An easy option to limit the GPU power on Nvidia cards is GreenWithEnvy.
Not sure what else it could be… For me it’s running fine on an RTX 3080 on Mint with the 570 driver… ProtonDB also doesn’t seem to have any relevant reports for the RTX 40 series…
Like many others here, I think the most likely explanation here is that you did not fully shut down Windows and it still holds a lock on this partition. You can force an actual shutdown in Windows by shift-clicking on the start button -> shutdown.
However, I would also recommend against sharing your Steam library between Linux and Windows. I also tried this with NTFS a few years ago and it caused me a lot of headaches. I had a lot of weird issues under Linux that went away after I finally switched to ext4.
It’s the unofficial updater for nVidia graphics on Linux. If you’re running Mint you should use the Driver Manager software instead, imo
The PPA just provides the packages, you can actually install them through the Driver Manager after adding the PPA. However, without the PPA, the newest available version seems to be 550, which is not new enough for a 50-series GPU.
It’s an unofficial repository (PPA) for Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu and Mint: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
If you add “ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa” in “Software Sources”, you’ll be able to install newer driver versions in the “Driver Manager”. For a 50-series GPU, you’ll want at least version 570 IIRC.
I think those should be fine with Mint 22. You’ll just need to use the graphics-driver-ppa to get an up-to-date Nvidia driver.
So, it’s basically up to you if you want to play around with another distro or not. But tbh it sounds like Mint is a good fit for you.
What are the specs of your new computer? Mint can struggle with brand-new hardware (e.g. new GPUs from AMD/Intel). Or did you purchase a new PC that officially supports Linux (Mint)?
For me, it defaulted to Proton Experimental. It worked fine so I haven’t changed it. But I can test 9.0 later. At some point I added “–launcher-skip” to skip the launcher, but it was also stable before that.
I’m running the flatpak version of Steam. Maybe you could try switching between the native and flatpak versions of Stream?
I’m also using the default Mint 6.8 kernel. Assuming that you are using the same, you could try switching to the newer HWE kernel.
Honestly, those two already kind-of feel like grasping at straws, but this one is even weirder (I’m only posting it because we both have AMD B650 mainboards): When I first switched to Linux, I noticed that I had a lot more weird crashes than on Windows. Eventually, I got a sufficiently specific error message (dxgi_error_device_reset I think) that led me to a workaround: After I switched the GPU PCIe Gen Mode to Gen4 in the BIOS the crashes were gone. I think the same issue occured on Windows too, but it somehow manages to recover from it. I would be surprised if you have the same issue, but I guess it doesn’t hurt trying.