Are Nvidia Linux Drivers Good?

“For Linux, if you were ever interested in gaming with decent performance, an Intel + Nvidia combo was pretty much required until recently,” Boiling Steam writes. “Intel, for the best single thread performance on CPUs, and Nvidia both for their excellent proprietary drivers and better hardware/pricing overall.”

Should I install Nvidia drivers in Linux?

1 Answer. Generally, if you don’t use the Nvidia drivers, there is no need to install them, and the initial Ubuntu installs don’t have them by default anyway.

Is Nvidia bad on Linux?

Nvidia still offers the worst open-source support, compared to Intel and AMD. Intel’s Linux graphics drivers are completely open-source, which is great—but Intel’s integrated graphics still can’t compete with dedicated Nvidia or AMD hardware for serious gaming performance.