From 47ef33f56b4b56cde02b5c52da21a4ec8d2b4533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pingu <nor@acorneroftheweb.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:05:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drivers

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 # Drivers
+
+In general, I would enable the following:
+```nix
+hardware = {
+  enableAllFirmware = true;
+  graphics = {
+      enable = true;
+      enable32Bit = true;
+  };
+};
+```
+
+`hardware.graphics.enable` enables hardware accelerated graphics drivers, which should, usually, be enable no matter what.
+
+## NVIDIA
+
+This enables the proprietary nvidia drivers, with some reasonable defaults.
+```nix
+services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];
+hardware.nvidia = {
+  modesetting.enable = true;
+  open = true; # If you are able to, needs an RTX
+  nvidiaSettings = true;
+  package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable; # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix for versions available
+};
+```
+
+## AMD
+The following enables the vulkan driver:
+
+```nix
+hardware.amdgpu.amdvlk = {
+  enable = true;
+  support32Bit.enable = true;
+};
+```
+
+## Intel
+
+I do not have a Intel system to test this on, but the OG manual mention doing either of these depending on if you are getting screen tearing.[^1]
+
+```nix
+services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "modesetting" ]; # Try this first
+```
+
+```nix
+services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "intel" ]; # Try these if this the first didn't work
+services.xserver.deviceSection = ''
+  Option "DRI" "2"
+  Option "TearFree" "true"
+  '';
+
+```
+
+[^1]: [NixOS Manual: Intel Graphics drivers](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-x11--graphics-cards-intel)