# Nvidia v620 may not be ready **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [November 10, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439 "2026-11-10T21:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ajgringo619](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ajgringo619/32/35599_2.png) [@ajgringo619](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ajgringo619)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/1 "2026-11-10T21:30:49Z")
I have it installed via the CachyOS repos. Several users, including myself, have suffered complete system freezes with this driver: > **[620 release feedback & discussion](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/620-release-feedback-discussion/388030/35)** > > Nvidia-powerd is still quite problematic - whether it is Balanced or Performance mode, it loves to give too much power to the CPU and overutilize it, and I feel like it underutilizes GPU under some GPU-load threshold as well. For instance at 90%... Hopefully a fix is coming soon… ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/2 "2026-11-11T17:15:53Z")
Thanks for the heads up, will skip the update for now. ---
**Author:** ![ajgringo619](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ajgringo619/32/35599_2.png) [@ajgringo619](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ajgringo619)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/3 "2026-11-11T17:29:12Z")
It just hit the Testing repos. ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/4 "2026-11-11T17:47:13Z")
Yeah i know i have those enabled. lib32-nvidia-utils 615.78.08-1 → 620.70.06-1 libxnvctrl 615.78.08-1 → 620.70.06-1 nvidia-open-dkms 615.78.08-2 → 620.70.06-1 nvidia-settings 615.78.08-1 → 620.70.06-1 nvidia-utils 615.78.08-2 → 620.70.06-1 ---
**Author:** ![Cphusion](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cphusion](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Cphusion)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/5 "2026-11-11T17:50:06Z")
Been doing a bit of gaming today, haven’t had any issues with the new driver yet. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/7 "2026-11-13T08:55:27Z")
![c](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/2/629b1c8146c47483c3c62407fe7bee5e838263e1.jpeg) Kernel updates to 7.3 and nvidia update to 6.20 installing. Rebooting momentarily. Wish me luck. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/8 "2026-11-13T08:56:52Z")
Installed, rebooted, chose the main kernel, logged in, no issues so far. ![cv](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/8/182d24c8301ef98299b2401c6bb0613c7b5c9360.png) ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/9 "2026-11-13T08:58:53Z")
What about freezing during gaming ? ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/10 "2026-11-13T09:22:04Z")
Played a bit of Cyberpunk 2077 for about 20 minutes. No issues. I’ll test further over the weekend on all three of my kernels. ---
**Author:** ![albersc2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/albersc2/32/120996_2.png) [@albersc2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/albersc2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/11 "2026-11-13T11:24:06Z")
I’d recommend not updating to the new kernel and new NVIDIA drivers just yet, as a new version that fixes some issues is already in the testing branch and will be released in the next few days – perhaps even hours. It’ll just be a case of updating only to have to update again… Specifically: Regular: ```auto core/linux 7.2.15.arch1-1 7.3.4.arch1-1 -10,19 MiB 151,08 MiB core/linux-lts 6.18.62-1 6.18.63-2 0,09 MiB 155,55 MiB extra/nvidia-open 615.78.08-6 620.70.06-2 -0,33 MiB 9,38 MiB extra/nvidia-open-lts 1:615.78.08-12 1:620.70.06-3 -0,30 MiB 9,40 MiB ``` Testing: ```auto core-testing/linux 7.2.15.arch1-1 7.3.4.arch1-2 -10,20 MiB 151,08 MiB core-testing/linux-lts 6.18.62-1 6.18.63-3 0,08 MiB 155,55 MiB extra-testing/nvidia-open 615.78.08-6 620.70.06-3 -0,33 MiB 9,38 MiB extra-testing/nvidia-open-lts 1:615.78.08-12 1:620.70.06-4 -0,30 MiB 9,40 MiB ``` Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/1093i3511/32/102376_2.png) [@1093i3511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/1093i3511)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/12 "2026-11-13T11:35:46Z")
Due to the latest developments in the nVidia world, I was wondering when that life-changing feature that Jenson Huang has implemented will hit the repos ? There seems to be a fine line, I would be totally happy with the upgrade of the end users martial status but without the bagage (i.e. kids), avoiding the stressful part, even if potentially exiciting (spies) and I’m definitely not interested in the disgusting part (extra martial affairs with subordinates). And would like to exclude the merge of the leather jacket, for sure… even if may look cool. 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/13 "2026-11-13T16:46:33Z")
