NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7

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Thinking about getting the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7: what is the appropriate driver for that GPU? How does it work on Manjaro?

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I have Lenovo Legion with 5070 GPU - it runs great.

It can be leveraged using the nvidia-open driver and envy control.

I think the difference in the variations is the number of processing units.

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Thank you so much. What is envy control? So the install command is sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-open? Thanks again. :folded_hands::evergreen_tree::folded_hands:

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pacman -Si envycontrol                                                                                                                                         ✔ 
Repositorium             : extra
Name                     : envycontrol
Version                  : 3.5.2-3
Beschreibung             : Easy GPU switching for Nvidia Optimus laptops
Architektur              : any
URL                      : https://github.com/bayasdev/envycontrol
Lizenzen                 : MIT
Gruppen                  : Nichts
Stellt bereit            : Nichts
Hängt ab von             : mkinitcpio  python  xorg-xrandr
Optionale Abhängigkeiten : gnome-shell-extension-gpu-profile-selector: GNOME extension
                           plasma6-applets-optimus-gpu-switcher: KDE Widget
In Konflikt mit          : optimus-manager  supergfxctl
Ersetzt                  : Nichts
Größe des Downloads      : 23,28 KiB
Installationsgröße       : 93,04 KiB
Packer                   : Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>
Erstellt am              : Sa 10 Jan 2026 21:48:10 CET
Verifiziert durch        : MD5-Summe  SHA-256-Summe  Signatur
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Thank you.

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Running Manjaro from the USB – the new Nvidia display looks great. Not sure yet if I will be doing a permanent Manjaro install on my new Lenovo Yoga Aura Edition laptop or not. Nice to have an Intel Panther Lake CPU.