Pretty much what the title said. My PC is quite literally ancient, i3-2100 cpu, no gpu and 6gb ram(2gb + 4gb stick I added later)

I've played older GTA and COD games on this and some others like zoo tycoon and mount and blade warband and older minecraft versions with pirated launchers. All of these with no crashes or fps issues(except maybe minecraft multiplayer)

What I want to know is will using linux/steamos/bazzite increase my library in the sense that will it allow me to play more games that I can't play already in windows 7 64 bit? And if yes can I also install bazzite or whatever without clearing entire harddisk?

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Hello, I'm making this post since I needed a solution for this and didn't find it anywhere and just tried random things until it worked, so I'm trying to help others.

Basically my RX 9070 XT began crashing my Arch system only while playing in Resident Evil 2 Remake in the sewer section, only in one specific spot. Journalctl showed a driver crash, specifically a "ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout" error.

Many people said it was a driver problem, but I found it strange since it only happened in this specific game (maybe it is and this is just a workaround, but still)

After trying everything I found out that the problem was with the crappy Resident Evil 2 DX12 implementation, and that explained why I never encountered the problem any other RE Engine title. I even tried to play Cyberpunk 1440p native path tracing to stress test the GPU without it crashing.

TLDR: the solution was to add "PROTON_USE_D11VK=1" in the arguments of the game on Steam, The game didn't crash even after hanging out in the same spot for about 2 hours.

I'm on Arch 6.18.2, Mesa 25.3.2. GE-Proton 10.27, but this happened with any other Proton version.

I hope to help some people, happy gaming.

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https://reddit.com/link/1q0y7lj/video/bb8ci6nuqoag1/player

Video shows it all. Generally the game performs fairly well especially in outdoor scenes however I have noticed that indoors there is sometimes light source "pop in" where the game will hallucinate and forget V is indoors and act as if there is no roof allowing sunlight in, and in this clip you can see the game is switching between light sources as I walk along the hallway with the large window, sometimes letting light in from the window and other times not. Additionally there's the matter of the very obvious artifacting in the room with the elevators, not seen in the room at the start of the recording. I noticed this only happens when the game is using Path Tracing (used in video) or any of the ray tracing presets and none of these problems occur when ray tracing is off.

I'm playing on Arch Linux 6.18.2 and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 (Wayland) with the latest Proton-GE (10-27) and stable Mesa (1:25.3.2-1)

Graphics card is an AMD Radeon 9070 XT

My Steam launch options are: DXIL_SPIRV_CONFIG=wmma_fp8_hack PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 gamemoderun %command% --launcher-skip --intro-skip

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Hi, long time windows user contemplating whether i should full port to linux.

My AI workload requires me to go to ubuntu 22.04 (which i read is 3-year outdated?), and another on 24.04.3 (is this good? i heard it's 1-year late).

But I prefer my machine to be gaming first, AI second.

Would like opinions on linux users (not dual boot) who made the transition successfully and are able to juggle both.

Thank you.

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So I decided to try bazzite and made a bootable usb but when it booted up (did not format my drive) it didnt detect my wifi and it did not seem shal we say complete. What did I do wrong?

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Having just installed Pop!_OS, I decided to try a bit of an experiment -- I wanted to see if ChatGPT could walk me through installing Battle.net and getting it working, start to finish, no Googling (I previously did it myself on Ubuntu Cinnamon, but it was through Steam, and I definitely didn't remember everything I did).

I figured a fun way to present it would be by just giving you my prompts to ChatGPT in order. You can definitely see as I start to get frustrated with both Lutrin and ChatGPT itself. There's something so genuinely irritating about the constant affirmations -- "Good catch -- that was never going to work!" -- when it was the thing that told you to do that in the first place.

