Hi guys!

I'm thinking of building a computer for the first time in over 10 years - for gaming on linux. My current computer is a cheap Walmart laptop that's a Core i7 1200 series with iRIS Xe graphics that weaker than the last computer I built 10 years ago. Getting pretty irritated at it crashing every few matches on War Thunder on Bazzite/Steam because of what I would assume is the GPU overheating. Fan goes 100% as soon as the game starts. I've got it set to limit at 60 FPS in an effort to reduce the work the GPU is doing.

Not a big budget. Don't need anything fancy.

I'm way out of date on what the market is right now on Intel and AMD but in the reading I've been doing I, if I understand it correctly AMD has pulled ahead of Intel. I have more experience with Intel, but it's not really a big deal to me because I'm not brand loyal. I just want something I can play on without it crashing / overheating. Don't need ultra high resolution or 1000 FPS.

I've got an old Micro ATX tower w/ 300w power supply I can use that I got from the in-laws when they got a new laptop.

QUESTIONS:
1 - Is it possible to stay under $500 for a CPU/MB combo and GPU?
2 - If so what are my options?

As paydays allow, a better power supply, SSD drive and max RAM for the motherboard will be purchased.

Can currently play War Thunder in a limited capacity due to the crashing problems. End goal is no crashes and playing DCS World.

Thanks!

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How to Opt Into the public-beta

• Right-click Black Mesa in your Steam Library
• Select "Properties"
• Navigate to "Betas"
• Select "public-beta" from the dropdown menu

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I haven't exactly started yet, but I thought in case I get Lutris to play on my GNU/Linux box, I thought I should ask before trying to do so.

I am interested in using IPXWrappers with Lutris for all the games using the IPX/SPX protocol to play on the local area network.

I did recall reading instructions on how to do it, but since then, I cannot find those instructions.

So, can someone tell me how I can integrate IPXWrapper with Lutris so I can play all my IPX/SPX games, such as Warcraft II BNE and Command and Conquer Red Alert 2, on the LAN?

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fallout 3 goty edition gog crashes everytime i continue or new game

i apologize for the noisy video

pop os latest version core i5 4210u r5 m230 (but keeps crashing when i select it so currently using intel hd graphics)

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So I'm on the hunt for the best 4k gaming monitor but there are SOO many options out there and I'm lowkey lost. Can experts please give any reccs or advices?

Should I go for a 32 inch 4K monitor or is a 27" fine? Alsoo, is HDR really a game changer? what affect does it have on the gaming performance?

pleasee help out!

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Hi I purchased Assassin's Creed: Origins via Ubisoft Connect and it was installed by lutris installer, but it gets stuck on the warning screen. Log:

2025-04-20 07:11:19 [ 2052] [DEBUG] Hooks.cpp (43) : --- Overlay started --- (Z:\run\media\dio79\c4443f2b-c94c-4a4c-b620-b455c8914ca9\Assassin's Creed Origins\ACOrigins.exe)

2025-04-20 07:11:19 [ 2052] [INFO ] Hooks.cpp (64) : UI disabled via command line

2025-04-20 07:11:19 [ 2052] [DEBUG] PlatformHooks.cpp (150) : 'kernel32.dll' hooked

2025-04-20 07:11:19 [ 2052] [DEBUG] PlatformHooks.cpp (150) : 'kernel32.dll' hooked

2025-04-20 07:11:19 [ 2052] [DEBUG] PlatformHooks.cpp (150) : 'shell32.dll' hooked

wine client error:980: write: Descrittore di file errato

How fix it?

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I tried playing devil may cry on with windows and my Linux distro. The moment I open a browser in the background the performance of the game absolutely tanks and becomes unplayable while in windows, I was playing the game at the same exact settings maybe even lower on Linux while having 2 windows of my browser open while copying a backup of the game files to my pendrive and the performance drop want even noticable. I didn't exactly take benchmarks because I assumed that my system just couldn't run the game until I switched to windows for another reason and noticed this. I use proton GE and Arch btw.

