I just got a new to me graphics card. I’ve never added or subtracted hardware besides a couple hard drives since I’ve been using Garuda. I’m currently using an NVIDIA 1070, it has served me well but I was offered a Titan XP for a steal. It has twice the ram and would be a substantial upgrade despite being old itself.
Anyway I was hoping to get some insight to any issues I may encounter doing this swap so I can prepare before hand to troubleshoot. I understand it may not be as smooth a process as a plug and play windows swap.
Should I be prepared for a reinstall, will this card be using the same driver, am I just overthinking this?
System:
Kernel: 6.18.9-zen1-2-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=abf5a4a6-fca9-4da5-9d49-7084cfecb226 rw rootflags=subvol=@ loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.23.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: ASUS_MB_KBLX uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
vendor: American Megatrends v: 4201 date: 11/06/2024
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake gen: core 7 level: v4
note: check process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x55 (85) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2007006
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 6x1024 KiB L3: 8.2 MiB desc: 1x8.2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 min/max: 1200/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 1200 7: 1200 8: 1200 9: 1200 10: 1200 11: 1200
12: 1200 bogomips: 83997
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 580.126.09
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1, HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1
bus-ID: 65:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 5120x3060 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,top-left model: HP P201 serial: <filter> built: 2014 res:
mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8")
diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: middle-c model: Asus VS278 serial: <filter> built: 2013 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: DVI-D-1 pos: top-right model: HP P201 serial: <filter> built: 2014 res:
mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8")
diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
Monitor-4: HDMI-A-1 pos: bottom-c model: Samsung C27F390 serial: <filter> built: 2015 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.126.09 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
driver: nvidia v: 580.126.09 device-ID: 10de:1b81 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.5-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: 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 GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 65:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Actions Captain 500 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6.4:8 chip-ID: 10d6:4801 class-ID: 0102
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.18.9-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter vendor: ASUSTeK driver: rtw88_8822be
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-13:7 chip-ID: 0b05:185c class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.48 TiB used: 1.35 TiB (20.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: VC2S038D temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 55.9 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: V3.7 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: ae20 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: AA20 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 115 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 916a scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 30RL
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 269.32 GiB (56.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 664 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 269.32 GiB (56.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 269.32 GiB (56.5%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 269.32 GiB (56.5%)
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: 46.73 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: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 48 GiB note: est. available: 46.73 GiB used: 6.3 GiB (13.5%)
Processes: 383 Power: uptime: 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 18.62 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1591 pm: pacman pkgs: 1562 libs: 451 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 29
Compilers: clang: 21.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.3.9-release inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.12.3-2):
System install date: 2025-01-26
Garuda release: 240428
Last full system update: 2026-02-15
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-580xx-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia-580xx garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
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