Switching from NVIDIA to AMDGPU

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As NVIDIA being perfectly support for Linux I’m thinking of moving from my old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 to an as old Gigabyte Windforce GV-R927XOC-2GD AMD Radeon R9 270X or a slightly newer Gigabyte Radeon RX560 in my PC.

Is there a way to install the GPU without reinstalling the OS?

As I have a NAS, almost nothing is stored locally besides my 8GB Thunderbird profile… Firefox profile is on the NAS and every other folder besides a ‘local download’ for files to be sorted later.

Still, I’d like to keep it. So if there’s an easy way I would go down that router reinstalling Manjaro later onto a different drive (I have three 250GB SSDs for testing), while still being able to work on the current one until the newer one is finished.

Best, Edward

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Yes, by using the Manjaro Settings Manager, or — if you want to do it from the command line — mhwd.

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Will Manjaro start with the new GPU at all and what do I need to install the new drivers?
Do I use the ‘Hardware’ section to switch the GPU?

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Once it has been set up, yes.

You need only the Manjaro Settings Manager or mhwd.

Yes, that’s the Manjaro Settings Manager. :wink:

Note: AMD drivers are already in the kernel, so it’s only a matter of reconfiguring things. No external drivers need to be downloaded.

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