Hi, I'm new here, please don't slaughter me. In these last days, I've seen some videos about Steam Gaming mode and how neatly organized and more console-like you can turn your PC or Handheld. I've heard that an amd GPU is adviced when doing the switch to Linux but I have a 4070 Super (paired with a 7 7700) and I fear I might run into some issues... Should I do the switch with my rig? If yes, which distro should I use for my use case? I was thinking about Bazzite or CachyOS. Thanks in advance

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Ok, my problem is, i started playing Elden Ring in Lutris, and noticed my FPS was around 45 fps on max settings, this was ok, although i thought my hardware was very capable of achieving at least 60 fps (RX 5600 XT + Xeon E5 2680 V4). Then i started changing the quality settings, and noticed the problem, my FPS was around 45 FPS for ALL quality settings, from low to maximum. I then suspected that it wasn't my hardware's fault, i considered CPU bottleneck, considering i use a old XEON, but i saw that there weren't any cores on 100%, but all of them were being equally underused.

I then tried fixing it. I tested using other versions of wine on Lutris, tested in heroic with different versions of wineGE/protonGE, tested enabling "above 4G decoding" and "resize bar" on my bios, tried updating the Mesa drivers (25.1.5 to 25.1.6, hence the two different screenshots), tried uninstalling amdvlk (with wasn't even installed, i am using RADV), tried using the following launch arguments and enviroment variables

VKD3D_CONFIG=no_upload_hvv %command% radv_zero_vram=false

VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json

None of these worked, i know this case is super specific, but maybe someone know how to help me, i use ubuntu, my specs and the manguhud screenshots are below

Obs: Gamemode is installed and enabled in both Heroic and Lutris, i do not have an integrated GPU, my Xeon Hyperthreading is disabled, the game is installed in a ext4 SSD, i don't get any explicit error codes when running/opening the game.

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Edit 1: I enabled Hyperthreading again, the FPS stayed the same, only the processor usage went down (all cores on 23% instead of all cores on 45%), maybe it is an power limit thing?, my power mode on ubuntu is set to performance though.

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Benchmark with new drivers

SPECS - My GPU is a RX 5600 XT

benchmark with old drivers

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It happens usually on loading screens or after a match ends. Normally it's not that usual, but today I had it happen 4 or 5 times, one of them during a game.

I'm new at Linux and I'm a bit lost here, I've read that I should provide logs but I don't know where to find those.

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Note: I have asked a similar question in other subreddits, but this is the only one I can actually share a video example of this issue.

I'm having issues getting 3D Groove games to work properly in lutris...

Weirdly enough, I can get the game to run, but it always launches at 640x480 on fullscreen, and I can't start the game because of it.

Normally, you could alt + tab and change the resolution on computer, but I can't do it in a way that changes the game resolution because I'm using wine/lutris to run it.

I don't know what the custom launch arguments are for Lutris that can force the game to launch at full resolution as my screen, so if anyone could provide answers, it would be greatly appreciated.

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tentei executar o elden ring nightreign (nrsc launcher.exe na steam, com comandos spacewar), sempre funcionou, nunca deu erro, mas entao hoje, fui abrir, e de repente, quando abro o jogo, a steam fecha, eu tentei com outros jogos com online fix (liars bar, bread and fred, wizard of legends 1 e 2), e todos eles fecham a steam quando tento abrir, estou usando proton 9.0, ja tentei usar o experimental e o GE, mas ambos fazem a mesma coisa

ubuntu latest
asus gtx 1660 super
ryzen 5 3500
16 gb ram

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Hi guys, this has happened in some games like MW3 (through Proton of course) but even on Pay Day 2, which is native on Linux.

Mouse input is incorrect, the cursor goes up more than it goes down, and the same is for right and left, just like in the video (I moved the mouse in a circle, as I demonstrate while having the Gnome menu out)

I tried to search but found nothing, help, and thanks in advance :)

Ubuntu 24.04, stock Ubuntu Gnome.

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am i able to use amds adrenalin software through a vm?