> [@MichelN](#): > > What about freezing during gaming ? I played 2 full games of eBaseball Pro Spirit, about an hour of Detroit: Become Human, and about 30 minutes of Mafia: Definitive Edition. Zero issues. ```auto ─❯ uname -r 7.3.4-arch1-1 ─❯ ``` ```auto ─❯ pacman -Q | grep -i nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils 620.70.06-1 lib32-opencl-nvidia 620.70.06-1 libva-nvidia-driver 0.0.18-1 linux-firmware-nvidia 20261019-1 nvidia-hook 1.5.3-1 nvidia-inst 26.1.1-1 nvidia-open-dkms 620.70.06-1 nvidia-settings 620.70.06-1 nvidia-utils 620.70.06-1 opencl-nvidia 620.70.06-1 ─❯ ``` ---
**Author:** ![autofire](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/autofire/32/49616_2.png) [@autofire](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/autofire)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/14 "2026-11-14T06:04:10Z")
620 actually broke my laptop; the system began hanging on shutdown and losing the dGPU on suspend/wake until I reverted to 615. ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/15 "2026-11-14T09:32:50Z")
Well i know enough, reading the nvidia forums and here made me decide to not install it. Will add it temporarily in my ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/16 "2026-11-14T09:34:51Z")
So far, everything I’ve thrown at `620` has had zero issues (gaming or otherwise). No freezes or stuttering. So I figured I’d throw something else at it. What is supposed to be quite the demanding game. On sale via Steam, so I got it. I’ll post back my experience later. ![b](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/6/863d867c788ef6aaade302511ae0d48829c93c1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![albersc2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/albersc2/32/120996_2.png) [@albersc2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/albersc2)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/17 "2026-11-14T11:11:24Z")
> [@MichelN](#): > > Well i know enough, reading the nvidia forums and here made me decide to not install it. Will add it temporarily in my ignore list. That’s generally not a good idea on Arch. Kernel updates are coordinated with rebuilds of supported kernel driver packages, including NVIDIA, for a reason. The 7.3.4-arch1-1 kernel update already came with the corresponding NVIDIA 620.70.06 packages. You can try using DKMS to rebuild an older driver against a newer kernel, but that doesn’t guarantee compatibility and isn’t really the ideal solution. If you’d rather wait before moving to 620, it’s safer to hold back the kernel too (or keep the whole system unchanged for a while) than to update the kernel while ignoring the NVIDIA driver. ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/18 "2026-11-14T12:15:17Z")
dkms is installed by default. Skipping a version is not that bad. Also the older 580 driver is also still supported in the current kernel. ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/19 "2026-11-14T14:05:14Z")
Oke i just updated to check/test what it will do with my system. Fingers crossed ```auto [michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz]$ uname -r 7.3.4-arch1-2 [michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz]$ pacman -Q | grep -i nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils 620.70.06-1 linux-firmware-nvidia 20261019-1 nvidia-hook 1.5.3-1 nvidia-inst 26.1.1-1 nvidia-open-dkms 620.70.06-1 nvidia-settings 620.70.06-1 nvidia-utils 620.70.06-1 ``` Edit: Played on steam for 1 hour Wolfenstein the new order, no issues to report. I also checked if there are any nvidia issues in the logs, cannot find anything. ---
**Author:** ![pete67](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@pete67](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pete67)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/20 "2026-11-14T15:10:32Z")
@MichelN well so I try it this evenig too and see what happens. @UncleSpellbinder running almost the same graphic card as you (RTX 360 12 GB VRAM) I hope it works well for me too. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439/21 "2026-11-14T15:11:41Z")
The only thing i notice now is that my power button stays orange which means nvidia (dgpu) is in use during idle stuff. Earlier the button whas white when not in use (igpu) it seems something related to kwin\_wayland ```auto [michel@michel-crosshair15b12ugsz ~]$ sudo fuser -v /dev/nvidia* [sudo] wachtwoord voor michel: GEBRUIKER PID SOORT PROGRAMMA /dev/nvidia0: michel 22717 F...m kwin_wayland /dev/nvidiactl: michel 22717 F...m kwin_wayland /dev/nvidia-modeset: michel 22717 F.... kwin_wayland ``` [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nvidia-v620-may-not-be-ready/82439.md?page=2)