I have a Nvidia 3000 series GPU that I use on my desktop. Unfortunately, whenever running high computational jobs - my system GUI becomes really laggy. Therefore, I’ve been thinking about adding a small 1-2 GB GPU to offload my system GUI to and use the 3000 series GPU just for computational jobs in background. I planned to use an old Nvidia 500 series GPU, but noticed that current driver versions no longer supports it and there seems to be no way that I can run two Nvidia drivers - one for the 3000 and the other for 500 together on the same system.
A simple solution appears to be installing a AMD GPU like Radeon R5 240 (and using its open source drivers) and offload system GUI to it (while using the Nvidia GPU for only custom computational purposes). Is this possible? - I wasn’t able to find anything as to how to go about this in manjaro documentation.
TL:DR-
- How to install Nvidia and AMD GPUs (drivers) together? Is it even possible?
- How to make only one (AMD) be used for display?
Here’s my inxi output
System:
Kernel: 5.11.19-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11-x86_64
root=UUID=ea7605c0-b50c-450a-9352-4eb157326167 rw processor.max_cstate=5
rcu_nocbs=0-11 quiet splash iommt=pt quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor
resume=UUID=e2bf2cd5-6f9a-461f-aece-916853371e98 udev.log_priority=3
pcie_aspm=off idle=nomwait
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37)
v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.D0
date: 01/25/2021
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.34 GiB used: 10.52 GiB (33.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201009 cache:
L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 121661
Speed: 3515 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 3515 2: 3599 3: 2395 4: 3493 5: 3106 6: 2910 7: 3676 8: 3209 9: 2962
10: 2880 11: 2879 12: 3180 13: 2872 14: 2880 15: 3382 16: 3587
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic extd_apicid f16c
flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw
overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rdpid rdpru
rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd
sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090] driver: nvidia v: 460.80
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2204
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: nvidia note: n/a (using device driver) unloaded: nvidia
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 6720x2160 s-dpi: 144 s-size: 1185x381mm (46.7x15.0")
s-diag: 1245mm (49")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2880x1620 hz: 60 dpi: 153
size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 547mm (21.5")
Monitor-2: DP-0 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.80
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2d:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.19-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000
bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp41s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: <filter> scope: global
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 721.01 GiB (31.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 111110WD temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST32000644NS
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: KA06 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 430.99 GiB size: 423.22 GiB (98.20%)
used: 134.31 GiB (31.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: ea7605c0-b50c-450a-9352-4eb157326167
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 3.8 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 9566-45E4
ID-3: /mnt/sda1 raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.38%)
used: 586.7 GiB (32.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: ec318b9e-67f0-4bfe-a13d-1e7ec0a62e57
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: e2bf2cd5-6f9a-461f-aece-916853371e98
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2510 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-5:3 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c37 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 3-6:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-3:2 info: Razer USA BlackWidow Elite type: Keyboard,Mouse
driver: razerkbd,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1532:0228 class-ID: 0300
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 31.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 1610 fan-2: 757 fan-3: 1097 fan-4: 1036 fan-5: 1054
fan-6: 1019 fan-7: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 369 Uptime: 1d 14h 26m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 247
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1543
lib: 422 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.04