Ubuntu 19 Help

I have installed Ubuntu 19 on my laptop and I was hoping to get it working nicely for some gaming and possible dabbling with graphics programs like Blender and Inkskape.

I installed steam no problem but when I try to run the games they are either SO SLOW that they are impossible to play or I'm dead from lag.

I am a avid windows user but fairly new to linux OS I know it is always best to have the right drivers no matter what OS you are running but I am not sure how to install the right drivers.

I have downloaded and installed the "optional" drivers that were detected but it seems they are either not the right ones or not the ones causing my memory problems.

Does anyone know what I need to get this laptop running right and maybe play a game or two ?


I have a Gateway NV53A with 4GB ram

 

Would you post the output of:

Code:

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'

I'm guessing that you have an Nvidia graphics card, and that you are still running the Nouveau open source graphics drivers, which has extremely poor performance. You will need the Nvidia proprietary drivers.

If you do have an Nvidia graphics card, I am going to suggest installing PopOS. They have an ISO that includes the Nvidia proprietary drivers, meaning you don't have to install them yourself. https://pop.system76.com/