I saw some benchmarks showing game mode on Bazzite/steam os having better lows compared to Cachy os for example which does not use a game mode shell. so I installed Bazzite to test for myself. what I saw was a little puzzling. I ran benchmarks on desktop and game mode with cyberpunk. in game mode my 1% lows went from 107 to 117. The problem is that I watched the in game benchmark counter drop down to 107. so it's getting the exact same performance but then the game reports 117 low after I watch it go as low as 107? What about game mode is making the game read values innacurately like that? Something to with gamescope and how it runs games?

Hi, as in the title, none of my usb port on the bc-250 works. I've got it with an already modded bios. I've tried several mice, keyboards, usb sticks but nothing seems to work. I've tried installing bazzite on the ssd from another pc, but now it boots up and wait for a keyboard/mouse input. Any suggestion? Neither in the bios seems to receive any input

As the title asks, I am looking to play the 90's PC game Magic the Gathering Shandalar. I would prefer a vanilla experience, so beyond the official expansion I would not want any new cards. Is there an easy way to set that up, or should I just do a virtual machine and see if that does anything? I made a post earlier and I fixed that text glitching issue by downloading the fonts.cv file from a different version of the game but I still have general instability, like cards in duels in the hand dissappearing. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I dual-boot my PC with Windows and Linux Mint. I have Steam installed on both, and one of the games I own from Steam is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. With Steam on Linux, it's showing an Install button for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Does this mean Steam is able to install & run Flight Simulator 2024 on Linux?

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How can I troubleshoot this to hopefully not need to restart or switch distro:

Some 1st/3rd person games where you control your view via the mouse are giving me trouble. Mousing in menus works fine. Once I'm in game, however, the mouse doesn't do anything. -Actually, it does an incredibly tiny bit... If I mouse back and forth quickly, I can see the view in the game wiggling ever so slightly, but never actually changes. A system restart fixes it for some time. I'm unsure of the cause or how I might fix without restarting.

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This is my first foray into linux gaming, as I installed Pop OS 24 three weeks ago. I had issues early on, however, updates fixed them and have been happy for the most part.

I installed steam via the cosmic store, I've tried using the latest GE Proton. I'm running with a 9070 XT. I am using a razer mouse with Razor Genie to manage the DPI. There are dual displays. At one point I attempted to run a game in windowed mode and the mouse control still didn't budge.

I'm not well versed in linux, but I'm familiar with *nix and comfortable on the command line.

Thanks!!

I would like to know if it is possible to use the new version of this wheel on Linux? The switch shows PC, PS4, PS5. There is no PS3 option. All of the buttons work, but my computer will not read inputs from turning the wheel.

I have a Pulsar X2 Superlight that, if I use wirelessly, stutters at a pretty regular interval (2-3 seconds or so) making it pretty much unusable. However, wired, it's just fine and I do not have this problem on Windows or macOS.

Anyone experienced this? I don't think it's related to CachyOS because I was recently on Nobara and it had the same problem.

Is there some setting somewhere I need to turn on/off or something?

So far I have only used sysd and Wayland via normal late model CPU/GPU combo's and they run fine with the various gaming forks.

Does anyone have experience/advice in setting up a sysVinit/X11 approach for a gaming PC?

How well does it play with late model hardware and all the typical layers needed for something like Arc Raiders?

Cheers

I recently ordered a Manda One controller and it requires a dongle to connect to PC. A problem I ran into on the GameSir Nova Lite was that my PC didn't detect the dongle, it was shortly after I had made the switch to Linux and it had worked perfectly in Windows. I'm worried I may run into the same problem with this controller. Since then I've switched Linux distros from Bazzite to Pop OS. Is there anything I can do or install to have the problem already fixed by the time the controller arrives?

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Recently downloaded the game and tried to get all the neccesary plugins. Sadly, I got this with a weird FPS drop every 10 sec. If you can help I`ll really aprecciate it, thx.

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Hello everyone, I installed Skyrim and tried to mod it. When I open Mod Organizer and run the game with SKSE, the executable does not load the graphics settings that the launcher sets the first time you open it, and it opens in a large window instead of full screen.

I had already solved this by running SKSE alone, adding an “LC_ALL” command, but when I do the same with mod organizer, it doesn't load the settings or my saves, What can I do?

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I am using Linux Mint 22.2 Zara and Proton Experimental pls help

So I am checking out abandonware games and found one from my childhood I would like to play again. Of course, it is a Windows game. I am fairly new at running Windows games in Linux outside of Steam.

My first thought is run it in Bottles, I have heard good things but I can't seem to get it figured out to play the game. Nothing I do seems to work. Just wondering if any of you out there managed to get this running or know how to get an older Windows game running in Linux. I tried Wine and a few Wine front-ends and nothing seems to work. Is it because the game requires modifications or is it directX9 issues? I am at a loss.

Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated!

Oh, if you want to get the game for yourself or just to see if you can get it to work, here is the link. https://www.myabandonware.com/game/need-for-speed-carbon-ign#download

I have bought a new computer and I would like to keep away from windows as much as possible (RTX5070/Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF/4K TV). I have little basic experience with Ubuntu/Mint/Kubuntu/SteamOS but so far things mostly "just worked" and I only played games on the Deck (with the native SteamOS).

As I am not afraid to multi-boot for other uses, my goal is to find a distro that keeps up with Nvidia drivers as much as possible and does not need constant maintenance to avoid game breakage (one and done adjustments on initial setup are fine if there is an easy to follow and accessible guide).

I understand that there is a serious issue with Nvidia and DX12 on Linux and I might hop back into windows for specific games due to that, but only if I must.

Any suggestion/opinion is welcome.

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Hello, I'm new to Linux Gaming (not linux), got a new PC, installed everything, added PROTON_DLSS_INDICATOR=1 PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command% to the launch options, maxed all things I can found in parameters.

Am I OK ? should I expect something better ? Things are not ultra clear, text at the bottom and "FPS" at the top are weird. Problem is the same if I disable framegen (83 fps vs 152 with) with my 1080p 165Hz monitor.

Other question, is there a way to play with my triple screen ? I tested with windows the "nvidia surround" option, it's quite impressive.

Thanks !

Is anyone else experiencing this? I’m getting this strange glitch in ALL games: when I move, it creates this kind of chromatic aberration effect. The only solution I’ve found is enabling HDR on the monitor and in KDE. The downside is that it looks like crap since it’s only HDR400. This didn’t happen to me on Windows, so it’s not a monitor issue.

Here are my PC specs in case it helps:

• OS: CachyOS x86_64
• Kernel: Linux 6.18.5-2-cachyos
• Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
• Window Manager: KWin (Wayland)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (16 threads) @ 5.39 GHz
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• Memory: 32 GB RAM
• Monitor: Alienware AW2725DM – 2560x1440 @ 180 Hz

If anyone has any idea what could be causing this or how to fix it, I’d really appreciate the help.

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I'm using Cachyos. I tried most versions of Proton. I deleted and uploaded files, but it just wouldn't work. Please help.