The human side of the conversation follows:

I've just done a fresh install of Pop!_OS, and installed Lutris and Steam. Can you give me a clean, clear, step-by-step guide on how to install and run Battle.net? I got as far as step 4 -- "First launch + sign in". When I launch Battle.net, it either freezes and crashes, or else the GUI for the login screen flickers on and off repeatedly. There doesn't appear to be any way to install a new or specific version on the "Manage wine versions" menu screen? There still isn't any way to download a new Wine version. One is already installed: wine-ge-8-26. There is nowhere, and no way, to specify a different version to download, that I can find. I get this error when trying to run sudo apt install protonup-qt: E: Unable to locate package protonup-qt Lutrin doesn't seem to be picking up the new installed version of Proton, though ProtonUp-Qt shows it existing. You aren't quite correct. ProtonUp-Qt installed to ~/.local/share/lutris/runners/proton, whereas Lutris seemingly is only looking in ~/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine. Every step I've taken has been at your direction, from the very beginning. Now you're telling me that ever since you told me to install Proton, you've been steering me down the wrong path completely. Why? There's no option for Wine-GE in ProtonUp-QT, and Lutris-Wine -- the closest match I found -- caps out at version 7.2.2. The version of Wine installed in Lutris -- wine-ge-8-26-x86_64 -- would seem to be more recent. Hang on -- you're assuming the issue is fixed. It isn't. Even with --no-browser in the arguments, the display still flickers. I would certainly prefer *not* to switch from Wayland to Xorg. Is there genuinely no way to force Lutrin to launch Battle.net via Proton instead of Wine? All right, let's go with Steam, then. Walk me through it. It didn't flicker anymore, but for some reason I had to unfocus the window -- click away -- and click back a few times to get the GUI to work correctly. Any idea why this is happening, and how to prevent it in the future?

The good news is -- Battle.net is now working reliably! Just Battle.net, mind you. I haven't even tried installing any of the actual games through it yet. As I recall, I had use Gamescope (compiled from source, since of course it's not available on any of the Ubuntu package managers) to fix some issues with UI scaling and cursor behaviour. That's a tomorrow problem.

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Any ideas? It wasn't installed by flatpak. And the games it is showing the old driver version for, are launched through Steam, which wasn't installed through flatpak either. I am wondering if this is why my FSR4 launch option isn't working.

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everyone i talked to said sober (unofficial roblox port) runs better on their pcs than on windows, they usually use arch or cachyos

i have a 9060 xt and im getting way worse fps on linux, and i literally upgraded from a 2060 to an amd card to be able to have good driver support

i am using arch linux and i installed it using archinstall and amd drivers work FINE, but i get around 150-200 fps on phantom forces, a game i get 300+ on windows 10. i can feel it drop from my monitors refresh rate on linux but not on windows

the game i tested and could easily see the fps is roblox on sober, it runs really bad compared to windows 10. i can feel my fps dropping from my refresh rate (180hz) on phantom forces, its unplayable.

everyone that i talked to that has an amd gpu (with no exceptions) said it ran way better than on windows 10.

my game does not have stutter issues tho, its just low fps

for comparison, in this game: https://www.roblox.com/games/18667984660/Flex-Your-FPS-And-Ping (a lot of linux users test their pcs on there) i get consistent 450+ fps on a small server but i cant achieve 300 on the same conditions on arch.

silent hill 2 remake and bodycam also ran bad, i could feel the lags

these are my pc specs:

gpu: sapphire pulse rx 9060 xt 16 gb

cpu: ryzen 5 5500

ram: 32 gb (2x16) @ 3200mhz

I KNOW, THIS CPU DOES NOT PAIR WITH PERFORMANCE WITH THE GPU, I HAVE IT BECAUSE I GOT MY GPU RECENTLY. what im trying to solve is the fact that it runs way worse than windows 10.

i also met a guy with an rx 580 (yes, 580, not 5800) with a ryzen 5 5600x that was getting 900+ fps on that roblox game on a normal big server.

the footage attached to this message is me comparing the max fps i get on a benchmark game using cachyos' gnome, kde, xfce, my own arch bspwm system and windows 10. on windows 10 i first tested no fflags then with my own fflags, which were used at my arch system. cachyos had no fflags.

the difference is blatant, considering that i get consistent 2000+ fps with my fflags on windows and 1000 on arch.

