Do I need nvidia driver 32 bits?

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Hi. When trying to install nvidia-Go6 driver on a fresh installation, yast wants to install th 32 bit version too. Can I uncheck them?.
My system:

CPU: 6-core Intel Core i5-8400 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 2466/800/4000 MHz
Kernel: 6.4.9-1-default x86_64 Up: 5h 26m Mem: 5899.0/31993.2 MiB (18.4%)
Storage: 6.38 TiB (34.5% used) Procs: 370 Shell: Sudo 1.9.14p1 inxi: 3.3.27
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: zink gpu: nouveau resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 23.1.5 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230813

it happened actually when I activated the community repos like the nvidia one.

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That question was bothering me also for a while. I am using 64 bit and I decided to not install it every time I install the nvidia driver.

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did you get any issues?

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I’ve been doing it for some years and didn’t seem to have any issues.

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Great. Thank you very much conram. :partying_face:

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Same here. No issues.

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May need if you play 32 bit games.

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Not the case, but many thanks for your answers.