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I recently installed Mint on my old original gaming laptop from 2012ish and this OS really brought it back from the dead. I used to game on this laptop for many years until I built my first desktop in 2017, so I’m pretty familiar with its limitations. I’m not delusional; I’m not expecting to run anything high end on this. But I do very distinctly remember getting playable framerates on Borderlands 2 barring some very intensive locations.

So here’s where my issue begins. I thought this would be a perfect system to play some newer indie games on, so I loaded up UFO 50 and Hazelnut Hex and I’m both games I got literally 5fps. I couldn’t get a single frame higher than 5. Something that stood out to me was that Steam’s system monitor overlay had my CPU showing a cap of 1.8GHz, when TechPowerUp’s database shows the 5750m as having a frequency of 2.5GHz with a boost of 3.5GHz. So it looks like I’m not even getting half of what I ought to out of the CPU. Also GPU utilization was showing 0% but I’m not really familiar with how APUs interact with that on the Steam overlay. For all I know that could be how it’s supposed to work.

I loaded up some older indie games from around the time this chip was new (Dust: An Elysian Tail and Titan Souls) and I got a perfect 60fps on both, so as best I can tell the processor is actually functioning properly. I also booted XCOM 2012 an I was getting only about 25fps on the title screen, and that also feels lower than I should be for this system.

So in my little bit of digging I found that 1) newer lightweight games run completely awful even though I believe the hardware should be more than sufficient to handle them 2) the cpu seems to not be achieving its specified speeds 3) older games contemporary with the laptop itself seem to be actually functional but still not up to the level they should (I think).

Also I just repasted the cpu chip with KPx because the original paste had dried out and was running the fan max right from boot. Since I did that it runs quiet again, so I know the cpu is not thermal throttling.

Does anyone have any advice to fix this issue? Is this level of performance to be expected? I saw that it seems the most recent Linux drivers for the 5750m were from I think September 2015, so that could be another reason why games more recent than that run poorly.

Any info or experience would be very appreciated! Thanks to everyone.

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Playing Where Winds Meet with 9070xt ultrawide on PopOS (cosmic/wayland).

What could cause MangoHUD show half of the fps from steam's performance tracker? (note top left of the photo, the small grey is Steam)

The game feels as the higher FPS, that is why I suspect it is something on Mango. It seems to work with no problem on other games i've tried

What I've tried to change and made no difference: Gamescope, VRR/Vsync, FSR. Swapping monitors.

Edit: image on comment, didn't show here for some reason.
Edit 2: looks like whatever is happening I am not the first

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The first release of 0 A.D. that doesn't have an "Alpha" label attached, as the free and open source RTS has grown up with their faster release schedule.

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Hi! I am one of the devs of Kakele, a cross-platform pixel MMORPG that has been live for 6 years. We just launched a new expansion: Song of Eternal Ice.

We are a tiny team (2 devs and some other folks helping on community, gameplay and art), and we want your help to test our game on Linux!

Steam link or direct downloads: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1541020/Kakele_Online__MMORPG/ or https://kakele.io/downloads/

If you are willing to test our game (or if you did in the past), here are some of the things we want feedback on:

• Linux: do you usually download games on Steam or do you expect games to have direct downloads?
• First 30 minutes: what is confusing / boring / friction-heavy?
• Combat feel: what feels "mobile-ish" in a bad way on PC?
• UI/controls: what is missing for PC players? what is annoying on touch? anything special we should consider for Linux?
• Progression: what feels too grindy / too easy / unclear goals?
• Trust/monetization: anything that feels pay-to-win (even if it isn't)?
• Store assets: anything we should try improving?

Or if those are too many questions, just answer this:

• What stands out the most as positive?
• What stands out the most as negative?

I really appreciate the feedback, you can comment on this thread, send me a DM or even email me directly at: bruno at kakele dot io

If you are curious about our 2026 roadmap: we are planning a new expansion later this year with more content and adding the "Kakele Multiverse". Right now, players are scattered over multiple servers, due to ping and also due to gameplay (players want separate realms so that they have separate economies and politics). The Multiverse will aim to bring all servers together, without compromising economy or politics, so that players from different servers can still play together and so that it feels more like a MMO (some servers are unfortunately very empty, and our global population is still small). We have made some PvP improvements and will launch a new PvP server in March as well, if you want to try it out.

Thanks in advance!

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Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Stack synergies, trigger price swings, and trade wisely.

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Какую мне лучше выбрать прошрамму для запуска игр: PortProton, Heroic Games Launcher, Lutris или посоветуйте свой вариант

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Desculpem estar postando isso aqui, eu usava o Bazzite, mas eles quebraram o suporte HDR (3440x1440 UW) do sistema deles para usuários NVidia, fora que lá estou com um desempenho horrível.

Alguém poderia me indicar uma distribuição aonde Nvidia está se saindo bem? Eu jogo Dead by Daylight e meu jogo roda super mal em comparação ao Windows. No Windows consigo 120 frames e fica travado em 120 (é o máximo que o jogo oferece), usando linux eu fico com uma média horrível de 100-110, com oscilações pra 90.

Alguém consegue ajudar? Tenho um Ryzen 7 9800x3D, RTX 5060ti 16G.

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Coming from the original creators of the popular competitive platformer SpeedRunners, a first playable demo for Sprint City is live on Steam.

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How risky is playing bf4 online in 2026

For older cod games i heard its risky since security exploits dont get patched hackers can infect ur pc with malware

Is this the same for older battlefield games like 3 and 4?

And is there eny way to play them safely?

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Ahead of Steam Next Fest which is quickly approaching, the creature collector standalone sequel EvoCreo 2 has a demo live now.

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Handmancers looks like a fun spin on deck-builders with the first-person view and the rock-paper-scissors style counter system.

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So after having several problems on Fedora, I decided to try CachyOS instead, installed the steamvr beta, and my quest 2 doesn't connect, it sees my pc running steam, but it's saying vr streaming is only supported on local networks, which, they are on the same network. My pc is connected through powerline and my quest uses wifi, but they are connected to the same router.

And on my PC's end, if I try to start steamvr manually, it tells me to plug in my headset?

Would I be better off just dual booting windows for this? I am at my wit's end

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Back for I believe the third time, the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle is live with some great games to stock up on.

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