I've been having horrible performance issues. Just so you get an idea, with the minimum modifiers, small galaxy and only two more AI empires I've gotten lag by the year 2080. One day per second, levels of lag.

I have by no means a weak laptop. I have a Lenovo Legion 5, Intel i9-13900HX RAM 32 GB, 1TB SSD and an NVidia RTX 4070. I am using PopOS, and that might cause some friction, but I'm pretty sure Stellaris has a native build and it hasn't failed me with other titles.

Any help or insight would be appreciated.

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So, for the 1% of CS2 players on linux. I have 2 questions...

For context, I play on Arch Hyprland. AMD GPU with the open source drivers

1. Why does the game look better scaled? I play on 1280x960 8xmsaa and it straight up looks better than on Windows. It looks a bit pixelated so maybe the MSAA is not running or working as usual? Since it would look like a blurry mess on Windows. Also, crosshairs are literally pixel perfect, no antialiased bullshit, they look crisp.
2. My mouse has 1200 DPI in memory and I play 1.0 sens in cs, but somehow my sensitivity when launching on linux is much slower. It's really important to me that sensitivity remains consistent so I can play faceit on windows. Also, it kinda feels weird, like it has accel on it but very subtle? I have accel_profile set to flat and sensitivty on 0 in hyprlands config

There also doesn't seem to be any raw input options in cs2 for linux

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i have installed genshin through using wine and when i run it and try to log in i cant switch to another window to log in through google no matter if i open another app or use alt+tab
and when i try to close it the game just freezes i got no clue why and since its always full screen and above all the other windows i have to reboot the laptop
not to mention the issue i get when i try to log in through hoyoverse "too many requests"
i am using arch is there any way of fixing this i dont even know whats the cause of the issue

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I bought a Logitech G29 (PS5) and apparently it doesnt get detected by Steam. Is there a program or commands to try and get this fixed up?

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My home PC is used exclusively for gaming. It is equipped with a 5600X, a 7800XT and 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM. It is currently running Windows 11.

Games played are mostly single player 3D titles ran in 1440p, most a few years old, with Warframe being a exception to the rule. The system is attached to a 4k/120 capable HDR OLED Freesync display.

(In what way) Would such a system and use case benefit from switching to Linux? What distro would you recommend?

For context, I am familiar with Linux from home automation and from past work experience. ProtonDB shows 82% of my Steam library at Gold or better, 91% at Silver or better.

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I have used Arch for work for a while now but only used it to play Stardew Valley. My windows 11 install broke recently so I installed Nobara instead and am finally testing proper gaming on Linux.

Do you guys think it was worth it or should I just stay with Windows?

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Hello everyone, I have recently stumbled upon an issue on my Gamepad.

Last time I used my Gamepad was on a Windows Machine, then I changed my system.
Now, however, it doesn't work anymore.

I have found that my pc recognize my Pad as "Microsoft Corp. Xbox360 Controller" in lsusb, but neither in system settings nor steam settings recognized it.

I have installed xone, xboxdrv, and many others, but the problem persist.

2 dots blink if it is connected via USB. If not (so via dongle), 2 dots are turn on (just like if they were connected).

I have tried with another PC (on Windows) and it worked flawlessy, I have also tried on a Virtualbox on Manjaro and it worked, but outside the virtualbox not.

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Ryzen 5700g

16 Ram

nVidia rtx 3060 12 Vram

bazzite LAST ver

nVidia driver 570

It crashes at 80-85 percent SHADERS compilation

I am using this launch options:

PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=force_host_cached PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_low_latency2 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 %command% PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=force_host_cached PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_low_latency2 __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1 %command% submitted by /u/ohnoiamdead69
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Hi, and today I am looking at the Titan Quest 2 playtest. As a huge fan of the original I was quite excited.

The graphics, world and sound design is good and the the combat feels a bit more accessible than the original. The skill customization has also been turned up and that is a great addition. The world setting has always been the thing that drew me to the original game and this time round they do not disappoint, it looks amazing.

