While playing games my GPU never reaches 100% only being about 40 - 60% as you can see in the screenshot (Was taken while playing cs2) even tho the target is at 2.5 Ghz

Specs:

product: Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:12:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: c5
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=amdgpu latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=2560,1440 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080

Kernal: 6.8.0-88-generic (64-bit)

OS: Kubuntu 24.04

What I have tried:

Using LACT I have my Preformance level set to Highest clocks.

EDIT:
Using htop I can see that none of my cores are going above 50% most are at around 40%
Also I have 5 5600G which should 100% strong enough for my 6700xt

Performance is also mediocre while gaming. for example avg fps in cs2 on low settings being 150 fps

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I'm switching to Zorin OS 18 but I have some questions about gaming: Is it true that games on DirectX 12 run much worse than on Windows? I have a GTX 1650 and I've heard that Nvidia drivers are very bad, and also that Wine and Proton aren't good for running games with DirectX 12. Cyberpunk currently runs at 35 FPS on Windows 11 with medium graphics settings and FSR quality mode. Will I lose much performance on Linux?

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I built a htpc recently with bazzite installed and j got myself a 9070. Since im gna be gaming at 4k I wanted to make sure that I can use fsr 4, so I search online and saw a guide where the person said to get ge proton (im on 10-25) and to use the PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1. The first game i tried was cyberpunk which didnt show the fsr 4 toggle until i added %command% next i tried wukong with the same PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 %command% launch option and the fsr 4 toggle doesnt show. I also tried tsushima but idk if that jst displays fsr 3.14 but uses fsr 4 instead or its supposed to have a toggle. Ge proton has been set as default compatibility layer in steam but jst in case i set them in the game specific settings as well. Optiscaler is easy enuf to setup but im lz to get a mnk for each game each time any help wld be appreciated thanks.

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using the flatpack from flathub. arch with KDE plasma 6.5.3

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Will Nvidia ever begin to outperform AMD once DX12 gets fixed? Or is AMD always the way to go?

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I started trying to switch to Linux from Windows 10 on my desktop about a week ago. I use Linux Mint with GeForce 1060. I used Mint driver Manager and tried 3 different drivers (530, 580, 570). I managed to run Victoria 3 without issues (on Proton DB it says that it has native linux support), and Total War Pharaoh Dynasties (on Steam). However, when I try running Cyberpunk 2077 or Prey from Heroic launcher they run very very slowly. In Cyberpunk (it has gold rank on Proton DB) even the intro credits stutter and render slowly.

Kernel: 6.14.0-36-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble CPU: Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ rev: 2 cache: L1: 576 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1535 high: 1550 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1547 2: 1547 3: 1398 4: 1550 5: 1547 6: 1547 7: 1550 8: 1550 9: 1547 10: 1547 11: 1547 12: 1546 bogomips: 81437 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 570.195.03 arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 23:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 101 Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 note: disabled pos: right model: Samsung S22C300 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 diag: 547mm (21.5") Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: primary,left model: Dell U2412M res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 diag: 611mm (24.1") API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm,wayland,device-0 API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 note: incomplete (EGL sourced) renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 256 bits) API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 23:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 25:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-36-generic status: kernel-api Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

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I don’t want to complain too much given how great Steam has been for Linux gaming. But I can’t help but notice that if I have steam open for a long time (several hours +), I start having serious issues launching games.

And all I have to do is quit steam and restart the app, but it’s still odd that this is not fixed as it’s been a problem for a long time. Anecdotally I know several other people who game on Linux and have the same problem. There must be something going on with Linux runtime or some other compatibility layer running in the background that goes to shit after some time.

Any insight on this or potential fix?

I’m running pop OS 22.04 on a 10 gen i9 and rtx 3070ti

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It's splitting time? TimeSplitters Rewind has released for free and it should work just fine on Linux / SteamOS thanks to Proton.

