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just started using ubuntu. I'm a total noob so if you need more info please let me know what it is and how to do it. I'm trying to play .mkv files using VLC on my laptop. I have a gtx 1070 installed, and I'm using whatever the default driver is from ubuntu install. Basically I'm seeing screen tearing/choppy graphics. I haven't tired playing any games yet, but I'm assuming if I have problems with just videos the games will probably be just as bad. Before I get off topic, I want to know if anyone has some information about improving the quality of videos or updating drivers for best performance. Please let me know what I can do to fix the screen tear/choppy video, thank you.

this is the laptop: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234297R

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Installed latest nvidia drivers and after reboot I would get stuck in a log in loop. Would have to purge nvidia in order to stop the loop from happening. The problem is that at the end of the installation there's a prompt that says the driver won't work if secure boot is enabled would you like to disable it y/n? I would click yes to disable it and assumed that it would change it for me. It did not. I had to disable secure boot in bios than I was able to boot + log in without any issues and the drivers are working great, I can even play some steam games.

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