Nvidia drivers not working on 17.1 or 17.2

Sadly, users reporting issues with the 4070 are the most common, other Nvidia cards seem to be much less troublesome.
I suspect this being due to the relative newness of the 4070.

Possible things to try include trying the most recent OEM kernel release - though I thought Zorin OS supplies it by default.
Trying a Mainline Kernel upgrade directly from Ubuntu

sudo apt install mainline

Or:
(Scroll down a bit for Mainline instructions):

Disable Power saving features like Nvidia-Prime

Do not use on Wayland

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