I've tried linux so many times but always run into major issues. Can't install windows 11 or enroll in extended updates for 10 so I'm stuck. I currently live away from my partner so we stream games over discord regularly when we can't see each other. I've tried it on Linux but discord runs so badly it's impossible. OBS through discord has high latency and game audio doesn't work. Steam game streaming just doesn't work at all. Are there any other options that work? It's what made me give up trying linux for the third time. Gaming is otherwise bearable.

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System information:

OS: POP!_OS 22.04
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1400
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

I've recently started using Linux for gaming, now dual booting with Windows, and I've not had the best experience. I've already tried Bazzite, Nobara and now Pop!_OS in the quest of finding a stable OS that allows me to play Overwatch 2 (and other games) without a problem. I can play it on Windows with 130-140FPS and I now managed to make it work at around 120 FPS in GNOME with some occasional fps spikes.

The problem is that I'm kinda hating gnome, from the looks to the usability, and I'd really like to make KDE Plasma work. In KDE Plasma I'm getting around 30-40 FPS with the same configurations as GNOME (I followed this tutorial and made sure I had the right NVIDIA drivers and all that):

1. The problem seems to be mainly the CPU usage (30-40% in Windows, 70%+ in KDE Plasma)
2. I blocked Wayland since I read it could affect performance, and I am running KDE Plasma on X11
3. I'm running the game with gamemoderun
4. I'm running the game with ProtonGE (the latest version)
5. I've enabled the Perfomance power option
6. I've gone through a ton of comments in the ProtonDB website, trying different launch options, but running simply "gamemoderun %command%" as given me the best performance yet

Besides the performance issue, I also hear crackling noises when running Overwatch with KDE Plasma. There's an easy launch option that fixes that, so it's not really a problem, but it might indicate some specific problem that might be affecting the performance.

I'd be grateful if someone could provide some tips that might help. I'm talking mainly about Overwatch since it's the game that has given me the most headaches and also what I'm planning to play the most, but I've also noticed performance problems in CS2 and Split Fiction.

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