Hello to all. My "new" laptop has an older GPU. Here. Have a look.
╭─user@garudabox in ~ took 293ms
╰─λ sudo inxi -Famz
[sudo] password for user:
System: Kernel: 5.14.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=5634b16a-e443-4173-b485-8bda91837d75
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Console: tty pts/0 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 427639U v: ThinkPad W520 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 427639U serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 8BET62WW (1.42 ) date: 07/26/2013
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.7 Wh (72.6%) condition: 40.9/93.2 Wh (43.9%) volts: 11.7 min: 11.1
model: SANYO 42T4799 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
Memory: RAM: total: 17.46 GiB used: 4.39 GiB (25.2%)
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
bus-width: 64 bits total: 64 bits manufacturer: 0000 part-no: Not Specified serial: N/A
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: 8 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
bus-width: 64 bits total: 64 bits manufacturer: 85F7 part-no: H641GU67G1600G serial: N/A
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 2 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s type: DDR3 detail: synchronous
bus-width: 64 bits total: 64 bits manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT425S6CFR6A-PB
serial: <filter>
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: No Module Installed
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2820QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6
model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L1: 64 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 8 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 36682
Speed: 1381 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz base/boost: 2300/2300 volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1381 2: 2145 3: 2292 4: 2292 5: 1839 6: 1363 7: 2293 8: 2293
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108GLM [Quadro 1000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0dfa class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP) type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:6
chip-ID: 04f2:b217 class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel,nouveau
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.2 compat-v: 3.0
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bea class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: 6080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: D-Link System DWA-140 RangeBooster N Adapter(rev.B2) [Ralink RT3072] type: USB
driver: rt2800usb bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 chip-ID: 07d1:3c0a class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s26u1u2 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Broadcom BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:9
chip-ID: 0a5c:217f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 7 state: up address: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.06 TiB used: 12.5 GiB (1.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
family: Travelstar 7K1000 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
sata: 3.0 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3U0 temp: 39 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 43d 13h cycles: 3547
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD1600BEVT-60ZCT1
family: Scorpio Blue Serial ATA size: 149.05 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
sata: 2.5 speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A13 temp: 42 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 83d 15h cycles: 1240 Old-Age:
write error rate: 100 threshold: 100
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 64 GiB size: 64 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.3 GiB (19.2%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.42%) used: 562 KiB (0.6%) fs: vfat
block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 827.41 GiB size: 827.41 GiB (100.00%) used: 212.3 MiB (0.0%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 64 GiB size: 64 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.3 GiB (19.2%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 64 GiB size: 64 GiB (100.00%) used: 12.3 GiB (19.2%) fs: btrfs
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 17.46 GiB used: 1.3 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 40.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2521
Info: Processes: 291 Uptime: 2h 9m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1179 lib: 294 Shell: fish (sudo) v: 3.3.1
default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06
The latest driver on the Nvidia site for it is 3.52 and the latest I find in a repo <3.52 is 3.40 in the AUR. I found that it works with 3.90 with packages from the supported repos but I'm not sure if it would work as well as with 3.40 (or vice-versa). It does not work with 4+. I put this question in the Community section because it may be a matter of opinion, but your opinions are probably better than my own. Is it okay to use a driver not officially supported by nvidia (390xx)? Thanks for any insight. I'm rather new to discrete GPUs.
ADDED INFO: I was using 390xx for awhile and recently borked my system and had to reinstall. I think I may have borked it after reading this GPU's CUDA requirements and attempting to switch to 340xx, but I'm not absolutely sure why it borked.
