You probably are wondering why a i even considering that, i heard everywhere that AMD is supporting linux and nvidia sucks on it (but it was a while ago), how things are looking like right now?

I don't want to EVER purchase any AMD card again. It's just terrible experience, in linux most of the distros that are using newest kernels they just freeze after 50 seconds of usage (i have to use LTS kernel to make it work, but i can't use NTSYNC if i use LTS kernel, and my games performance overall in linux is worse) and this issue literally exists since 1.5 years, in windows the drivers are crazy dogshit, each driver update introuces a new crash for a different game and you have to downgrade to a last stable version that released 10 months ago, of course auto updates are fighting me from doing that, i disabled auto upadting in amd settings but of course the fucking winows update did the thing for me and made the game im playing right now unplayable again so i have to downgrade again. Also VR experience is terrible due to encoder bugs in the drivers.

So yeah, FUCK AMD.

Please tell me if nvidia is in a good state for linux right now or im gonna be stuck on windows when i buy it.

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As suggested by the title, what’s the most effective method in January 2026 for playing fitgirl downloaded games on Linux? Old threads gave me all kinds of different advice.

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Hi everyone,
I’m currently using Ubuntu Linux and I downloaded GTA 4 from streamrip.com.

After downloading, I extracted the files and tried to add the game to Lutris manually, but the game does not launch / does not work.

Things I’ve tried so far:

• Extracted the RAR files successfully
• Added the game as a non-Steam game in Lutris
• Selected the executable file manually

Still, nothing happens when I try to run it.

I’m new to Linux gaming, so I might be missing something.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

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https://youtu.be/lwYhI1hDAh8?si=Tvc4u8hLkNWOahgX

(I'm not here without information 😊)

Hey hey!

I'm worried about lag and games freezing at times due to the x86 to ARM translation layer. What do you think?

In the video I'm sharing, this developer compares the Quest 3 and the frame. He shows the FPS at different resolutions, with and without "adaptive FOV". Everything is very encouraging except for the end (10:30). Watch the very end of the video; as soon as the game issues a "directive", everything gets more complicated...

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Sorry for the tech support thread. I figured this was the best place to ask as opposed to the r/Fallout76 subreddit. I will try my best to stay within the guidelines.

First I'll describe my issue:

The game launches and runs brilliantly at 144fps on lowest settings. After about 40-90 minutes of gameplay it crawls to a standstill at roughly 20-40fps. I used to think certain events occurred in-game that caused the fps tankage, but I'm now more confident that it just seems to happen after the 40 minutes. When I open any sort of menu, say like a weapon modification bench, my fps goes back to full. Once I restart the game it resets the cycle.

I am running Fallout76 through Steam running Proton 9.0-GE.
OS Fedora 43
GPU RTX 3070 Ti (8GB VRAM)
RAM 32GB
CPU AMD Ryrzen 5 3600x
Kernel Linux Kernel 6.17.12

Drivers 580.119.02

Running Gnome over Wayland (tried both borderless and fullscreen).

My launch options are set to:
DXVK_ASYNC=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 DRI_PRIME=1 DXVK_FILTER_DEVICE_NAME="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti" gamescope -w 1920 -h 1080 -f --force-grab-cursor -r 144 -- %command%

Some things I've noted/tried:
* VRAM usage is actually pretty stable. Only ~3.5/8GB is used.
* RAM usage sits around ~5GB, CPU usage is 25%
* Various versions of Proton seem to all do the same thing. Experimental, 8, 9, Hotfix, etc.
* Optimization options online suggest editing Fallout76Prefs.ini, however I have no such file in my local installation.

* I've set "Presentinterval=0" (it's a common piece of advice) and it hasn't fixed it.

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Just posting in case someone faces a similar issue in the future.

I spent two days debugging instant shutdowns on my PC (3090 FE, 7900X, 64GB RAM). The system would just die mid-game, completely reproducible. PSU clicks off, no kernel panic, no freeze, no logs. Just instant death.

I've had this issue for at least a year, maybe longer. Since I don't game that much and some games like Anno 1800 always worked fine, I never properly investigated. Naturally I assumed my 800W Enermax Max Tytan was damaged or couldn't handle 3090 transient spikes, so I ordered a 1200W be quiet Dark Power 14.