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i have Avery old tablet(Huawei media pad 7 youth 2) with quad core a7 cortex 1.2ghz and 1gb of ram. it is almost usage as a MiFi device to a honor pad 9 tablet which doesn't have sim card slot(yeah iam in unstable area which only has a 140gb internet quota per month so i use 3g mobile data ) and some time i open YouTube on browser and most of the time it doesn't give and sound just images

.........

my question here : is there any light , avery very light Linux or and free os which i could use my tablet more ? a distro which allows me to use it as a retro handheld console . or a any thing to watch videos and read some pdf . any thing more usable

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After a very frustrating evening, I am thinking about going back to Windows. I don't like it and I was ready to work with Linux (specifically Fedora) to finally leave it behind. But today I just wanted to play a game. With a controller. And my PC just did not want to connect to it. In the last month of trying Fedora I had not yet tried connecting my Xbox One gamepad. So I tried it and it did not recognize the dongle (or controller if I connected it via cable). That was kind of expected. So I started googling and found xone. Set it up (swith ome difficulties because of dependencies) and ... nothing. Tried two different methods I found online ... nothing. I had problems with Linux for about everything I tried. I always made it work, but so many things just did not work without a fix. My Email client, software for pen&paper, lighting controls for LEDs or mouse macros. Also for some reason some applications went missing and had to be reinstalled (no idea what happened there) This evening I just wanted to play and instead tried to fix something for an hour. With no result. I am just frustrated. Sorry for the rant.

Note: as I see it now, I either have to buy a new gamepad or go back to Windows. If you have an idea, I would be happy to try it. (My controller is an Xbox one controller that only works with the dongle. I was never able to connect it directly via Bluetooth)

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I would like to have games run smoother.

What is your opinion about low-latency or linux-TkG ? which one gives better results?

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Is there anything that should be considered when choosing between the two?

Thanks a lot!

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I saw the black ops 1 post now that ntsync is working, all the emulators run on Linux so is there actually anything that doesn't run purely because of incompatibility

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hey! i bought a fresh Ultimate 2C with the 2.4g dongle. for some reason everything works fine except the X axis on my right joystick swapped with my left trigger; happens on 2.4g and wired.

on Windows it works fine, it recognises the controller as an Xbox gamepad, but i'm not sure what's happening on Linux.

what should i do?

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I don't have USB or CD, I would like to remove my Windows 10 pro operating system and change it to Linux mint... Does anyone know how I can do it without USB? No CD?

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I have tried linux many times, well over 15-20 distros that I like. But there's not as much simplicity with how you customize your system. I want a new desktop enviornment, i need terminal commands and git cloning and this, that, etc. On windows i just click settings (to change some taskbar settings.)

Then there's the fact I can't play certain games. I tried archcraft, which did something to my USB or something to where trying to install any other os results in "You need to load the kernel first!"

Theres not as much software and so nobody uses it. And companies dont make software for it because nobody uses it. And since companies dont make software nobody uses it.

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Hey r/linux_gaming! 👋

I'm excited to share **MAMEUIx v0.1.2**, a modern, fast, and user-friendly frontend for MAME written in Rust using the egui framework. It's now available on the Arch User Repository (AUR) and supports all major Linux distributions!

## 🚀 What Makes It Special

**Performance First**: Built in Rust with egui, it efficiently handles 48,000+ MAME games with smooth virtual scrolling and background processing. No more waiting for ROM scans to complete!

**Modern UI**: Clean, intuitive interface with 10 beautiful themes (Dark Blue, Neon Green, Arcade Purple, Light Classic, and 6 more). Fully resizable columns with persistent settings.

**Advanced Features**:

- Smart ROM detection (ZIP + CHD support)

- Advanced filtering by availability, manufacturer, year, etc.

