I've been trying to get the best possible frame pacing with no tearing. I play on a 120hz oled with VRR.

I'm really confused about the way Mangohud and the allow tearing setting under Display options interacts.

Allow tearing is enabled by default in a new install on Cachyos. Meaning that vsync must be enabled another way ie in the games own options otherwise tearing will be present. And with vrr (adaptive set to automatic in display settings). Frame should be capped to 116. I do this using dxvk frame rate in steam launch options.

This works OK but I read a lot of difference of opinion about the best combo of vsync settings etc for latency and smooth frame pacing.

I play non competitive stuff on a big TV so frame pacing is most important to me.

I've seen people say to just let the OS handle all the vsync, ie have allow tearing turned off in display settings, adaptive sync set to auto, turn off vsync in games, and enjoy! This works OK but I can't shake the feeling that having allow tearing turned ON in display settings, and having vsync ON in game, results in better frame pacing. Would be interested to know if this has any basis in reality.

And I'm confused with how mangohud vsync options are supposed to work. In launch options in steam I can set mangohud to do 1, 2, or 3, 1 for off, 2 for mailbox, and 3 for fifo, if I'm using 2 or 3 presumably I would disable vsync in game. I can also set present mode so I can see in the mangohud overlay if its immediate, mailbox, or fifo - so I can see if it's activated correctly or not.

But it doesn't work like I'd expect.... If I have allow tearing ticked in display settings, and set vsync 2 or 3 in launch options with mangohud, I swear to god I get tearing, Mangohud is saying mailbox or fifo but the game is clearly tearing. Shouldn't mangohud supercede the allow tearing display option? If I enable vsync in game the tearing goes away.

Any thoughts? I'm new to all this but baffled as to how it's SUPPOSED to work. My other launch options are to use wayland, use latest dlss, use hdr, nothing crazy I don't think....

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Context: my WD2 copy came from the high seas

Games that needs Heroic Launcher are stored in a NTFS external hard drive and games worked without any problems except WD2, what should I do to fix this?

I'm sorry if this question should be on a different sub, this is the only sub I thought I could ask about Linux gaming.

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I'm just switching from Windows, and I don't know why I thought this wouldn't be too much of a problem, but I'm really bashing my head against the wall here. I have no idea how to use Wine or Proton (outside or inside Steam) and I'm trying to use Lutris, but I have no idea how that works either and every time I give it a game, it always throws some error that doesn't mean anything to me. I kept a secondary hard drive with a ton of stuff on it, and I planned to just do something like this, but I can't for the life of me get this to work. I don't know how to get Proton to work with Steam either. Every time I try to run a game, it just says it's running for a second, and then gives up. It won't even say It's running anymore, no errors or nothing. Can someone please explain how to use these things? Please, I just want to game!

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I use linux mint, i just switched over to it, when i play games, my gpu fans dont kick in. when i checked yt, some videos had showcased this same application but they had an option called enable fan settings, i cant find it here. These are my problems, any solutions? I use the nvidia-driver-580-open in my driver manager which it says is the recommended one. rtx-4050 mobile version cus its on an acer nitro

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Finally have Links 2003 installed and working by following this very detailed guide. There is also an active community supporting online tournaments. (I have used the original CD's but the game is also availble to purchase and download.)

Linux Installation Guide:

https://linkscorner.org/phpBB/download/file.php?id=4585

Community Resources:

• https://www.lspn.net/index.php
• https://www.linkscountryclub.com/
• https://www.linkscorner.org/
• https://linkscorner.org/phpBB/index.php?sid=3519eee7aec5e0517e6f5afc59f643b2

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https://youtu.be/LBRsHhJ3cQI

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Hello there,
I use and like both SteelSeries and Linux (ChachyOS).
I was looking for some help to get an alternative for the lighting since SteelSeries GG won't run on Linux, or at least I didn't get it to work properly.
OpenRGB may work for some but my Steelseries Apex Pro TKL Wireless and the Arena 9 Speakersystem won't show up.
I really don't want to switch back to Windows, but I do miss the immersive feeling that the lighting gave me when matched to the screen (pretty much like Ambilight).
Since I already have everything I need for my needs, it's not an option to buy new/other lights.
Maybe someone has an idea.
I'm also in need of a good EQ program.
I'm happy for some ideas and recommendations.

~Daik

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Hey guys. I'm a newcomer to Linux, fleeing from the Winpocalypse.