Strangely, Windows worked perfectly on the same hardware. (I still use dual boot for BF6 sometimes, but also tested Witcher 3.) So did Blender CUDA rendering on Linux at 600W for hours. Only Linux gaming killed it, both native and Proton. On X11 and Wayland. (Tried AwesomeWM and Hyprland)

Witcher 3 killed my PC once it loaded the game. Baldur's Gate 3 at a specific camera angle and position in Baldurs Gate city. GTA V usually when I changed graphics settings and unpaused.

I started limiting GPU power via nvidia-smi. 300W crashed. 200W crashed. At that point my whole system was pulling maybe 350W. An 800W PSU doesn't trip at 350W.

Set up remote logging to my NAS since local logs died with the system. Captured GPU stats, temps, kernel messages, journal, strace, bpftrace, ltrace. Nothing abnormal. System running fine, then just gone.

Then I swapped in a 400W PSU I had lying around. At 150W GPU limit it was stable. At 200W it died the same way. Both a 400W and 800W PSU failing identically was suspicious. Yes, 400W is underpowered, but I expected at least different behavior.

Switching from nvidia's open kernel module to the closed proprietary driver eventually fixed my issue.

Arch merged their packages so you get the open module by default, even if you install nvidia-dkms. I grabbed the .run installer from nvidia's site, installed proprietary, and the system has been rock solid at full power since. I eventually installed nvidia-beta-dkms via AUR.

I have no idea what the open driver does differently that causes this. If you search for "PC instantly dies in game" you'll mostly find recommendations to buy a new PSU. And nvidia-open is recommended by both Nvidia and the Arch wiki over closed proprietary.

So if you're facing a similar issue where your PC dies instantly mid-game, reproducibly, maybe try the proprietary driver before buying new hardware. I canceled my PSU order and consider writing a bug report once I am less annoyed of wasting my last two vacation days.

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So I’ve tried connecting my controller, a DualSense ps5 controller, to my CachyOS pc to play games. It works just fine in Absolum, but when I try to use it with Resident Evil 4 Remake it won’t recognize it.

My Xbox controller won’t work either, but I also have to connect it via cable because it won’t connect via Bluetooth.

I’ve tried different proton versions and nothing. Different settings in steam input either.

I haven’t tried proton-ge cause I don’t know if it would actually have any fixes.

Any help is greatly appreciated this one hurdle is the biggest pain in my ass with Linux gaming and I am desperate for a fix lol.

It’s not like Steam doesn’t see the controller. It recognizes it and even opens the steam overlay in RE4, just RE4 doesn’t recognize it. It even says its compatibility is “unknown” in the info page.

Hope this helps, I’m willing to do statin can to assist if anyone is willing to help.

Update: I tried silent hill F and it will let me skip credits with a controller, but once it gets to the title screen it stops…

Update 2: I installed udev rules for both DualSense and Xbox controllers. After a reboot the DualSense is still wonky but my Xbox controller works. I’ll consider this solved, but I’d love to get to an underlying issue. If someone has any ideas or pointers where to start looking at the DualSense issue I’m all ears.

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i have a second installation of elden ring that has been downgraded to an older version[as shown in this video] to check for compatibility with an outdated mod. the second installation is on the same drive as the main game. if possible, i would like to be able to launch either version from their respective executable, keeping the files completely independent of each other. the secondary installation is not located in the steamapps/common folder and as such there is currently no way of launching the older version without overwriting the files of the latest version with that of the former, and i would like to keep the files of the latest version untouched

i am using linux mint cinnamon kernel 6.14.0-37-generic

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Bazzite: Stable, Linux 6.17.7-ba20.fc43.x86_64, KDE Plasma 6.5.3, AMD Pyzen 5 2600, AMD RX 9060 XT, Steam, GE-Proton10-25 (hope I didn't miss any important data, if so please tell me, even if it's not important for this topic, because I probably will have to create more post somewhere else for some troubleshooting)

I already looked up the game on protondb and created the missing cfg file and the game would now boot up, but shows a blackscreen and immediatly want to create a mini dumb. After creating the mini dumb and looking into it, there are the errors Could not open midi device 0 (Err:3) and Could not open midi device 1 (Err:3) Does anyone know what I need to do so I could play the game?

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I'm having issues with Steam lately.

It takes a very long time to load and then gets stuck in Offline mode. Can't download games, can't sync saves, can't load the store... It says I have no internet access while I clearly do.

