Really? I don't see how that can possibly be true. I could see new AMD and Intel drivers maybe causing trouble because their drivers would be in newer kernels and Mint runs a slightly older kernel, but Nvidia doesn't matter nearly as much.

Do you have a source for that? If it's true, I'll consider changing my recommendation, but I'll want to know why first.

Each distro has its strengths and weaknesses.

Sure, but most people won't notice the differences. If you want to browse the web, play games, and use a few programs, any Linux distro will work. You need to know Linux pretty well before the differences start to matter.

I've been using Linux for a long time (nearly 20 years) and have tried several distros. I have my preferences, but I could get everything I need on pretty much any distro. They're more similar than they are different, unless you're talking about something exotic like Alpine.