Hi everyone,
I’m having a frustrating issue with video quality on my Garuda setup. No matter what I do, all videos in FireDragon look significantly grainy. This is happening across YouTube, Twitch, and Netflix.
On YouTube and Twitch, even when I manually select 1080p or 4K, the image looks like it’s being upscaled poorly or has some weird smoothing filter over it. On Netflix, the quality is even worse.
My Hardware/System:
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080
Driver: Proprietary NVIDIA (latest)
Browser: FireDragon (default settings)
OS: Garuda Linux (Dragonized Edition)
I’ve toggled “Hardware Acceleration” in the browser settings, but it doesn’t seem to fix the clarity. Netflix is notoriously bad. I’ve heard Linux gets capped at low resolutions, but the blurriness on YouTube and Twitch makes me think it’s a driver/decoding issue.
Has anyone else with an RTX 30 series card found a fix for this?
Any help would be appreciated!
System:
Kernel: 6.18.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=e6ea72d1-f843-421d-a9b6-3a86baa43b6f rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.21.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B650E-E WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 11/13/2025
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 5 gen: 5
level: v4 note: check built: 2024+ process: TSMC n4 (4nm) family: 0x1A (26)
model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xB404035
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 603 min/max: 603/5272 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 603 2: 603 3: 603
4: 603 5: 603 6: 603 7: 603 8: 603 9: 603 10: 603 11: 603 12: 603 13: 603
14: 603 15: 603 16: 603 bogomips: 150399
Flags-basic: 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] driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1
empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2206
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Granite Ridge [Radeon Graphics]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-1
bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:13c0 class-ID: 0300 temp: 45.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia dri: radeonsi
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 model: Dell AW3225QF serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
mode: 3840x2160 hz: 240 scale: 200% (2) to: 1920x1080 dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2
size: 699x395mm (27.52x15.55") diag: 803mm (31.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 25.3.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 9.77 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 8 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
device-ID: 10de:2206 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO)
driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.3-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:13c0 surfaces: N/A
device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.3-arch1.1 (LLVM 21.1.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0b:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Apple USB-C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:6 chip-ID: 05ac:110a class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.18.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 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 RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 10.45 GiB (0.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 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: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 47.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD30EZRZ-00Z5HB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 64.22 GiB size: 64.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.42 GiB (16.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 36.8 MiB (38.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 64.22 GiB size: 64.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.42 GiB (16.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 64.22 GiB size: 64.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.42 GiB (16.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 64.22 GiB size: 64.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.42 GiB (16.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.5 GiB used: 6.46 GiB (21.2%)
Processes: 396 Power: uptime: 24m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.15 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1276 libs: 325 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: fish v: 4.3.2 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2026-01-07
Garuda release: 251103
Last full system update: 2026-01-08
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut(custom) mkinitcpio nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garu
da-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
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