What I tried so far :

- Using Ethernet over Wi-Fi,

- Deleting all the Steam related files and packages and reinstall everything (worked for like 2 days)

- Updating the system (everything's up to date already)

System information :

ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD, Debian 13 Gnome (trixie, main, contrib, non-free, non-free-firmware)

Does anyone had this issue ?

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I have been plagued by this bug just way too long at this point. For some reason there seems to be a coherent bug (no matter if Nvidia(earlier) or Amd(now)) where for some reason the Display Server Protocol just mixes up something and only gives me less than a third gpu util. The only fix i have found for this issue is to just alt tab out and back in again, and sometimes it jumps back to >80% gpu util and sometimes it just stays low. Most notably are War Thunder and CS2 in that regard, which might have to do with their native builds, although me already running CS2 in wayland only mode for example.

Pc-specs:

• RX 6950 XT
• 5950X
• KDE (Wayland) 6.5.4
• Kernel: 6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64
• Fedora 43
• 32 Gigs Ram

Displays:

• FULL HD, 60hz (DP)
• 1440p, 170hz (DP)
• FULL HD, 144hz (DP)
• 4k 60hz TV (Hdmi) (Disabled, only used in my Bazzite distro)

I also want to add that none of the components is thermal throttling and my main only lead or suspicion is a bug in wayland, but the more i look for similar issues the less i find about it :/

Maybe someone has a similar bug or already fixed it, would be lovely :)

Oh and no, using Gamescope for example does not fix it beforehand.

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You see, the limit is 162w. But no matter the game, it will now exceed 145w(which is the limit if amd overclocking is disabled). Same system in my fedora 2nd install show the correct powercap and also reaches upto 162w. But on arch (endeavour and cachy both) it can only reach upto 145 and then power throttles it(as seen in mangohud). Would appreciate any help to uncover underlying cause/issue

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I switched to Linux a week ago and love it so far but when i try to play Outlast Trials with my brother i have sometimes no problems at all but sometimes my whole pc just freezes and i have to turn my whole pc off and restart it. any fixing or ideas or ideas where i can check to solve the problem?

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Hi everyone, this is my first post on this community.

I have been using Linux for a long time on my laptops and work PC, but I have never used Linux for gaming on my main PC, which runs Windows 11. Recently, I have been experiencing system crashes, instability and all the other joys that Windows has to offer on this very PC.

Since I use Arch at work, I am intrigued by CachyOs and would like to try it out to see if it could solve my problems.

My configuration is as follows:

• Ryzen 9 5900X
• Asus-B50 XE
• 32GB RAM (DDR4)
• Asus TUF Radeon RX 7900XT
• Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
• and various non-NVMe drives.

Would you recommend using a dual boot system or going all-in on Linux?

How do I manage Asus peripherals and check the health of my drives on Linux? Is there an alternative to Adrenaline that allows me to adjust my graphics card settings (e.g. power, maximum FPS, etc.)?

I mainly play Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2 in multiplayer on Steam and Heroes of the Storm on Battlenet. I've seen that Arc Raiders is compatible with Steam Deck, so there shouldn't be any problems running it on Linux, but are Battlenet games supported?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I'm really keen to make the switch to Linux.

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Specs: https://imgur.com/5jtiBt5
The trouble:
-- Diablo 2 Resurrected, Will ABSOLUTELY get into actual gameplay (seeing the towns, move around) but https://imgur.com/a/bPkSpuu. OG graphics work fine, but I want the newer/fps ...
-- Warcraft 3: Reforged - Completely black graphics, no audio whatsoever, never see anything.

Using Lutris, and have to run battle net with proton 10, to even get into diablo, I've tried other protons/wine/ for warcraft and no change. I assume some GPU (mesa?) update borked both.

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Out of nowhere, my FPS in Metaphor:ReFantazio has dropped from 120, to around 13. Attached is a screenshot of the issue.

I’m not really sure what to do next. I’ve tried re-installing the game, multiple versions of Proton (including GE, CachyOS, Experimental, Hotfix), rebooting the system multiple times, starting the game in both desktop mode and gaming mode…

I just want to try to play my favourite RPG this year. It was working fine up until now for several upon several hours and I have no idea what is causing it. This does not seem like a common issue as Google searches have also turned up nothing.

This issue does not seem to pop up with other games I have tested so far.

I am running Bazzite, with an AMD 9070XT and 5700X3D.

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