which Nvidia driver in Debian Trixie

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Subject: which Nvidia driver in Debian Trixie
From: "Anil F Duggirala" <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:58:43 -0500
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I am looking ot install the proprietary Nvidia driver on my Dell XPS 9550 with Nvidia Geforce GTX 960M hybrid graphics.

In my new Debian installation I see two different versions, 550 and 535, the 535 version package is named as "tesla". What does this mean? Can I use the 535 tesla driver for gaming?

I tried the 550 version but am having some issues with my display (high-dpi) on my laptop; steam games launching in wrong resolution and displaying in the most weird ways. I am on Gnome, Wayland.

Thank you,

Anil F

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