Tried the kernel kernel-default-4.12.14-lp150.7.1.g07517a0.x86_64.rpm without nouveau.modeset=0 . While booting after the splash screen and before GDM login screen there were couple of flickers. After logging in and before the desktop appeared there were couple more flickers. Apart from that everything seems to work fine. Graphics performance and animations felt same or bit better compared to kernel kernel-default-4.12.14-lp150.12.4.1.x86_64 with nouveau.modeset=0 . Since this is all about perceptions I am not so sure about this. But its definitely not worse. Anything specific I should test ?