Is this a Nvidia graphics card issue?

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So I have a new install of Zos 16 pro and I have some weirdness going on with my screen brightness. It flickers, re-setting itself to various brightness levels constantly (like every 30 sec to 3 min). Although its minimal, I am concerned...

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
01:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 USB 3.1 Host Controller (rev a1)
01:00.3 Serial bus controller [0c80]: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 USB Type-C UCSI Controller (rev a1)

Nvidia-driver-470 proprietary is installed.

Any guidance/help is greatly appreciated!

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It may seem like Proprietary would always be the way to go, but this is not necessarily the case. Have you tried the Open Source Nouveau Drivers?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

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You could also try driver 465 as I have glitches with 470 with my 1070 card.

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Thanks @Aravisian . I'm a bit leary of the open source driver as I'd tried that on a Linux mint install previously and it didn't go well. But if needed I will try it again.

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To the rescue again. Thanks @Storm . I'm going to give 'er a go right now.

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This seems to have worked! I only had driver 460 as a down grade option, but it was good enough to fix the issue. Marking this as the solution. Thanks!

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