#Looking for instructions on changing GPU driver after upgrade

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stable ruin
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Hi, I'm looking into upgrading my GPU from Nvidia's GTX 1660 TI, to a newer AMD model I still haven't really decided on which one specifically.
What I'm looking to find out is how I would handle the software side of this upgrade.
I'm currently using proprietary Nvidia drivers from Mint's driver manager, so how would I go about switching to AMD's open source drivers while doing the GPU upgrade?
I'm asking since I know this is kinda complicated in Windows (which I'm more familiar with) and requires using tools to manually delete the old driver, so not sure how this goes in Mint.
Btw, will this require messing with Secure Boot since I have it enabled, I know drivers mess with that sometimes?
Thank you!

stable ruin
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Bump

covert lantern
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It will most likely mess with secureboot since drivers need to be loaded from the kernel, however if your kernel is generic, it should already have the drivers in it for the AMD and you won't need to install anything extra

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Kernel should automatically detect and load the required drivers

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Do research about the graphics card you're planning to get, how good it is with linux. Although most AMD are pretty great on linux.

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Unless you are dual booting windows 11, I think secure boot is pretty useless for linux

worn summit
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I just did this recently and I basically unplugged the NVidia card and plugged in the AMD one and away it went. No dramas at all. I'm not saying that's theproper way but it worked for me.

stable ruin
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Is your FPS in games suffering much

stable ruin
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Well thanks for the answers

worn summit
stable ruin
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I'm thinking of upgrading from my 1660 ti to a 9060 xt (16gb)

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What do you think about that plan