Im currently working towards building my first PC, i currently have a laptop

And Im also very much inclined to switching to Linux (Im in the midst of doing my research overall) My question here is which of these 2 would be preferable? I have seen that Nvidia can be a bit of an issue with the drivers, is it true?

How do they stack up in terms of gaming performances? Is it the same as Windows where it just comes down to the raw power of the gpu or does Linux have some sort of advantage for either One?

Also! How does Intel stack up? Their b580 card was pretty good for the price and Im curious to see what they Will do with their Next GPUs, but how did their current gen fair?