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)?

  • Björn Tantau
    1•1 year ago

    What laptop is it exactly? I’ve got that card in my Thinkpad T580 and it sucks big time. Not because of the card itself or because of Linux but because it has some insane thermal targets more or less hardcoded in the firmware.

    Technically it’s fine. It has Vulkan support. It can run Doom 2016 at 30 fps. But as soon as it starts thermal throttling (and it does so very quickly) it clocks down to the lowest value. That way it even struggles to run Quake 3 at more than 6 or so fps.

    Having it on battery power can sometimes get it working for half an hour or so. But sooner or later it will get too hot and only stopping the demanding process for a few minutes will get it to cool down enough.

    • BenjaminOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      HP Envy 17

      I switched to proton 6.x and dx10 and now it’s running 😎

      • BenjaminOPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Just can’t change any of the graphic settings without it crashing.

        Running at 1280x720 at 60fps

        All lowest settings though. Good enough.