Yeah nvidia sucks on linux, that’s probably the entire problem you had
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_36yNWw_07g
thankfully this issue is soon to be resolved, something called nvidia open should put an end to this soon
when/if you ever decide to try again I recommend trying this, it sets up nvidia-open and everything for you (even steam) and updates fully automatically, it’s basically steamos.
2 inchers that last one thrust are very easy to find on lemmy