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I switched from an Nvidia to AMD on catchy. There are instructions in the Wiki. https://wiki.cachyos.org/features/chwd/gpu_migration/
It worked for me with only one issue. When I booted up the first time, I had no signal to the monitor. No big deal, I just used SSH from another computer to install the AMD drivers and update the bootloader.
Perhaps I can do the installation just before making the swap. Good to know!
Can you describe the process of installing AND drivers in this environment? It should be plug and play, though admittedly this was my experience with EndeavourOS, I've not yet tried Cachy
Look to the wiki link in my previous post for details, but the basic procedure was to uninstall the Nvidia drivers, shut down, install the new card, boot up and install the AMD drivers (there is a command to automatically detect your card and select the appropriate driver from the repos), and update the bootloader. I ended up having to do the second half through SSH, but otherwise a pretty painless process.
That's really peculiar, both the kernel mode and userspace drivers are included by most disteos by default, but I can totally understand the nv proprietary driver making a significant enough change that users will need to address when swapping to Intel or AMD dgfx