these are my main arch linux bspwm system config files, i havent changed anything besides those:

bspwmrc: https://pastebin.com/MmHid83t

sxhkd: https://pastebin.com/HKeNhcTy

picom.conf https://pastebin.com/N934JkCf

20-amdgpu.conf: https://pastebin.com/u3VryKSm

bashrc: https://pastebin.com/p2uwFbwR

i tested linux mint and pop os too, they perform the same as arch

to be clear, this is not only on sober. as i said, bodycam and silent hill 2 also run way worse on linux.

i dont know if i need to configure something else, i dont know if i need to install any other package, i dont really know why it is like this. literally everyone i met had a pc that performed better on linux than on windows

i tried to search for help on different discord forums, but no one could help me with my issue

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I recently got an EasySMX X20 controller. I have been playing around with it, and it seems to work almost perfectly out of the box. It is recognized as an xbox360 controller and works in everything I have tried. The only issue I have is that the controller has back paddles that are not being registered. I tried googling the issue, but nothing much came up. Using evtest, I verified that the paddles are not sending events, while the other buttons are. This issue is reflected in Steam as well, with steam-devices installed. Controller is registered as xbox360, paddles are not detected. Does anyone know how to get the paddles to be recognized as buttons?

I am running Linux Mint 22.2 with kernel 6.14.0-37.

Edit: Forgot to mention that the controller is connected through an included dongle

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I JUST learned that support for my videocard, a GTX 1050 Ti, is over. NOW what? I keep hearing that Radeon cards are better for Linux, I've got eye candy dialed down painfully low for Borderlands 2 and I'm STILL seeing framerate dips, I can't afford a new(er) card from AMD, NVidia, OR Intel, new or otherwise. Any ideas here would to improve performance would be GREATLY appreciated.

Update: My CPU is an i5-7400, I am currently rocking 32 GB DDR4 2400 RAM, and my storage is a SATA HDD (magnetic platter drive). My PSU is 300 watts. As old as my PC is (8 years old), I don't think I could find a PSU with a higher wattage rating that would even work at all with my PC, which I would need to upgrade my CPU to an i7-7700, the best CPU my mobo can handle, and/or the aforementioned GPU.

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Hello everyone

Recently I have moved from Windows to Arch linux on my main desktop
for a few days overwatch 2 had zero problems but now the gpu wont get out of p3 state which is a low power mode and thus using ~70w in-game

I am using hyprland as the main desktop window manager

leo@archlinux

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OS: Arch Linux x86_64

Host: B550M AORUS ELITE -CF

Kernel: 6.18.2-zen2-1-zen

Uptime: 15 mins

Packages: 1457 (pacman), 20 (flatpak)

Shell: bash 5.3.9

Resolution: 3440x1440

DE: Hyprland

Theme: Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]

Icons: breeze [GTK2/3]

Terminal: foot

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (16) @ 4.665GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Memory: 5308MiB / 32005MiB

pacman -Qs nvidia

local/cuda 13.1.0-1

NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2.1-1

The GBM EGL external platform library

local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.21-1

EGLStream-based Wayland external platform

local/egl-wayland2 1.0.0.rc.r53.gf4a2d32-1

EGLStream-based Wayland external platform (2)

local/egl-x11 1.0.4-1

NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library

local/lib32-nvidia-utils 590.48.01-1

NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)

local/libva-nvidia-driver 0.0.14-1

VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend

local/libvdpau 1.5-3

Nvidia VDPAU library

local/libxnvctrl 590.48.01-1

NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension

local/linux-firmware-nvidia 20251125-2

Firmware files for Linux - Firmware for NVIDIA GPUs and SoCs

local/nvidia-open-dkms 590.48.01-1

NVIDIA open kernel modules - module sources

local/nvidia-prime 1.0-5

NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities

local/nvidia-settings 590.48.01-1

Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

local/nvidia-utils 590.48.01-1

NVIDIA drivers utilities

local/nvtop 3.2.0-1

GPUs process monitoring for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA

local/opencl-nvidia 590.48.01-1

OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA

overwatch 2 only getting ~50fps and the card stuck in p3 state

disable proton for Overwatch 2 which is the setting I used

cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have a problem what so ever

I am new to linux gaming so if I forgot some crucial information please let me know!

