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Mint 21.3 might be a bit too 'stable' for your new GPU.
Linux graphics move fast. You generally won't have a good experience with an older distro and a brand new GPU.
is there any way i can upgrade without having to reinstall from scratch?
There's not really an upgrade path from Mint to a rolling release distro like Fedora or Arch. The simplest thing to do is
rsync -axHAX
your/home
directory onto external storage and then install Fedora, Bazzite, Arch or EndeavourOS and copy data back as needed.ye sorry but i ain't installing an entirely different distro, that seems kinda extreme
I mean, that's your path forward if you want a current graphics stack. Linux Mint is a Ubuntu derivative, there's no supported frankendistro that updates everything on your current mint release to current versions of the kernel, drivers, mesa and all the rest of the libraries you want for up to date software support - you get that with a rolling release distro rather than a snapshot distro frozen 6-24mo ago when they cut your current release version.
Mint 22 would be straightforward, at least: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-22.html