Hello

I am about to buy a laptop (HP) that comes with the processor AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 
(link below) and the GPU AMD Radeon Vega 8 is integrated. In the description 
table of the laptop it shows the Vega 8 graphics, but just below it also shows 
the nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 graphics and I am a bit confused... Does it have 
both GPUs? Radeon integrated on the Ryzen processor and nVidia on the 
motherboard? Searching information at Google I found a post in a forum 
describing that laptops with Ryzen processors have both GPUs and you can switch 
them but it is a bit "tricky"...

By the way, at first I am more concerned about the drivers. I´ve read that 
latest nVidia drivers do not work with the latest linux kernels and it is 
required to downgrade to a previous kernel so you can install the official 
nVidia´s driver. Is it real or currently I can install the most fresh AMD.COM 
driver with no problems? Do the kernel support "nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 
graphics" with generic drivers and it will work fine for games or graphics 
software (design, video, etc)?

And related to the Vega 8 (integrated in the processor)... I visited AMD.COM to 
see details of the driver and I found that it is only available for Windows 10 
(at least on the driver´s link). Does the kernel have support for GPU Vega 8 
(generic drivers) and work fine for games and graphics software? Do you know 
about an alternative link or place where to get the official driver for Linux 
or it does not exist?

I am worried because don´t want to buy a USD 1200 laptop that will not work on 
Linux (Debian 10) due incompatibility or lack of drivers... I hope you can help 
me or tell me if it is safe to buy the laptop because it will work with the 
official or generic drivers...

https://www.amd.com/en/support/apu/amd-ryzen-processors/amd-ryzen-5-mobile-processors-radeon-vega-graphics/amd-ryzen-5-2

Thanks in advance for your comments and help

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