I just updated and had the Nvidia drivers and no issue on a GTX 1060.
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$ inxi -Ga
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 495.46 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b83
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.0x10.7")
s-diag: 554mm (21.8")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6")
diag: 547mm (21.5")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.46
direct render: Yes
[ricklinux@eos-xfce ~]$
From my pacman log:
[2021-12-14T00:21:07-0500] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (495.44-6 -> 495.46-1)
[2021-12-14T00:21:07-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] If you run into trouble with CUDA not being available, run nvidia-modprobe first.
[2021-12-14T00:21:07-0500] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (21.2.5-1 -> 21.3.1-1)
[2021-12-14T00:21:09-0500] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-dkms (495.44-6 -> 495.46-1)