I have a Lenovo legion i7 pro or maybe it’s an i9 pro. I can’t remember but specs are 14900HX with a RTX 4080.

I have a problem with the cpu clocks bouncing up and down and it happens every 5-20 seconds and it lasts for half a sec. When it happens the gpu utilization goes down and the fps goes down. Definitely noticeable in hell divers when on a ship staring at a panel. You’d think you get consistent enough fps but mine goes from around 140 to 105 and then rockets up to 155, then settles back to ~140.

Temps don’t seem to cause the issue.

I have tried different protons, different kernels, different nvidia drivers, even different distros.

I have tried the performance govenor but that didn’t do anything.

I’ve don’t more research and it seems it might be because of the lack of intel management framework drivers on Linux but I want to make sure there isn’t a fix I’m overlooking.

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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games has a release window now set for sometime in Spring 2026.

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Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.

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So i wanted to buy a steamdeck unfortunately they dont sell them in Switzerland would it be as good to buy a windows one like idk the asus rog and install bazzite on it ?

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First released in the '90s, the retro racing series designed by Geoff Crammond is making a return under new names with publisher MicroProse.

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Because everything is working so good without AI, interruption, forced updates...etc...now I play games too much 🥲

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First year on linux gaming, and the windows is two step from his coffin.

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Hello!

I've been playing under Linux for years. Mostly on the Steam platform.

I just noticed that there is a yearly summary under Steam.

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Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

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Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.

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I'm thinking about upgrading my GPU for a while now, i'm just unsure because i wanted to wait for Radeon UDNA but it may be better to buy now since the GPU Prices will go up soon.

My System: i7-8700k, 32GB DDR4, RTX 3080 10GB (the first one), CachyOS, 3x 4K Monitors/TV (2x HDR, 2x 60Hz, 1x 120Hz(TV))

What do i play most: Cyberpunk on 4K 60Hz with Raytracing VRChat (Valve index, Steam Frame)

I wanted to upgrade to the RX9070 XT

Since 4K and VRChat uses a ton of VRAM that might be a good upgrade and AMD also runs better on Linux than Nvidia. Do you think it's worth the upgrade? Should i upgrade or wait a few more years?

(Upgrading CPU is not easily possible because of DDR5 Prices) Do you think that GDDR6 is also going up in cost? Afaik is only DDR5 or GDDR7 the issue.

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And also Chivalry 2 lol. Chiv 2 does work on Linux but OOTB input latency is much worse on Linux, so switched to Windows. However with a few workarounds it’s actually better on Linux so now I’m back baby. Next year gonna be 90%+

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sadly i only started using linux in september and its 55% this year, in 2026 its going to be 100% :D

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STEAM REPLAY 2025

Another year of Linux-only gaming. How did I do?

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Most played games this year:

Deep Rock Galactic (19%) (100% on Steam Deck)
Skyrim (19%) (100% on Steam Deck)
Oxygen Not Included (11%) (100% on Desktop)
Deep Rock Survivor (7%) (100% on Steam Deck)

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When you encounter an issue while using a linux distro here's what you do first:

1. Check for system and driver updates
2. Search the internet (community forums, blogs, reddit etc...) for solutions
3. Change gpu drivers to proprietary ones and test it again.
4. Check with other versions of Wine, Proton, Proton-GE, etc... (for games/windows softwares) and tweak in-game settings.
5. Check with another Kernel (choose another kernel while booting)
6. Boot into previous btrfs snapshot and test it again (if you setup snapshots)
7. Go to Archwiki-https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main\_page and you'll find a lot of useful info on a huge number of packages, desktop environments, window managers, etc.......
8. If Nothing fixes the game issue, wait for the game update. A Game update might fix the issue.

These are the things I did when I was a beginner and it helped me and my friends save a lot of time. Please do suggest some changes if I missed any.

Coming to "asking for help" in this subreddit, it'll be helpful if you follow the template that is pinned in the community highlights - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/16d7gj7/need_help_heres_how_to_get_it/

Whenever you post for help, include system specs, steam, proton, wine, gpu driver versions etc..... if possible attach logs as the above template suggests. It will become easy and saves a lot of time for everyone if you put some effort and explain the issue in detail and tell us what fixes and what else have you tried to fix that issue. Please don't just directly come to reddit and post here without doing any basic troubleshooting and do include detailed specs & explaination of the issue.

If you are using a linux distro, you have to invest your time and effort. That is the reality. We are happy to help and you have to put some effort when you post.

Linux Distros are not "Free". The Price of a Linux Distro is your "Time" & "Effort".

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I wanted to get mangohud working for minecraft but prism launcher won't let me enable mangohud in its settings menu. I also tried a wrapper command to force it to launch mangohud but it says mangohud not found despite me having installed mangohud via both sudo apt install and also with flatpak commands. I am on linux mint.

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Only made the migration a few weeks ago and my entire Red Dead Redemption 2 run was on Linux (CachyOS - Hyprland). I rate this graph will look completely different next year!

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