The performance was a bit poor, and for instance I had to play on FSR quality mode, as Native AA had weird graphical issues, and TAA just looked poor and performed quite badly. It did not really make a difference what preset I used, it still performed poorly. Another disappointment is that the loot the creatures drop is not the loot they are carrying like the original. Let's hope the final release fixes these issues.

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As the title suggests, re4r crashes after several minutes of gameplay. I've tried everything from changing protons, to changing my refresh rate to 60 hz yo using launch commands etc. I'm using Nobara OS GNOME with a rtx 4070 super and an I9 12900k and 48 gbs of DDR4. If anyone has a solution, please help me out. Thank you

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Hello everyone,

You guys finally made me ready to move all my setup to Linux. Been using Linux on a laptop as my work and daily driver and it has been a great experience. I, however am at the point where I need to choose my distro carefully.

I used to game a lot but it's mostly single player experience and some multiplayer games on the side. I know all my games except rainbow six siege works on Linux no problems. However, not all distro are made equal.

I prefer Linux Mint but I had some trouble to setup proton and had some weird bugs. I know the kernel is stable but older.

I tried Nobara and it's REALLY good, everything works out of the box but I heard it's maintained by one guy and I fear for longevity.

I used Ubuntu in the past and I know I can personalize but the main look and feel just aint for me.

Didn't try bazzite and Valve doesn't seem ready to just release steam os. I used steamOS for a while in Desktop mode and it's ok for my needs... but I have a Nvidia GPU with an AMD CPU combo.

So what would be a good compromise? Maybe my fear Nobara won't be maintained for long isn't rooted in reality? Should I choose another instead?

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Hi, I've been a full-time linux user for 5 years now, and I've played a lot of games using proton. But even if sometimes I had to tinker a bit, right now I don't understand why it flickers like that.
It's the only game that does this for me.
Here's my specs:

OS: Arch Linux (KDE Plasma)
KERNEL: 6.14.4-zen1-2-zen
CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GPU DRIVER: NVIDIA 570.144
RAM: 32 GB

Of course I've tried reinstalling and changing some launch options, I've tweaked config.ini to change things like Vsync and I've changed proton versions (GE, experimental, Hotfix, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5) and it's still the same (it doesn't start at all with 10 and 5) i also try to disable compositing.

IF it's fullscreen or borderless it's even worse it's mainly a black screen and some flickering, and even the steam HUD (SHIFT + TAB) flickers.

I have no idea rn what to try next and would need help if you have any or at least if you some explanation on why this is happenning.

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so i'm trying to get a game called DarkOrbit to work, they recently (finally) ported the game over to unity, but getting it to run under linux has been difficult so far. i can get the game to start, but when the login page is supposed to load, it just gives me a black screen. i did some digging and i think i might be experiencing the same problem as mentioned over here, since DarkOrbit also uses Vuplex. i tried using proton experimental through steam since they suggested that proton might get around this issue compared to regular wine, but so far no dice. this game is kinda dead so it's unlikely i'll find other linux users trying to play this, but has anyone else had this problem with a different game perhaps? and managed to solve it? i would love to know.

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PREREQUISITES Make sure it's not a hardware issue.

Check your cables, output device, and physical connections.

If the issue still persists, continue below.

Make sure you're running PipeWire with PulseAudio compatibility.

In terminal, run:

cd | pw-metadata -n settings

Something should show up. If it fails, you're probably not running the PipeWire PulseAudio replacement.

If you're not running PulseAudio through PipeWire, this guide won't help.

1. Set PipeWire metadata

Use pw-metadata to set the clock rate and quantum. These help reduce glitchy behavior:

pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-rate 48000 pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 500

Check the values are set with:

pw-metadata -n settings 2. Make the settings persistent

PipeWire resets on reboot or package updates, so copy system files to your local config:

PipeWire config:

mkdir -p ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/ cp /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf ~/.config/pipewire/

WirePlumber config:

mkdir -p ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d/ cp /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d/ 3. Reload user services

Apply your changes with:

systemctl --user daemon-reload 4. Confirm it's working

Run the metadata command again:

pw-metadata -n settings

That should do the trick.

