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I am trying to install Ubuntu 24.04 in my PC, but it seems that it does not work that well with my video card (GeForce GT 620). It only works with the nouveau drivers, which have abysmal performance, especially for youtube. If I try to install the nvidia dirivers with sudo apt install nvidia-driver-460 for example, the system won't boot.

So, is there any way to have good performance for my video card, or should I buy another one?

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  • If you want to use Nvidia drivers you must purchase a newer card.
    – Organic Marble
    Commented Aug 9 at 23:24
  • OK, but what that card could be? Was there an announcement from nvidia that they do not support old cards? Which one I should upgrade to?
    – mavroprovato
    Commented Aug 9 at 23:35
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    I don't know; I'm in a similar situation with a GT 730. I used to be able to run Nvidia 340 drivers on it as long as I ran 20.04 with the original kernel, but even that stopped working in a recent update. So nouveau it is. That particular computer could accept a GTX 1050 (for example) which is supported, but since I only use it for running one old application, it's not worth it to me.
    – Organic Marble
    Commented Aug 9 at 23:40
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    The last driver for your card is the 390 series, which does not work on the 6.8 kernel series. As @OrganicMarble said, it's time for a new card.
    – ajgringo619
    Commented Aug 9 at 23:44
  • @ajgringo619 thanks for the info. Seems that I should buy a new one, but that's just shity,
    – mavroprovato
    Commented Aug 9 at 23:48

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There is no need for you to buy a newer graphics card. Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) extends Ubuntu's support lifetime from 5 years to 10 years for LTS versions of Ubuntu 14.04 and later. ESM is offered by Ubuntu Pro for free for personal use on up to 5 machines (limitations apply). All you need is an Ubuntu One account.

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From the standpoint of extending the usable lifetime of your GeForce GT 620 graphics card you get an extended 5 years of support (until 2032) which at least saves the money it would cost to buy another graphics card which you don't need. My suggestion is to try to install the proprietary Nvidia graphics driver on Ubuntu 22.04. At some point you might consider putting this package on hold to prevent it from being updated. That way a software update won't be able to ruin your current proprietary Nvidia graphics driver installation.

To install the Nvidia proprietary graphics drivers that are compatible with your GeForce GT 620 you might also need to enable the repositories for older releases that are not supported by following the instructions in How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?.

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    Pro is free for up to 5 machines. I use all 5
    – David DE
    Commented Aug 10 at 5:58
  • OK I agree that I could stay with 22.04, I could do that without Ubuntu Pro for 2 more years, but the question here is if I can make the card work efficiently for 24.04, which is not the case
    – mavroprovato
    Commented Aug 10 at 21:42
  • My problem is it that I want it to work with 24.04. I was already using 22.04 with no problem, so I'm not downgrading to 20.04
    – mavroprovato
    Commented Aug 11 at 2:34
  • Thanks for commenting. I was not aware that it still works in 22.04. It seems like you want to install the Nvidia proprietary graphics driver from 22.04 in 24.04. That's going to give you some unmet dependencies and broken packages issues. You can ask some AI chatbot to give you examples of what these possible package management issues are. That's a safe question to ask an AI chatbot as long as you don't do anything about it.
    – karel
    Commented Aug 11 at 2:46

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