The last three months I've tested multiple distros in my journey to find something that Just Works (tm).

And I should say I'm using a newer Nvidia laptop, which adds a lot of frustration for a beginner. I also want to share my take on what needs to be done until Linux is ready for the masses.

Here's my experience:

Ubuntu

Lack of customization made me switch to Mint.

Linux Mint

Lauded as a beginner friendly distro. But is it really?

The setup was easy enough, everything seemed to work out of the box.

Then I updated the drivers and chose the newest Nvidia driver.

Mint then stopped detecting my external monitor. I spent my entire evening reading documentation trying to figure it out. Thankfully, someone told me on Reddit to disable Secure Boot and also roll back to an earlier Nvidia driver.

I think large warning signs are advisable during first time install, if an Nvidia GPU is detected. It should say something like "remember to turn off secureboot and do not use the most recent nvidia driver"

After I fixed this issue, a bunch of others cropped up:

• Only 480p shown on YouTube and Netflix (even with 1080p selected)

• Games would run slow, compared to what I expected from the hardware

• The Cinnamon interface was a bit... slow or unresponsive.. I would have to wait for 1-2 seconds every time I clicked on the start menu in the bottom left.

• I use fractional scaling, and Mint would frequently zoom the entire interface into the top left on boot. There was no easy solution to this.

Eventually Mint started crashing regularly as I tried to fix the scaling issue. So I switched to Fedora.

Fedora KDE

The live image worked fine and everything functioned as expected.

But after install, the boot screen would be stuck, spinning endlessly on the KDE/Fedora logo.

Cue a long evening of troubleshooting.

I learned that when using Nvidia, you need to boot Fedora KDE with -nomodeset, until you can install Nvidia drivers.

A warning would have been nice.

After that, I had issues with:

• Finding the apps I wanted (I need to enable repos and stuff? I selected the Nvidia repo or RPM, does that mean the driver is installed? Where to I download Heroic? Where do I download Signal?)

• Fully disabling mouse accel and smoothing (felt like dragging a glue stick across the screen).

• Fractional scaling was slightly buggy (flashing white lines at edge of screen).

I spent some time trying to fix this, then jumped to another Fedora variant.

Fedora Cosmic

Brightness controls didn't work for external monitor. Lacking apps and settings. Not ready for daily use. Fractional scaling worked fine, though, which was nice.

Bazzite

It just works. This distro is a completely superior experience to everything else I have tried.

The only issue I have now is that the scaled monitor is slightly blurry. Any idea how to fix?

My biggest takeaway from this experience is that Linux distros need to become more beginner friendly if they want mass adoption.

Most people will not spend their evening figuring out -nomodeset for a non-booting Fedora. Or accessing the BIOS to disable secure boot to get HDMI to work. How many people know what a BIOS/UEFI is?

Nor will they spend months testing out distros. People want something that works out of the box.

Regardless, after three months, I am very glad that I finally found something that works. I would much rather use an OS that respects me, rather than trade convenience for privacy.

Hope you enjoyed my TED talk.

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I'm running Gentoo Linux and I downloaded and ran DLSS Updater to upgrade my games to 4.5. however the program does not find or recognize any of my games.

Anyone have a similar issue and if so how did you fix it?

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Marvel Rivals on a 5060 ti with a Ryzen 5 3600 (which is to be upgraded because of bottleneck) runs at 50 FPS in MEDIUM

while on Windows you get 90 FPS ON ULTRA SETTINGS??

I know its a UE5 game and im being bottlenecked but STILL, i genuinely believe that the NVIDIA drivers are still wrecking with issues man

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Hi all,

as of this past saturday im a new linux mint user! (Huzzah)!

Im using the Faugus launcher to play classic wow/mists of pandaria and honestly it's been pretty effortless except for one little hiccup. I normally set my action bars to locked and set my pickup key to alt, but any time I hold down alt, the whole game freezes. It unfreezes if I let go of alt. If I hold alt for long enough I get the force quit dialogue box but even then if I let go of alt, it unfreezes.

Im wondering if there's a built in faugus keybind for the alt key that's fighting with world of warcraft? Any ideas?

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i have a gaming laptop , victus i use windows but i dont like it that much tbh the only reason i have it because i play valorant is there any way to play valo in linux ?
if there is i would change my OS

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Can anybody recommend me a Linux remake of the old spectrum game Trailblazer (from Gremlin Graphics.)
Preferably one that''s free.

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