Changing my GPU - help me out!

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Hello everyone, so I need to change my GPU, my Nvidia 750ti just died a horrible death and now I’m gonna get me a Radeon RX580 as a good linux user should always lean on the AMD side of things (tho I haven’t bought it yet so I’m still accepting recommendations on the same budget xD)

I found this post:

But tho I believe it to be as simple as plug and play, as I used proprietary drivers to install my Garuda sys I just want to be sure everything will be actually that easy as to just switch and turn the pc on.

Or should I immediately try something like this:

Additionally while I wait for the new gpu to arrive, I need to use my motherboard HDMI port to use my stuff. But it doesn’t seem to get me video beyond the grub page? If I boot zorin on grub, it works just fine, but no Garuda entry can get me video, can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in great advance!

inxi

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  Kernel: 6.5.10-hardened1-1-hardened arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc                                                              
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    rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3 ibt=off                                                               
  Desktop: LXQt v: 1.4.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 info: cairo-dock, lxqt-panel                                                                
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux                                                                  
Machine:                                                                                                                               
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H310M-E R2.0/BR v: Rev X.0x                                                                 
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1605                                                                     
    date: 07/14/2020                                                                                                                   
CPU:                                                                                                                                   
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-8100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake                                                                 
    gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xB (11) microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2200 high: 3601 min/max: 800/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 800 2: 3600 3: 800
    4: 3601 bogomips: 28808
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750] driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
    2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1381 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1360x768 s-dpi: 90 s-size: 384x300mm (15.12x11.81")
    s-diag: 487mm (19.18")
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: HDMI-0 res: 1360x768 hz: 60 dpi: 49
    size: 708x398mm (27.87x15.67") modes: 1024x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.02
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 1.95 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02
    device-ID: 10de:1381 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.10-hardened1-1-hardened status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.84 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.78 TiB used: 788.47 GiB (27.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: SATA SSD size: 55.9 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: Sb10 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000NM0053
    size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: G00A scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 558.79 GiB size: 558.79 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 192.04 GiB (34.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-5b16040e-5d39-4cd0-80b7-423ffe50eaff
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 5.59 GiB size: 5.58 GiB (99.80%)
    used: 242.2 MiB (4.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 558.79 GiB size: 558.79 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 192.04 GiB (34.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-5b16040e-5d39-4cd0-80b7-423ffe50eaff
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 558.79 GiB size: 558.79 GiB (100.00%)
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    mapped: luks-5b16040e-5d39-4cd0-80b7-423ffe50eaff
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 33%
Info:
  Processes: 238 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
  available: 15.56 GiB used: 2.9 GiB (18.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12
  clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 1810 pm: pacman pkgs: 1757 libs: 540
  tools: pamac,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 53 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15
  running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-1):
  System install date:     2023-11-15
  Last full system update: 2023-09-12
  Is partially upgraded:   Yes
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

(also, the above inxi is from the last post since my gpu is not able to do anything right now so I can’t get to my garuda system. if you feel like I should stick a live-boot to get the latest-and-greatest inxi of the system, I’ll provide it right away. last update was actually 20/nov, not partial since bluish solved my issue with updating as well).

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Under normal circumstances one should remove everything nVidia-related, shut down the system, install the new AMD card, boot the system and be good to go. Since your nVidia card dies before you could switch I would just install the new AMD card and see what you get. I had an issue with my 6600 and had to send it back in. Once I received it back I decided to just shut down and replace the nVidia with the 6600 without uninstalling anything for nVidia. I ran across only one issue and that was an error message that went away once I did uninstall everything for nVidia.

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And the code above from this

is the right way to fully rip everything nvidia wise, right?

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Do you have access to your system? via chroot if yes you can check if you have the radeon module. ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko.zst

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I’ll try it tomorrow : 3

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