# NVIDIA GPU users, attention please! (Dec-2025)

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-gpu-users-attention-please-dec-2025/77119>\
**Category:** Important notifications\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-gpu-users-attention-please-dec-2025/77119 "2025-12-20T21:22:56Z")\
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> [@dalto](#):
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> If you are installing EOS online at the current time, you would need to choose the open source option, not the nvidia option and then switch to the 580xx drivers after the install.

Thanks for the reply!

Having such an old card, I always installed EOS or Arch with the open drivers, then switched to the closed ones once I got to the desktop of the installed distro.

I found that this was a “safer” procedure, as it usually worked. Also, installing the closed drivers doesn’t necessarily mean installing the dkms version, so since I wanted those, I always installed the open version of the distro first, then switched to the closed one.

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