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by ekianjo 3252 days ago
> Their current X11 drivers tear like crazy, and I have hope that Wayland will fix that.

No they don't. I have had 3 different nVIdia configs, and presently 2 for gaming, and through my experience hopping from one distro to the next I find that the problem is actually unrelated to nVIdia drivers - but the compositor. For example, in Mint if you switch to compton, it makes all tearing disappear. This is well documented.
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shmerl 3252 days ago
They do for many users, and taming them is a pain. That's why using Mesa is a breeze in comparison.
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ollien 3252 days ago
They definitely tear, at least for me. I was able to do some hacks to make Plasma not tear, but quite a few games tear like crazy.
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ekianjo 3252 days ago
What compositor do you use? Feel free to reach me, maybe I can help if you can provide me with more details of your config.
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ollien 3252 days ago
I use whatever is included with Fedora's KDE spin. Not quite sure which to be honest.
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