I have the same card, and I had the same issue with Proton GE (well I don't remember which version exactly). Then I tried the latest version a couple months ago and it worked flawlessly.
Never had that driver update issue myself.
Linux Mint btw. For kicks I updated to the much newer kernel version instead of the default LTS, and despite expectations everything works great with that too.
There's always exactly one screw that won't let go and I end up stripping it beyond hope, so I rarely get the platters out. I only want (need!) the magnets anyway!
That's a cool one! I also just wanted to share the asklemmy post so people can read it.
And I agree about not counting them. Just takes some time to block them all! Plus I found it funny that it has almost 3K comments paired with only a single upvote from the OP :p