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I'm very tired of Nvidia drivers conflicting with windows and BSOD all the time (TDR_video_failure nvlddmkm.sys error). I'd like to know if Ubuntu gives such issues, and, if it will recognize my GPU (I cannot see in the list).

Anyway this is my laptop.

  • Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ processor Quad-core 2.60 GHz
  • 17.3" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 IPS
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 860M with 4 GB Dedicated Memory
  • 16 GB, DDR3L SDRAM
  • 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
Zanna
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Stefano Profe
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  • NVidia has issues with ubuntu also, but most can get it working well once they get the right drivers – ravery Jun 19 '17 at 20:08

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Your CPU is from Haswell family so I would recommend following setup:

  • Download any Ubuntu flavor 16.04.1 (notice the .1). I recommend this one since it defaults to 4.4.x kernel and older xorg subsystem (no hwe) which in general is more stable for Haswell type machines. For example stock Ubuntu 16.04.1 .
  • Install the OS
  • Execute sudo apt-get update
  • Execute sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo restart

Install graphic drivers ppa and latest drivers

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-381 nvidia-settings
Darko Miletic
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