#GTX970 GPU drivers

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kind nova
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Hello! A couple years ago I retired my first ever built PC after a decade of loyal service. I'm not ready to throw her out just yet, but running win7 is simply not ideal anymore and I intend to give it new life with Linux in the livingroom as a multimedia device for movie nights, jackbox, and other fun things as it lives out its retirement. Now, the crux is that it has a NVIDIA GPU and as everyone knows, there are always issues on their end when it comes to GPUs.

So my question is, what's the state of the available drivers for old GPUs like that?

hot knoll
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https://mintguide.miraheze.org/wiki/Driver_Manager

The Linux Mint Community Wiki
Driver Manager

Driver Manager (also called mintdrivers) is a utility included with all editions of Linux Mint but not available in LMDE. It helps manage the installation and removal of additional and proprietary hardware drivers. One of the first things to do after installing Linux Mint is to check for available hardware drivers.
Whether additional drivers are...

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see the "Additional drivers" part and visit the graphics drivers PPA website linked there for more info regarding your model

kind nova
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Thank you!