Enabling G-Sync on "Unvalidated monitor"

System:
Kernel: 6.6.0-AMD-znver3 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-amd-znver3
root=UUID=0e15d879-199f-4a32-bf42-2353804e1470 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=7b9b8ca6-2b28-46e0-a79e-d08d96485f78 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Alienware product: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition
v: 2.4.2 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Alienware model: 0TYR0X v: A00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Alienware v: 2.4.2 date: 07/03/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201025
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3787 high: 3800 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3800 2: 3800
3: 3800 4: 3800 5: 3800 6: 3800 7: 3800 8: 3593 9: 3800 10: 3800 11: 3800
12: 3800 13: 3800 14: 3800 15: 3800 16: 3800 bogomips: 121422
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 alternate: nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2216
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-14:7
chip-ID: 046d:085c class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5280x2560 s-dpi: 110 s-size: 1219x596mm (47.99x23.46")
s-diag: 1357mm (53.42")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: left res: 1440x2560 dpi: 109
size: 336x598mm (13.23x23.54") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: primary,right res: 3840x1600 dpi: 111
size: 880x370mm (34.65x14.57") diag: 955mm (37.58") modes: N/A
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 RTX 3080/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 9.77 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02
device-ID: 10de:2216 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.4
chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 wireless adapter
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12.1:8 chip-ID: 1038:1260 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Texas Instruments PCM2704 16-bit stereo audio DAC
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12.2:9 chip-ID: 08bb:2704 class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-14:7
chip-ID: 046d:085c class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.0-AMD-znver3 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 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks Killer
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 wireless adapter
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12.1:8 chip-ID: 1038:1260 class-ID: 0300
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:11 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 213.45 GiB (5.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 51.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: AC70 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 896.83 GiB size: 896.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.45 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.83 GiB size: 896.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.45 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 896.83 GiB size: 896.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.45 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 896.83 GiB size: 896.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.45 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.28 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 32%
Info:
Processes: 353 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 32 GiB
available: 31.28 GiB used: 3.31 GiB (10.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1851 libs: 550 tools: octopi,pamac,paru Shell: fish
v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.17-1):
System install date:     2023-11-06
Last full system update: 2023-11-06
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

I read somewhere that the newer versions of Plasma will automatically enable vrr when an application is running in full screen. I just wanted to validate if that is true for KDE Dragonized Gaming Edition.

If it isn’t, is there a preferred method for enabling G-Sync on an “unvalidated” monitor? When I use nvidia-settings to enable G-Sync it screws up the fonts in non-KDE applications. I’ve been able to fix that somewhat, but apps like Brave still don’t appear “normal.”

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