diff --git a/hosts/modules/boot.nix b/hosts/modules/boot.nix
index d4e334d..9faa4c5 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/boot.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/boot.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
       efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
       timeout = 5;
     };
-    tmp.cleanOnBoot = true;
+    tmp = {
+      useTmpfs = true;
+      tmpfsSize = "50%";
+    };
     kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
     #50 series nvidia drivers are kinda a mess; use 6.12 if there's any issues
     #kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_12;
@@ -23,16 +26,41 @@
       "boot.shell_on_fail"
       "udev.log_priority=3"
       "rd.systemd.show_status=auto"
-      "nvidia_drm.modeset=1"
-      "nvidia_drm.fbdev=1"
+      "nowatchdog"
     ];
-    # cpu specific optimizations
+    kernelModules = ["tcp_bbr"];
     kernel.sysctl = {
-      "vm.swappiness" = 10;
+      "vm.swappiness" = 60;
       "vm.vfs_cache_pressure" = 50;
+      "vm.compaction_proactiveness" = 0;
+      "vm.page_lock_unfairness" = 1;
+      "vm.max_map_count" = 2147483642; #SteamOS default
+      "kernel.split_lock_mitigate" = 0;
+      "net.core.rmem_max" = 16777216;
+      "net.core.wmem_max" = 16777216;
+      "net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen" = 3;
+      "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control" = "bbr";
     };
+    kernelPatches = [
+      {
+        name = "Rust";
+        patch = null;
+        features = {
+          rust = true;
+        };
+      }
+    ];
   };
 
+  # redirect builds to disk so tmpfs doesn't blow up
+  systemd.services.nix-daemon.environment.TMPDIR = "/var/tmp";
+
+  zramSwap = {
+    enable = true;
+    algorithm = "zstd";
+    memoryPercent = 50;
+    priority = 100;
+  };
   # been annoying as of late
   systemd.oomd.enable = false;
 
diff --git a/hosts/modules/env.nix b/hosts/modules/env.nix
index bb5a4f6..f5dd64f 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/env.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/env.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   pkgs,
-  lib,
   config,
   ...
 }: {
@@ -12,30 +11,6 @@
     XCURSOR_SIZE = toString config.theme.cursorSize;
     QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME = config.theme.qtTheme;
     QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE = config.theme.qtOverride;
-    CC = "${pkgs.gcc}/bin/gcc";
-    LIBCLANG_PATH = "${pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
-    LUA_PATH = "${pkgs.luajit}/share/lua/${pkgs.luajit.luaversion}/?.lua;${pkgs.luajit}/share/lua/${pkgs.luajit.luaversion}/?/init.lua;;";
-    LUA_CPATH = "${pkgs.luajit}/lib/lua/${pkgs.luajit.luaversion}/?.so;;";
-  };
-
-  environment.sessionVariables = {
-    PKG_CONFIG_PATH = lib.makeSearchPath "lib/pkgconfig" [
-      pkgs.portaudio
-      pkgs.alsa-lib
-      pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc
-    ];
-
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [
-      pkgs.libglvnd
-      pkgs.mesa
-      pkgs.cudatoolkit
-      pkgs.mangohud
-      pkgs.portaudio
-      pkgs.alsa-lib
-      pkgs.wayland
-      pkgs.libxkbcommon
-      pkgs.glib
-    ];
   };
 
   environment.pathsToLink = [
@@ -45,6 +20,21 @@
     "/share/pixmaps"
   ];
 
+  programs.nix-ld = {
+    enable = true;
+    libraries = with pkgs; [
+      libglvnd
+      mesa
+      cudatoolkit
+      mangohud
+      portaudio
+      alsa-lib
+      wayland
+      libxkbcommon
+      glib
+    ];
+  };
+
   programs.direnv = {
     enable = true;
     nix-direnv.enable = true;
diff --git a/hosts/modules/nvidia.nix b/hosts/modules/nvidia.nix
index cd2af69..a4f5987 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/nvidia.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/nvidia.nix
@@ -11,27 +11,13 @@
     powerManagement.enable = false;
     nvidiaSettings = true;
     nvidiaPersistenced = true;
-
-    package = let
-      base = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
-        version = "590.48.01";
-        sha256_64bit = "sha256-ueL4BpN4FDHMh/TNKRCeEz3Oy1ClDWto1LO/LWlr1ok=";
-        openSha256 = "sha256-hECHfguzwduEfPo5pCDjWE/MjtRDhINVr4b1awFdP44=";
-        settingsSha256 = "sha256-4SfCWp3swUp+x+4cuIZ7SA5H7/NoizqgPJ6S9fm90fA=";
-        persistencedSha256 = "sha256-wsNeuw7IaY6Qc/i/AzT/4N82lPjkwfrhxidKWUtcwW8=";
-      };
-
-      cachyosPatch = pkgs.fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS/master/nvidia/nvidia-utils/kernel-6.19.patch";
-        sha256 = "sha256-YuJjSUXE6jYSuZySYGnWSNG5sfVei7vvxDcHx3K+IN4=";
-      };
-    in
-      base
-      // {
-        open = base.open.overrideAttrs (old: {
-          patches = (old.patches or []) ++ [cachyosPatch];
-        });
-      };
+    package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
+      version = "595.45.04";
+      sha256_64bit = "sha256-zUllSSRsuio7dSkcbBTuxF+dN12d6jEPE0WgGvVOj14=";
+      openSha256 = "sha256-uqNfImwTKhK8gncUdP1TPp0D6Gog4MSeIJMZQiJWDoE=";
+      settingsSha256 = "sha256-Y45pryyM+6ZTJyRaRF3LMKaiIWxB5gF5gGEEcQVr9nA=";
+      persistencedSha256 = "sha256-5FoeUaRRMBIPEWGy4Uo0Aho39KXmjzQsuAD9m/XkNpA=";
+    };
   };
 
   hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit.enable = true;