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Hi fellow Linux Gamers,

I have been a long time Nvidia user (since 2005) and I've been running Linux as my daily driver since 2007.

The gaming situation with Valve getting involved has changed dramatically since that time, and I've been playing more and more games with Proton/Wine and I've always used Nvidia.

My latest card is a 4090 which I used to pair with a 5950x and now a 9950x3D. Funny enough, some games recently were not able to use my GPU 100% - for example with latest update in Warframe in some more recent maps the FPS would go below V-Sync and the GPU usage would be around 60~70%.

For some time I blamed it on my slow CPU (5950x) and/or wine and synchronization not working as efficiently as they could be. I was waiting for ntsync to be release etc etc, but then I decided to upgrade my CPU to a 9950x3D.

Needless to say, with such CPU, my GPU stays at V-Sync level now - problem solved, "it was my dodgy CPU not able to feed my GPU", or so I thought.

Fast forward this past weekend and I decided to build a secondary pc (mATX) with my 5950x, but instead to use the spare/backup 3080Ti, I decided to buy a 7800XT, just to try AMD for once. Basically "putting my money where my mouth is", funding a company which has been more open and supportive of Linux.

The first try was to use Ubuntu 24.04 with updated kernel (via mainline), but couldn't properly install radv and it was painful. I then decided to install Manjaro, and lo and behold, everything just worked.

I then installed more games to try, and my 7800XT was able to pump consistent 60 FPS on my 4K TV, provided I would use some upscaler. Heck, even that technical marvel that "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" is (game is shallow but the graphics and technical sidse of things are impressive), was running fine with all turned on (apart crazy levels of unnoticeable RayTracing), ULTRA config.

Not only this, those maps in Warframe which were having bad performance on my 4090 (on the 5950x) were smooth butter on my 7800XT with the old 5950x!

The GPU is always 100% used, fully working and stable - it's almost unbelievable. Tear free (FreeSync) is enabled by default, HDR as well etc etc. Things just work.

What I really realized is that my 5950x was still a decent CPU: it's the Nvidia drivers which are dogs**t in terms of CPU usage and scheduling.

Nvidia drivers are a joke CPU-efficiency wise: this is coming from an Linux Nvidia user since 2007. I always bought Nvidia.

The next round of GPUs, if AMD ships a high end one I may seriously ditch Nvidia (haven't bought a 5090 because I don't think GBP 2.7k is a reasonable price for +20% performance on my 4090).

I hope this feedback will act as cautionary tale for Nvidia Linux users - yes it works, but AMD works better.

Enjoy!

Ps. Haven't bought a 9070XT because of space in my mATX case and because the drivers/stability will have to improve in the coming 3~6 months, I wanted a working GPU. And looks like I got one.

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For the FPS Lovers
FPS = First Person Shooter

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Hey everyone,

I recently made the switch from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 25.04, and I’m loving it so far. However, I’m struggling to get HDR working properly for gaming, specifically in Helldivers 2. On Windows, HDR was fantastic with the “Auto HDR” feature, which kept games looking bright and vibrant. But on Ubuntu, everything runs in SDR, even though HDR is enabled in my system settings.

My Setup: • OS: Ubuntu 25.04 (Wayland) • Hardware: AMD 6900XT + Ryzen 7950X3D • Monitor: 4K HDR capable (worked great on Windows) • Game: Helldivers 2 (via Steam + Lutris) • HDR Enabled in System Settings • Tried HDR Flags: Used HDR-related flags from gamescope --help in Lutris (under Configure -> System Options -> Custom Settings String)

The Issue: • The game launches, but it always displays in SDR. • I’ve tried using the HDR flags in Gamescope but no change. • HDR works perfectly in Windows, so I know the hardware is capable.

Has Anyone Got HDR Working on Ubuntu for Games? • Am I missing something in Lutris or Steam’s settings? • Are there other tools or configs I should try for HDR support in games? • Is there a way to replicate Windows’ “Auto HDR” functionality on Ubuntu?

Would appreciate any help or advice! Thanks in advance.

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