got no clue about video cards, let alone on Linux. I just know I prefer my Debian devices, and this is my first foray into Nvidia and Linux.

      Edit: and I assume an MX250 is a 2000 series. Which makes the cut for Vulkan support fwir