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The game in question is Borderlands 4 and I'm running Nobara (Gnome) at the moment. I have two monitors and regardless of what window mode I use (Windowed, Windowed Fullscreen or Fullscreen) the mouse will escape to the spare monitor if I turn too much in that direction in the game.

Is this an issue with this distro? Should I try a different one (I'm pretty new to Linux and not overly invested in a distro yet)? Is there a known solution for this that I just can't figure out?

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Beginner here. Have read the newbie Linux gamer pinned posts and links.

Was shopping on Ebay for a second mini-desktop just for linux gaming of AAA games not retro games. Choices are still overwhelming. Not laptops, desktop mini only. My current rig in Macos Sonoma and dual boot won't work because of the graphics chip I have.

16GB RAM and AMD graphics card are good criteria. What else? What's the earliest year workable? 2015? Is there a list of more hardware criteria to follow?
Thanking you in advance for responses :)

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i recently switched to ubuntu (24.04.3 LTS) and since then most of the steam games i've played have lagged more than they used to and new ones lag as well. its mostly like. input lag i think? if that matters. ive tried reducing graphical settings to like. the lowest ones available for games and im not sure if that even does anything. before the switch the games i played before ran perfectly fine.

the steam games ive played since i switched and how laggy they are is
slay the princess: this is the only one that was just completely fine. i assume its just visual novels being far less demanding on your computer though.
tabletop simulator - a bit laggy but a lot less bad than the others
of the devil - technically playable but laggy to the point i did not want to play
unbeatable - same as above
oxenfree: laggy but i did manage to finish it.

i use proton on of the devil and unbeatable since not native to linux and they wouldnt launch at first (of the devil Literally crashed my pc . it was incredibly inconvenient) and im pretty sure i tested proton experimental, proton hotfix, and a few others but while eventually i got the game to boot up, i think it was just because i kept trying?? because other people said Just keep booting up the game itll eventually work.

i tried to use gamemode on unbeatable but it didnt help.

computer system information

(this is the output of the command inxi -xxACGS.)

System:

Host: myname-XPS-8930 Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64

compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0

Desktop: GNOME v: 46.0 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3

Distro: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake

rev: D cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 12 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 1451 high: 1600 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600

3: 1303 4: 1600 5: 1351 6: 1307 7: 1444 8: 1409 bogomips: 48000

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:

Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell

driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: none

empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e98

Device-2: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau

v: kernel arch: Turing pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:

active: HDMI-A-3 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82

temp: 36.0 C

Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C525 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 046d:0826

Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6

compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nouveau display-ID: 0

Monitor-1: HDMI-A-3 model: Philips PHL 246V5 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92

diag: 609mm (24")

API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: iris

device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau wayland:

drv: nouveau x11: drv: nouveau

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2

glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NV167 device-ID: 10de:1f82

display-ID: :0.0

Audio:

Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel

v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0

Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:

speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa

Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C525 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 046d:0826

API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-37-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'm on Bazzite 43, using AMD both on CPU and GPU.

I have 3 monitors, 1920x1080, 2560x1080, 1920x1080.

My question is that the OS and games are quite bad at remembering some things:

• The middle monitor's brightness. It's constantly set back to 70% (or perhaps even lower)
  • I made a change now to 'never dim automatically' for my display brightness, hopefully that will sort it out.
• Which one is the 'main' desktop, I don't really care, but left or middle is my preference. It's moved all my desktop icons around between multiple monitors.
  • Many games don't know on which desktop to start (Balatro seems to start on the left one, and then jump to the correct one), but other games are much less reliable on which monitor it will start (I've had all 3)
  • Both Steam and Heroic games are doing this

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Esa son las especificaciones de la fuente ya he probado con 2 diferentes y no muestra video y el teclado no tiene ninguna señal de estar funcionando alguien sabe que podría ser ? En discord vi otra persona con el mismo problema pero aun no lo soluciona

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