Not sure if you missed a “not” word there, but to be clear:

Ubuntu (and therefore Mint) is not running old nvidia drivers. My aptitude upgrade install the latest nvidia drivers, the same version available for download from nvidia’s website (not sure if that was within a couple of weeks, days or hours, but the latest version came out on October 31st and that’s what I have installed now)

OP’s title is about Mint, and I am replying to someone asking about Ubuntu (I suppose since Mint is based on Ubuntu)

These distros work great for gaming.

The issue most people have with NVidia is the poor Wayland support, but both Ubuntu (LTS) and Mint are still using XOrg. They work great on NVidia hardware.

Debian defaults to Wayland now, so people with NVidia hardware will have issues.

It is nonsense to say “Don´t use Mint for gaming”. What one could say is “Don´t use Wayland if you have NVidia hardware”

There isn’t any major differences. OP is talking out of his ass.

I’ve used Mint for gaming for years, exclusively online, not sure what you’re talking about.