Hello everyone,

first of all my system specs:

sudo inxi -b

System: Host: solusARC-A770 Kernel: 6.18.13-330.current arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.3 Distro: Solus 4.8 opportunity Machine: Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C56 v: 6.0 serial: N/A Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: 07C5623_N11E409726 Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.J0 date: 03/19/2025 CPU: Info: 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1751 min/max: 575/4151 Graphics: Device-1: Intel DG2 [Arc A770] driver: xe v: kernel Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 driver: gpu: xe resolution: 2560x1440~180Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.0.3 renderer: Mesa Intel Arc A770 Graphics (DG2) Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 Drives: Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 176.35 GiB (4.7%) Info: Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 3.61 GiB (11.5%) Processes: 425 Uptime: 32m Shell: Sudo inxi: 3.3.40

Overall I had a good experience with gaming on Linux.
Not perfect (especially with Intel Arc), but good enough for daily use.

However, I currently have a major problem with recording/clipping gameplay using OBS Studio, and I’m looking for the best solution on a limited budget.

So here comes the main Question:

What is the best way to configure OBS recording/clipping on Linux in my case?

A recording at 1440p and 30 fps is more than sufficient for me.

I currently see two options:

1. Buying an external capture card.
   
2. Buying a second low profile Graphics Card like for example (GTX 1050 or 1650)

But I’m unsure:

- which capture card is actually worth it
- how well a second GPU works under Linux without causing driver or OBS issues

Why i just don't use my primary Graphics Card for recording?

Because it doesn't work with the xe kernel driver.

I play a lot of Helldivers 2, and I’m basically forced to use the xe kernel driver.
With the default i915 driver, the game has major rendering problems:

- weird texture corruption
- during mission landing the whole screen becomes a white void
- the same can happen after alt-tabbing

I created a Mesa bug report here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/work_items/14580

But the response was basically:
"Cant confirm. Game works flawless on my system..."

I tested this on multiple distros (Nobara, Arch, EndeavourOS, Void Linux, Debian, ...) and the behavior was always the same.
The bug report is older now and Helldivers 2 runs much better today, but only with xe.
With i915, the graphical issues still persist.

So for Helldivers 2, i am forced to run with the xe driver.

Unfortunately OBS recording is the opposite situation.
With the xe driver, I cannot use:

- VAAPI
- QuickSync

OBS either throws errors or crashes.
Sometimes it starts recording, but after stopping/saving the file it throws errors AND crashes. With i915, OBS works perfectly (QuickSync/VAAPI encoding works fine).

Like an vicious circle:

xe driver -> game works, OBS hardware encoding broken
i915 driver -> OBS hardware encoding works, game broken

That forces me to use x264 software encoding, which costs a lot of CPU performance.

Helldivers 2 is already heavily CPU-bound (thanks to Arrowslop's (Arrowhead) enemy-spawnrate and optimization), so recording causes major FPS drops down to ~50 FPS, even on steam-deck preset.

What would you recommend?

I would appreciate any answers or solutions.

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so first thing I have a i7 2600 and RX 6400 on my PC with me and I installed CachyOS and I play my games on there like ESO, Dead Island, and older games in my hotel room and i was like I haven't played Destiny 2 for a year now so I might give it a chance. so I deleted my CachyOS partition and installed Windows 11 from CMD way since I don't have TPM 2.0. so anyway continue the setup and installed Destiny 2 and for some reason I was getting 40 - 30 fps in PvP and I was getting 60+fps last year including PvE which have alot of effects in PvE so I was confused i tried everything to figure out what the problem is disabled game mode in Windows and nothing seems fixed so I went back installing CachyOS and so I downloaded some games and 2 days later I said I'm going to install Windows 10 this time maybe that will fix it so I installed Windows 10 and download Destiny 2 andddd nope nothing changed so I looked online and people mentioned disable GPU scheduling, couldn't find it so I searched online and worst mistake I did was downloaded a .reg to turn it off and reboot and other of sudden my epic games launcher is in Chinese. so I went back to CachyOS and never again done with Windows. I'm amazed that Linux is so playable and easier than Windows 10! I'm glad it's evolving each day!

