what graphics card do you have? It should be the same across all distro's. You either have AMD/Intel and your driver is in the kernel or you have nvidia and you can run a one line command to install your driver.
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All Linux distros have the same drivers. The only difference will be in how up to date they may be. Some distros favor stability, others favor being "bleeding edge".
The only standout is nvidia - some distros make it easier to install nvidia drivers. But you can install them on all distros.
Is there such thing as the best linux for that?
CachyOS works for me (gaming with a Radeon). Is it the best? Idk.
I use debian with the cachyos proton, it's pretty good.
you can use the same kernel across different distros, so the answer is that all distros are the same. usually distros that come with more recent kernel versions are easier since you don't have to compile your own.