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Honestly hope this doesn't count as spam or anything like that but I really have no idea where to go from here

I've been using Linux constantly in my machine Ryzen 5 5500 Nvidia RTX 4060 32gb of ram Etc

But when playing games like arc raiders or the finals the performance difference is huge, more so in arc raiders as I've been playing it more

I use the Nvidia (open kernel modules ) propietary drivers, and have used arch, nixos, fedora among gnome,KDE, hyprland etc but the game runs way worse, to put it into context in order to start getting close to my windows performance: 80-90 fps high, ray tracing high, dlss 67%. On Linux I have to use static lighting, medium settings and dlss balanced to only get around 60-70 fps but it's pretty unstable

On a final note, I have also used different proton versions and even proton-ge, is there something I am missing here? Or do I have to just accept it? Would suck a lot because Linux works great for everything else I do

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Set in the underbelly of a consumer goods conglomerate mega dungeon, Vision Quench is now being published by Palword's Pocketpair Publishing.

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I'm new to Linux (especially when it comes to gaming) and, to complicate things a bit more, I'm emulating Linux on my Android device (Odin 2 Pro) using Winlator (or Gamehub, etc.).

I tried installing the game on Steam, but it wouldn't launch due to the error "easy anti cheat launch error failed to initialize wine helper buffer".

Any suggestions?

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I own an Asus ROG Strix G18PM Ryzen 9 8940HX, RTX 5060 and thinking about switching to Bazzite.

Has anyone had any experience with these laptops and can say what works and what doesn't? I'm not familiar with it, but I know that ARMOURY Crate, for example, only works on Windows. And what is the current situation with RTX GPUs :)?

Thanks for reading and possibly replying.

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One of the great things about Valve's hardware is that it's not locked down, and they put a lot of money into open source for SteamOS (Linux).

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ORMOD: Directive is a very interesting recent announcement that blends classic action survival gameplay mechanics with automation.

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WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.

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Home Sweet Home huh? The name of the next Palworld update that's been confirmed to arrive on December 17th.

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I'm trying to play Liminal Minecraft on Prism, but it won't load. Error code 2 appears. Can anyone please help me? My Java is up to date.

Log: https://mclo.gs/xOsTNgX

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Ever died behind cover when you definitely shouldn't have? That's not a bug. It's a deliberate trade-off.

Every competitive game wants three things:

→ Responsive (movement and shooting feel instant)

→ Fair (low-ping players don't dominate everyone)

→ Cheap (servers don't bankrupt the studio)

The problem? You can only pick two.

Valorant picked Responsive + Fair. They run 128-tick servers globally, targeting sub-35ms ping for 70% of players. The game feels tight. Peeker's advantage is minimal. But those servers cost serious money—hundreds running constantly.

Apex Legends picked Responsive + Cheap. They use 20-tick servers—one-sixth of Valorant's update rate. This lets them run a free battle royale for 100 million players. The trade-off? You're getting shot around corners more often. The netcode just isn't as tight.

Fair + Cheap? You'd sacrifice responsiveness entirely. That's how old-school RTS games worked—everyone's game pauses if one person lags. Fair and cheap, but miserable to play.

This is why someone is always complaining about netcode. It's not lazy devs. It's an impossible triangle, and no matter which two sides they choose, the third side frustrates somebody.

Watch Out How Multiplayer Games Actualy Do It

https://reddit.com/link/1p5gqbx/video/09oc43bxf73g1/player

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I've been doing research on playing vr on linux recently, and pretty much all sources say it's impossible... but also all those sources are from like 3-4 years ago. So i just wanted to know if playing VR on Linux is plausible in 2025? If it changes anything, i have a Rift S and use CachyOS.

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Hey guys,

I sideloaded Fallout to Steam on Linux (Ubuntu 25.10) and using Glorious Egg Roll Proton 10.25, [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q], everything works fine except the character continues moving when I release any of WASD keys - this renders game unplayable really.

Google's AI Gemini advised to
disable V-Sync (fallout4.ini and fallout4prefs.ini): iPresentInterval=1 --> iPresentInterval=0

but that didn't help

any other potential fixes ?
any help is appreciated

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