GPU swap - Nvidia out, AMD in

Hi all, I am contemplating on swapping a RTX 4070 GPU (with Nvidia drivers, not Nouveau) for a RX 9070 XT, what would be the best procedure for this?

Thanks.

If you search bit of the forum you will find similar topic.

But basically prior swapping, remove the NVIDIA drivers, replace card, install MESA drivers.

Also share your garuda-inxi.

If you have an AMD CPU with an iGPU its possible you have MESA drivers, which basically means that the moment you put the new card in all will work out of the box. That was my case.

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I did do some searching, but didn’t see a post which seemed relevant, I don’t use hyprland (I think? - I don’t know for sure).

Summary
Output of garuda-inxi down here, I have a Ryzen 7 5700X3D so no iGPU present. To remove NVidia drivers, open Octopi, search nvidia then uninstall everything which is installed?
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2786 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter>
built: 2021 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 100 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.71 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2786
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

If you post the Garuda-Inxi, not just a few lines of it, we know what you are using.

This post also says, swap and good to go, then you can delete the Nvidia stuff.

Again, from the template, you delete, from your first post.

  • After rebooting, post the FULL output of garuda-inxi in the body of the post (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)
  • Format terminal output (including your garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>) , or put three tildes (~) above and below the text
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  Kernel: 6.14.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=c40c1e9a-9af8-4924-8dbf-954bd8a80aaa rw rootflags=subvol=@
    vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
    vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
    vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 GAMING X v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 GAMING X serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F40b
    date: 07/11/2024
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming
    Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3603 min/max: 550/4151 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3603 2: 3603 3: 3603
    4: 3603 5: 3603 6: 3603 7: 3603 8: 3603 9: 3603 10: 3603 11: 3603 12: 3603
    13: 3603 14: 3603 15: 3603 16: 3603 bogomips: 95997
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 570.133.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-01) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
    process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: none off: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2786 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 100 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 11.71 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2786
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
    nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bc class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Razer USA Seiren Mini driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3.2:4
    chip-ID: 1532:0531 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-4:3 chip-ID: 1038:12ad class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.75 TiB (48.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3CR013 temp: 43.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3CR013 temp: 42.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB 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: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 93.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 93.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 93.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 93.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 221.9 MiB (0.7%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
    max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.6 C mobo: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 6.05 GiB (19.3%)
  Processes: 426 Power: uptime: 2h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.44 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1770 libs: 526 tools: octopi,paru,yay
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
    v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2024-08-24
  Last full system update: 2025-04-16
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

I don’t know how to delete the NVidia stuff…is it with Octopi? Or pacman -Q | grep nvidia and then sudo pacman -Rns ?

sudo pacman -R garuda-nvidia-config nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia libxnvctrl lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia gwe

If you read errors …deinstall step by step
after this step → shutdown → disconnect the power cable → change gpu →
boot the the system. (think on the power cable)
The driver for your amdgpu is integrated in the kernel. Your system should run.

AMD GPU relevant software steps to install → point 2 (if not installed)

→ reboot → post your inxi please again

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You are using KDE from Garuda in the Mokka flavor :slight_smile:

My motherboard is at the latest version already so couldn’t do an update. I’ve swapped the GPU’s out and my monitor is displaying the desktop so, so far so good.

garuda-inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=c40c1e9a-9af8-4924-8dbf-954bd8a80aaa rw rootflags=subvol=@
    vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
    vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
    vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 GAMING X v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 GAMING X serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F40b
    date: 07/11/2024
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming
    Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3595 min/max: 550/4151 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3595 2: 3595 3: 3595
    4: 3595 5: 3595 6: 3595 7: 3595 8: 3595 9: 3595 10: 3595 11: 3595 12: 3595
    13: 3595 14: 3595 15: 3595 16: 3595 bogomips: 96004
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [RX 9070/9070 XT]
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-1
    bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7550 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 100 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
    wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
    gfx1201 ACO DRM 3.61 6.14.2-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:7550
    memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab40
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte 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: Razer USA Seiren Mini driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-3.2:4
    chip-ID: 1532:0531 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-4:3 chip-ID: 1038:12ad class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 1.76 TiB (48.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3CR013 temp: 25.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3CR013 temp: 23.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB 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: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 96.25 GiB (49.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 96.25 GiB (49.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 96.25 GiB (49.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 96.25 GiB (49.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: 22.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 27.0 C
    mem: 50.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 2
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 3.15 GiB (10.1%)
  Processes: 423 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1758 libs: 523 tools: octopi,paru,yay
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
    v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2024-08-24
  Last full system update: 2025-04-16
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

Just tried some games out, most won’t start. In Steam there is window popping up and closing right away, can’t read what it says. In Heroic Launcher, one game says my system doesn’t support DX12. Is this due to missing Mesa packages perhaps?

mesa is installed.

But vulkan is missing.

Try a simple garuda-update and check if the required packages are included. If not, then post the output of:

pacman -Qs vulkan
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Installing vulkan-radeon seemed to have done the trick! Thanks everyone for the help.

Wrong.. equal if you have board rev 1.0 or 1.1

You have b version and it´s possible to update version g (my mind)

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