Installed RTX 5070 FE. Cannot set my resolution and refresh rate to 3440x1440p @ 120 Hz

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Just got a new GPU. Installed it, system lets me boot in but I am at really low resolution and refresh rate. How can I fix this because it’s not a great experience right now.

Trying to switch to open source drivers returns this message: removing nvidia-dkms breaks dependency 'nvidia-dkms' required by garuda-nvidia-config

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = (unset),
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_COLLATE = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_MESSAGES = (unset),
LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8",
LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("en_US.UTF-8").
System:
Kernel: 6.15.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=9613693f-dd5c-41e6-afd3-5bc2c13b93e5 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z790I AORUS ULTRA v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z790I AORUS ULTRA v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F10b date: 12/04/2024
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-14700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake
gen: core 14 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm)
family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x12F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 11 cores: 20 threads: 28 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.8 MiB desc: d-12x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 12x64 KiB L2: 28 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 3x4 MiB L3: 33 MiB desc: 1x33 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1502 min/max: 800/5500:5600:4300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1502 2: 1502 3: 1502
4: 1502 5: 1502 6: 1502 7: 1502 8: 1502 9: 1502 10: 1502 11: 1502 12: 1502
13: 1502 14: 1502 15: 1502 16: 1502 17: 1502 18: 1502 19: 1502 20: 1502
21: 1502 22: 1502 23: 1502 24: 1502 25: 1502 26: 1502 27: 1502 28: 1502
bogomips: 191385
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB205 [GeForce RTX 5070] driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: N/A status: unknown device ID pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2f04 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96
size: 508x285mm (20x11.22") diag: 582mm (22.93") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.5-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.7 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 30.37 GiB unified: yes
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 15 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
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: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:2f80 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Giga-Byte USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 0414:a014 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.15.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 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: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:12 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 666.36 GiB (35.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 40.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 666.36 GiB (35.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 624 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 666.36 GiB (35.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 666.36 GiB (35.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 666.36 GiB (35.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.1 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: 47.0 C mobo: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.1 GiB used: 6.67 GiB (21.4%)
Processes: 528 Power: uptime: 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.36 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2019 libs: 558 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
System install date:     2025-03-02
Last full system update: 2025-07-14
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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It’s also impossible to play games now. I’m getting 1 fps across the board. This has to be a driver issue right?

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Of course, you need the option to deinstall sudo pacman -Rdd nvidia…
and for your gpu you need the nvidia-open-beta-dkms to install over paru.
deinstall:
sudo pacman -Rdd garuda-nvidia-config nvidia-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia libxnvctrl lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia gwe python-py3nvml

no reboot

then: to install with all dependence

paru -S nvidia-open-beta-dkms lib32-nvidia-utils-beta lib32-opencl-nvidia-beta nvidia-settings-beta opencl-nvidia-beta nvidia-utils-beta

reboot → test-- if you have issues —> pls post then your garuda-inxi + pacman -Qs nvidia

You should fix this over the konsole
Make sure en_GB and en_US are enabled (search them in the file and remove the # comment, if present) in:
/etc/locale.gen
And re-generate locales

sudo locale-gen

but before this (my mind) make a bios update
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790I-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-10/support#dl
Think on right settings after:

  • fastboot + secure boot disabled
  • ahci + uefi mode
  • resize bar enabled
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Ah I see. Do you know when the official proprietary drivers will support the 5070?

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Can`t see in the future…sorry
But are your issues solved ?
Default only one for each topic :innocent:

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Did just updating to the beta drivers solve this for you? I have the 5060 Ti. Installing the beta drivers worked but I also had to edit the GRUB configuration to add the kernel parameter. Had this weird issue where the drivers were active on the login screen but when I logged in, suddenly they stopped work.

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I’ve decided not to pursue this workaround and would rather just wait until the card becomes supported on Garuda instead.

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BTW, Garuda can do nothing, we can wait like you for an upstream solution.
Like you wrote

supported by Nvidia.

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And if, this gpu generation came not in the default nvidia-dkms version, if in the
nvidia-open-dkms and you have nvidia-dkms installed.
Without uninstill over pacman with the option -Rdd it won’t work (my mind)

as info:

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offtopic
I request @gampel to be renamed in Mr.Nvidia :wink:

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…and don’t worry, your system won’t fall into a “black” hole if you install an nvidia-open-beta-dkms driver instead of the nvidia-dkms driver,
but it is a faulty system if you not installed this driver (my mind)
as info:
the first nvidia winstupid rtx driver for this generation was a beta driver (of course with whql) …lol..but without errors ?.. if i read in the great www…sorry..no.

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