https://bazzite.gg/#image-picker
If you select laptops, Other laptop, Older/Legacy GPUs, Nvidia (GTX 9xx-10xx Series), it recommends: bazzite-nvidia:stable
Which is the image that bundles the proprietary Nvidia driver for your laptop. They don't need to know the exact model, just the generation.
Yeah, the "Nvidia (GTX 9xx-10xx Series)" should be the correct driver for your GPU. It seems that both desktop and notebook GPUs used the same architecture in this case.
I think the difference is that Bazzite chooses the open source Nvidia kernel driver for the newer GPUs. That one doesn't support the GTX 900 series, so you'll get the older proprietary kernel driver.
thanks. I feel more confident now to give it a shot.
When you install Bazzite you select the video card you are using and it will give you the drivers needed for that card.
I get that but like it does not let me pick 940mx and the choices under laptop seem to be desktop choices. that made me think the choices are just about a card from the approximate era but im not sure.
I would assume that they left the MX off of laptop GPUs, since they're all MX cards, until recently. Regardless, the "card of the right approximate era" thing should work, unless there are specific patches for your card, which is unlikely.
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