I am new to Linux. Though I am closer to two years in, now... I still consider myself a novice.
Not long ago, when I switched over to Linux from Windows, the general trend was that Nvidia was troublesome.
Change is a funny thing, because changes can often happen quietly in the background and not everyone gets the memo. Nvidia experience on Linux has rather quickly improved in the last year and a half or so.
Which really is a good demonstration that our ideas and recommendations on the forum need to stay Up To Date.
I marked the solution for your post in which you opted for a better supported graphics card.