Nvidia RTX 2050 graphics card not recognized

[Kayo]

@TSilverCat1

Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 [GeForce RTX 2050] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-10;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF

Your card uses the most latest drivers, so just use this:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms

Some specific nvidia cards aren’t handled more easily with more automatic means of driver installation (like using Garuda Settings Manager). The RTX 2050 (NVIDIA GA107) is one of them:

Laptop not using NVIDIA GPU, stuck on llvmpipe

Try running sudo pacman -S nvidia-dkms In terminal to install the drivers if the button is missing. (this solution seemed to help others with Nvidia “Unknown devices” listed in the Hardware Configuration Button to install NVIDIA proprietary drivers missing - #5 by filo )