For the UHD 730, you should ideally be running or newer (such as Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ). These versions ship with Linux Kernel 5.15 or 6.x, which have native support for Rocket Lake graphics.
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| Use Case | Performance on Ubuntu | |----------|------------------------| | GNOME / KDE desktop (Wayland) | Smooth at 1080p/4K | | 4K video playback (YouTube, VLC) | Hardware-accelerated (VA-API) | | Web browsing / office work | Excellent | | Casual gaming (e.g., Minecraft, older titles) | Playable at low settings | | Modern 3D gaming (CS:GO, Dota 2) | Low FPS (30–40 at 720p) | | Video editing / rendering | Slow (use CPU instead) | intel uhd graphics 730 ubuntu
X11 can suffer from screen tearing on Intel GPUs. Wayland handles compositing better. For the UHD 730, you should ideally be
Run these commands to confirm everything is working: Wayland handles compositing better
vulkaninfo --summary