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Hi everybody both with cachyos and Arch if I enable PROTON_VKD3D_HEAP=1 for my nvidia 3070 TI Mobile I see no differences in FPS. Latest drivers (595.58.03) and latest proton-cachyos (proton-cachyos-10.0-20260324-slr)

Advices?

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I was using DXVK_FRAME_RATE=x with ProtonGE but does not work with Proton experimental

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I'm running on CachyOS with all the current updates.

Basic system specs: AMD 7700X, 9070 XT, 32 GB DDR5-6000

I've logged about 20-30 minutes of playtime, but so far there are no apparent bugs. Previously, I was able to launch the game and navigate through the various menus, but it would crash while loading a race weekend. This was the case for many people.

I can't comment on racing wheel/pedal functionality, though. At the moment, all I have is a PS5 controller, which kinda sucks for these types driving sims.

From what I understand, the LMU-specific Proton tweaks that build on Proton10-34 have fixed the crashing issues with this game. The LMU-specific Proton version appears be required, however, as regular Proton10-34 lead to crashes while loading. YMMV for other distros and system configurations.

Minimal tweaks required:

1) Download GE-Proton10-34-LMU-hid_fixes and extract to ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/

This package was just released yesterday.

2) Select the custom Proton version in the game properties within Steam.

3) Enter the following into the game launch options within Steam:

RADV_DEBUG=nodcc,nohiz gamemoderun %command%

Happy gaming!

EDIT: I didn't think to try the game without the launch options. It appears to be working without them. I left them above with strikethrough in case anyone has other random issues an wants to try using the launch options anyway.

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Short story, never had an issue with steam PoE, then one day i left it opened while i took a nap and when i woke up i noticed the game closed itself, i reopened it and since then every time i select a character it silently crashes.

I can't even name all the potential fixes i've tried, from downgrading meta-gaming package v26 to v25, to removing fonts and reinstalling,

Tried Proton Hotfix, Experimental, GE-v10, GE-v9, tried a bunch of launch options...

Tried Vulkan, DX12 and DX11...

Tried uninstalling and installing PoE again...

Nothing worked and still crashes, the PROTON_LOG shows a bunch of errors regarding fonts "err:font:alloc_font_handle out of realized font handles"

Please, kindly find my STEAM-238960.log PROTON LOG here

Losing my mind at this very moment because it runs so smoothly in CachyOS compared to W11 and i just want to fix this :(

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Hi,
I m playing indie games on steam, especiallly japanese shmups and most of them are just 720p / window mode.
titles like Caladrius Blaze for example, but many other japanese indie games are 720p windows only. :( Don t they have 1080p/1440p/4K in Japan?

Is there a way on linux to force the game to launch on full screen and upscale it at 1080p or higher resolutions?

I also have LSFG-vk installed but on linux it just can do framegen if I'm not mistaken.

I have this problem on both Bazzite and cachy os. I guess the correct question is how to upscale games on linux?

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Hello everyone!

After a whole year on CachyOS on a full AMD system I got the chance to upgrade to a RTX 5080 thanks to a very generous friend of mine, thankfully Cachy handled the chance with no issues whatsoever but I still have some questions that people more knowledgeable than me will certainly have.

1) nvidia-opem & nvidia-opem-dkms. what's the difference? what are the benefits of one in respect with the other?

2) Is it better to stay on a stable kernel (6.19-2) or stay on the release candidates? I'm currently on the 7.0-5rc but I also have the stable one ready on the go.

3)NVIDIA app/DLSS Upgrader/DLSS swapper/Optiscaler. I bet that NVIDIA will never give a native NVIDIA app for Linux which is unfortunate but what can you do? so my question is simple: which is the better alternative? DLSS Upgrader or DLSS swapper or stick to Optiscaler? Or do I just throw these away in favour of launch options via steam?

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to run a non-Steam version of Among Us (EXE) on Linux. I added the game to Steam as a "Non-Steam Game" and I'm currently using Proton Experimental to launch it.

The Issue:

The game starts fine and shows the initial logo, but right after the logo disappears, it gets stuck on a permanent black screen and doesn't enter the game.

I'm attaching a screenshot showing my setup and the Proton version I'm using.

Does anyone know why it's hanging on a black screen right after the logo for this standalone version? Any help is appreciated!

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