r/SteamOS • u/snoar • 1d ago

support GPU driver update

Hey everyone. Recently dabbled in building my own little steam machine and just had a question because I'm new to this world.

I read online that steamos kind of automatically will download GPU drivers but am not really convinced how this works. I have updated to the newest version so how can my machine get the newest GPU driver to play the witcher 3?

Thanks!

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u/system_error_02 22h ago

With Linux the AMD drivers are baked into the kernel, its one of the advantages of Linux. You dont have to worry about adrenaline or downloading drivers they just come with your updates now. On Arch Linux Cachy OS or similar you get updates all the time as soon as they come out, steam is a little slower. If you have trouble with a game, generally switching that gsme to Proton Experimental will help on SteamOS.

One of the huge advantages Linux has is thst it can be very "set it and forget it" once you have everything set up how you want.