- BGFX integration with GLSL shader support (CRT, LCD, scanline effects)

- Hardware filtering by CPU, device, and sound chip types

- Plugin detection (hiscore, cheat, autofire)

- Favorites system and search functionality

## 📸 Screenshots

**Main Interface** - Clean, modern UI with game list, filters, and artwork display:


**Directories Configuration** - Easy setup for ROM paths and artwork:


**Theme Selection** - 10 beautiful themes to choose from:


**Display Settings** - Advanced graphics and performance options:


**ROM Verification** - Built-in ROM integrity checking:


*[View all screenshots in the album](https://imgur.com/a/onHJBBw)\*

## 📦 Easy Installation

**Arch Linux (AUR)**:

```bash

yay -S mameuix

# or

paru -S mameuix

```

**Other Linux Distros**:

```bash

# Universal installer (auto-detects your distro)

chmod +x install.sh

./install.sh

```

**From Source**:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/firesand/MAMEUIx.git

cd MAMEUIx

cargo build --release

```

## �� Key Features

- **Fast Game Loading**: Handles large ROM collections efficiently (48,634 games loaded!)

- **Background Scanning**: Non-blocking UI during ROM detection

- **Cross-Platform**: Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux

- **Minimal Dependencies**: Only requires MAME >= 0.200

- **Theme Customization**: Easy switching between 10 beautiful themes

- **Column Width Persistence**: Remembers your layout preferences

- **Artwork Display**: Shows game artwork, screenshots, cabinets, marquees, and flyers

- **ROM Verification**: Built-in integrity checking for your ROM collection

- **Advanced Filtering**: Filter by availability, working status, favorites, and more

## 🔧 System Requirements

- **MAME**: 0.200+ (recommended)

- **Memory**: 4GB RAM minimum, 8GB recommended

- **Graphics**: OpenGL 3.3+ for BGFX support

## 🎯 Perfect For

- Retro gaming enthusiasts

- MAME users who want a modern, fast frontend

- Anyone tired of slow, outdated MAME frontends

- Linux users who appreciate native performance

- Users with large ROM collections (48K+ games)

## 🔗 Links

- **GitHub**: https://github.com/firesand/MAMEUIx

- **AUR Package**: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mameuix

- **Issues & Feedback**: https://github.com/firesand/MAMEUIx/issues

## �� What's New in v0.1.2

- Updated dependencies and improved build process

- Fixed PKGBUILD for proper AUR integration

- Corrected minimal dependencies (no unnecessary GTK/WebKit requirements)

- Enhanced source tarball generation

- Better Linux packaging support

The application is actively maintained and I'm always open to feedback and feature requests! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions about setup.

Happy gaming! 🕹️

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i know im a masochist having nvidia & linux

i have issue where zelda BOTW on Cemu emulator freezes after sleep and boiled it down to fps++ modification/graphics pack. it happens on both Nobara with Nvidia New Feature drivers branch (normal drivers freeze every game after few sec), and Bazzite default nvidia drivers.

there is tiny tiny tiny chance someone here has overcome this issue, maybe?
thanks

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Hello!
I have followed the tutorial from ProtonGE's GitHub page (For FlatPak since that is the version of Steam I have) and Steam refuses to recognize the compatibility tool. I did the FlatPak command, nothing. I did the manual install, nothing. I ran the shell script beneath those two, nothing. I restarted Steam and my computer after every attempt to ensure it was fully refreshed nothing. I am sure it is something wrong I am doing (or FlatPak's version of Steam is buggy), but can anyone help! I really appreciate it. Feel free to call me stupid if it is me, lol.

SOLVED: Thanks u/1stnoob !

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As you may or may not be aware, on Windows there's an utility called MorePowerTool that allows you to modify your AMD GPU’s pp_tables. That includes doing things like extending the power limit beyond the allowed overclock, fine-tuning voltages and stricter control of the clocks in the GPU.

On Linux, it's more complicated. There's not a simple all-in-one GUI tool like MPT, but it is possible to configure all the same options with some effort.

WARNING: Make sure to have an install media USB you can chroot into your system from or some way to recover it because you may end up with the GPU crashing as soon as it has to display anything if you go too far. Reverting changes is very easy if you have this.

WARNING: The entries I mention here should work for all RDNA2 dedicated GPUs. It's possible that RDNA3 and 4 have different names and capablities since AMD limited PowerPlay table editing for those architectures.

