>>105852607 (OP)Using the default nvidia-drivers* package, literally automatically determined by the nvidia-detect command / package, I had everything working and playing games on gtx 1650 / debian 11 / 12
also blacklisting the open-source nouveau driver is easy, and also is done automatically, even manually it would just be one 'echo >>' command
maybe many years ago it was annoying to set up and performance differed greatly between upstream and binary drivers from nvidia, but nowadays if you aren't using gigaGIGA old tech and gigaGIGA old kernel / linux you will be fine with the defaults
also also, AMD doesn't have proper settings GUI and setters for everything (fans, performance mode, colors, etc.) while nvidia does, so what is up with that lol, AMD should fix their shit and add one like adrenaline on windows