If you primarily use the device for gaming and you have higher end hardware causing issues on stable distros, it might just be time to make the jump to an ‘unstable’ one. CachyOS is generally just as beginner friendly and is multi-purpose enough to run any productivity you’ll likely need, while being a little more stable than just a regular arch setup you’re likely to come up with yourself. The real draw is customized packages and kernels for more performance.

It’s ‘default’ desktop is bleeding edge KDE.

Generally speaking, as others have said, you’re not going to get up-to-date packages on stable distros, as that’s the entire purpose of said stable distros. Gaming in Linux being good is a relatively new development and massive strides have happened since 2024. As long as you’ve gotten relatively comfortable looking things up, even if those solutions haven’t really worked out for you so far, making the jump to a slightly more up-to-date distro isn’t going to be more difficult of an experience.