The program that makes all of this possible is called UpliftPowerPlay, or upp for short. The repo with the installation process is here https://github.com/sibradzic/upp though I just installed it from the AUR.

To start with, you’ll want to run this command.

upp dump > pp_table.txt

You might get an error saying it can't find the GPU Card0, in which case find out your GPU's number and run:

upp -p /sys/class/drm/card[X]/device/pp_table dump > pp_table.txt

This will get the current values of the pp_table and save it in a human-readable format in the pp_table.txt file. Some of these values are straightforward like the power limit or FCLK, where what you write is what you get, but the voltages aren't.

If you have a Windows partition, you can run MPT, configure the voltages to what you want them to be and then save an .mpt file in a location that can be accessed by your linux partition. Then, you can run “upp -m [.mpt dir] dump > mpt_table.txt” to get the dump of the mpt pp_table and check what the voltages are there.

If you don’t have a Windows partition, then you can take a cautious approach to the voltages and lower them little by little - increments of 100 should be fine until you find some instability. Maybe you can also figure out what format the voltage values are stored in.

To apply the values, I suggest using the systemd module included in the repo. Once you enable it you also need to create the file /etc/upliftpowerplay/cardX.conf.

As an example, let’s start with TdcLimit 0, which is the GPU’s power limit. On the pp_table.txt file, you should see TdcLimit is under the smc_table indent and it has 0 and 1 entries so in in the .conf file, you can add this line to modify it:

/smc_table/TdcLimit/0=[*]

( [*] is whatever value you want to set it to)

That line will increase the power limit after the next reboot. The modified tables can also be loaded in real time with “upp undump [file]”, but in my experience this can crash your PC depending on what you’re tweaking and this method will not persist after a reboot. Going forwards I will assume you’re doing the systemd method, but the manual method is mostly the same if you’re doing a script or something.

Some of the things you can use this for:

Modifying the power limit

/smc_pptable/TdcLimit/0=[*] (GPU Power)

/smc_pptable/TdcLimit/1=[*] (SoC Power)

/overdrive_table/max/8=[*] (GPU Power slider - ensure it can reach the max target)

This is very useful for power-limited GPUs, especially if you have some lower-end models without any overclocking allowed in the bios.

Fine-tuning voltages

GPU voltage:

/smc_pptable/MaxVoltageGfx=[*]

This modifies the maximum allowed voltage from the GPU, that you would see reported in MangoHud, LACT, etc. Unlike LACT’s (or other OC tool’s) curve offset, this is a hard cap. The GPU will not exceed this value no matter what. If you're going for a low power build you can get big savings here.

SoC voltage:

/smc_pptable/MaxVoltageSoc=[*]

This modifies the voltage of… something else. I don’t know exactly what it does BUT it can lower power usage a bunch - I could lower it down to 900mv from 1050mv without any stability concerns.

Keep in mind that if you're going to overclock the FCLK (Infinity Cache), the SoC voltage can make it unstable. The opposite is also true, underclocking the FCLK a little can net you some more headroom to lower the voltage without much (if any) of a performance penalty.

Memory Voltage:

/smc_pptable/MemVddciVoltage/3=[*]

/smc_pptable/MemMvddVoltage/3=[*]

These values are related to the VRAM voltages. Try to test a variety of games when touching this, as the artifacts can manifest in weird ways. Afaik, modifying only DPM3 should work for games but I modify all 4 just in case (duplicate the lines above but instead of the 3 add a line with a 0, another with a 1 and another with a 2)

Overclocking / Underclocking the Infinity Cache

/smc_pptable/FreqTableFclk/0=[*] (FCLK min)

/smc_pptable/FreqTableFclk/1=[*] (FCLK max)

/smc_pptable/FclkBoostFreq=[*] (FCLK boost - set this to the same value as max)

The performance impact of FCLK will vary from game to game, and GPU to GPU. In my experience, games that make use of Ray Tracing benefit from increasing this, while many other games perform the same.

Conclusion

After all of that, I managed to lower the power consumption of my GPU in the two max load scenarios I was testing (Doom Eternal and Clair Obscur) from 120W to 96W without any performance degradation.

There’s more things you can do with MPT, like adjusting the voltage curve’s parameters, the allowed fan speed, the temperature target, stricter clock control, etc. These should be doable on Linux as well with this same method, so if you like tinkering there's more stuff to mess around with.

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