On 20/11/20 1:27 am, Kanito 73 wrote:
Hello
I am about to buy a laptop (HP) that comes with the processor AMD
Ryzen 5 3550H (link below) and the GPU AMD Radeon Vega 8 is
integrated. In the description table of the laptop it shows the Vega 8
graphics, but just below it also shows the nVidia GeForce GTX 1050
graphics and I am a bit confused... Does it have both GPUs? Radeon
integrated on the Ryzen processor and nVidia on the motherboard?
Searching information at Google I found a post in a forum describing
that laptops with Ryzen processors have both GPUs and you can switch
them but it is a bit "tricky"...
By the way, at first I am more concerned about the drivers. I´ve read
that latest nVidia drivers do not work with the latest linux kernels
and it is required to downgrade to a previous kernel so you can
install the official nVidia´s driver. Is it real or currently I can
install the most fresh AMD.COM driver with no problems? Do the kernel
support "nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 graphics" with generic drivers and it
will work fine for games or graphics software (design, video, etc)?
And related to the Vega 8 (integrated in the processor)... I visited
AMD.COM to see details of the driver and I found that it is only
available for Windows 10 (at least on the driver´s link). Does the
kernel have support for GPU Vega 8 (generic drivers) and work fine for
games and graphics software? Do you know about an alternative link or
place where to get the official driver for Linux or it does not exist?
I am worried because don´t want to buy a USD 1200 laptop that will not
work on Linux (Debian 10) due incompatibility or lack of drivers... I
hope you can help me or tell me if it is safe to buy the laptop
because it will work with the official or generic drivers...
https://www.amd.com/en/support/apu/amd-ryzen-processors/amd-ryzen-5-mobile-processors-radeon-vega-graphics/amd-ryzen-5-2
Thanks in advance for your comments and help
A friend has had difficulty getting drivers for the wifi in a cheap HP
laptop - new late last year.
He is also having trouble installing Mint 20 on that same machine, so
maybe there is a deeper problem. We've been meeting on-line most of the
year, so haven't been able to get hands-on help.
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Keith Bainbridge
ke1thozgro...@gmx.com
