Low FPS after update

After getting this update, I am getting low FPS in games 5-10 when before it would be 50-60. No idea where to look to see what I did wrong.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.15.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=cad7bbb3-9ce0-4c45-9b8f-5744d43b3fa3 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B61 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.A0 date: 06/08/2020
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G502 X LIGHTSPEED serial: <filter> charge: 79%
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-9600KF bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13)
    microcode: 0x104
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1100 min/max: 800/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 1100 2: 1100 3: 1100 4: 1100 5: 1100 6: 1100 bogomips: 44398
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 575.64.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04;
    EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: MacroSilicon USB Video driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 534d:2109 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:9 chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 5760x2160 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: right model: ASUS VG289Q1A serial: <filter> built: 2024 res:
    mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 150% (1.5) to: 2560x1440 dpi: 157 gamma: 1.2
    size: 621x341mm (24.45x13.43") diag: 708mm (27.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160
    min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: Dell ST2310 serial: <filter> built: 2010 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3")
    diag: 585mm (23") 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: 575.64.03 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 16 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM 20.1.8)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: lact, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 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 GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: MacroSilicon USB Video driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 534d:2109 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:9 chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
  Device-5: Razer USA Nari Ultimate driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 1532:051a class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.15.7-zen1-1-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: 1.4.6 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI 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>
  IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 5.3 Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:a729 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 7.29 TiB used: 3.96 TiB (54.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB 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: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 59.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST6000VN0033-2EE110 size: 5.46 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Generic model: Flash Disk size: 14.75 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8.07 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1020.08 GiB (54.8%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 616 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: 1020.08 GiB (54.8%) 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: 1020.08 GiB (54.8%) 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: 1020.08 GiB (54.8%) 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: 31.28 GiB used: 185 MiB (0.6%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.28 GiB used: 16.78 GiB (53.6%)
  Processes: 376 Power: uptime: 1h 38m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.43 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2157 libs: 582 tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru Compilers:
    clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.1.1 Client: Unknown Client: electron inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-2):
  System install date:     2025-03-16
  Last full system update: 2025-07-20
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

Here ya go.

From my view, everything looks okay here.

Your GPU is detected and using the nvidia driver:

Additionally, all graphics APIs detect the NVIDIA graphics card as well:

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You could try installing the garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia profile instead.

Try:

sudo pacman -S garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia

You will have to confirm the removal of the nvidia-dkms and garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia-closed package. After this, try a reboot and check your performance again. If this does not work, please post your garuda-inxi as well as glxinfo again.

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