Tested the live USB using Ventoy, selecting Grub2, and using the proprietary Nvidia driver option (on my spare parts PC). All seems good I think as far as the graphics driver goes I think? If you need additional information, let me know.
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╰─λ glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
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╰─λ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.347 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.989 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.000 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.998 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.013 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.988 FPS
Garuda-inxi just in case 
â•─garuda@garuda in ~ as đź§™ took 32s
[⚡] × garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.15.3-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-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_DR460NIZED_BROADWING quiet
systemd.show_status=1 checksum=y driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0
i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1 rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.15.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C35 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MEG X570 ACE (MS-7C35) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.P0 date: 07/17/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 12 threads: 24 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB
desc: 12x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 4x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1746 min/max: 563/4674 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1746 2: 1746 3: 1746
4: 1746 5: 1746 6: 1746 7: 1746 8: 1746 9: 1746 10: 1746 11: 1746 12: 1746
13: 1746 14: 1746 15: 1746 16: 1746 17: 1746 18: 1746 19: 1746 20: 1746
21: 1746 22: 1746 23: 1746 24: 1746 bogomips: 182392
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 575.64 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-2,
Unknown-2 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e81 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Depstech webcam MIC
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
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,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: V505-J09 built: 2021 res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 89 gamma: 1.2 size: 1096x616mm (43.15x24.25")
diag: 1257mm (49.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 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
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 575.64 device-ID: 10de:1e81
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.4-arch1.1 (LLVM 20.1.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Depstech webcam MIC
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Beibinghe driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 3206:0861
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.15.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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 I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 26:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp38s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.79 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: RKT401.1 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Seagate
model: WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 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: 611100WD temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Verbatim model: STORE N GO
size: 58.2 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 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: 37.5 C mobo: 29.9 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 5.43 GiB (17.4%)
Processes: 427 Power: uptime: 19m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1254 libs: 311 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
warning: database file for 'garuda' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'chaotic-aur' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-06-26
Last full system update: 2025-06-26 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units: snapper-cleanup.service