The proprietary driver is essentially required for any kind of modern gaming.įor the best support, compatibility, and performance, the open-source drivers are always recommended. This causes terrible performance and compatibility. The open-source Nouveau driver does not yet support all the video card features (modern OpenGL and Vulkan support is not present), and it is unable to run GPUs above their base clock frequency due to restrictions by NVIDIA.

Follow the Debian installation guide for the proprietary NVIDIA driver including the multiarch NVIDIA driver libraries section. The proprietary driver is heavily recommended for decent performance, and it's necessary for Vulkan support. Exchange this character for sudo or change your user to root in your terminal before running these commands.īefore using Steam, you must ensure you're using the best drivers for your card, and that you have the necessary 32-bit libraries, as well as proper Vulkan support.įind the make of your GPU and follow the relevant section below. The instructions in this article will show a # before a command if it needs to be run as root. There are packages available for Debian 9 'Stretch', Buster, Bullseye, Bookworm, and Sid.

Possibility: Non-standard audio output device.

Variant: remove offending files from Steam Runtime.

Install steam client