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a game i have (flight simulator x) crashes when i select a specific addon, but the logs that PROTON_LOG=1 sends don't have any useful info.

on windows, fsx errors can be easily debugged because they always leave event logs, but i don't know where these are on linux also, i've already confirmed that the crash isn't caused by anything having to do with my wine/proton config; it's most likely some dll causing errors

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So im trying to get my phone to work as a steering wheel for F1 2020. I made a python script accompanied by processing for UI. The acceleration and reverse buttons work fine and are able to get input in the game, but for steering i am unable to do so. these are the scrips if anyones interested:
python: https://srcb.in/MGIa76jhlc

processing: https://srcb.in/FljaTPW9sA

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Title. It's saying it's only available on windows and max, which is very odd because it installs with no issues on my steam deck. I'm assuming there's some sort of setting I need to check to get around this but I can't find it anywhere. Running Nobara Linux 41 KDE Plasma Version 6.3.3, and GE-Proton9-27

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Linux Mint using Heroic launcher. I've been unable to join any cross play lobbies. Singleplayer works fine. I can see my friends lobbies, but when I try to join, or if someone tries to join mine it just goes to a loading screen that's stuck at 0%. I'm using Heroic Launcher with Proton GE. I'm fairly new to Linux, but pretty technical.

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Rather simple question, to see if other people have tried playing R6S with Lutris.

I'm running Manjaro, and will be avoiding Win11 like the plague... but still miss siege once in a while....
my question is: has anyone been banned from siege while using Lutris? If not, how long have you been using it?

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I am on fedora 42 and with the 9070 XT. Steam rpm is really off for some reason. It works but if I close it and try to open it again it completely flips out. What happens is it tries to launch then crashed , then tries to launch then crashed … I have no idea what to do ? Or what even is the issue. I am a newb at Linux so please go easy on me. The only times that it worked well was when I tried to launch it from the terminal. But after I closed it and tried to launch it from the terminal nothing happened and then on my dock it would just try again and again and again to open it but would crash within a second. The only fix was to do a restart

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Every few posts I see on here, there is someone in the comments disparaging mint for having older packages. Is that really an issue or is it just a matter of subjective taste?

I've tried using fedora workstation and kde in the past but they've always been buggy for me. Could be because I'm using a 3060. Mint has always been relatively solid for me with the exception of having older stuff.

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Hello recently Microsoft said that they will be discontinuing windows 10 and my pc doesn't not meet the requirements for windows 11 and i thought to use Linux. But Linux has many different distros and I can't pick which one is the best for me, i usually game most of the time and some times watch YouTube my pc specs are intel xeon e5 2680 v4 rx 580 16 gb ram.(thanks for replies)

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https://anbernic.com/pages/shipping-policy

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I have an unconventional setup. My S.O. and I have our computers in the same room, but we wanted to play some roomscale co-op. The budget solution (with a little elbow grease) was to use a 50ft active usb repeater and a 50 ft DP cable running from the office to the front room. Once everything was setup I ran into problems that I think may be fairly common.

My hope is that this post will help those with similar issues to find a fix.

When I started up steam vr, I was getting the following symptoms:

• headset shows on the start screen (as do the base stations and controlers if I connect them)
• there is a popup above the steamvr window that says 'Failed to connect to headset display' with error code '(496).
• a blank black window pops up and refuses to close
• the 'displays' window on the kde settings application showed a small 640x480 'unknown' display (the headset)

The first thing I did of course was double check all of my connections, which were physically fine. All cables were seated properly and I could see the usb with lsusb -t (lists the connected usb devices in a tree format so you can see how things are connected).

One thing I didn't know how to check was the Display Port connection quality (which ended up being the issue). I was able to check this with sudo dmesg and look for failures. I was getting the following message any time I plugged in the headset's DP cable: [12563.709881] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: [drm] REG_WAIT timeout 1us * 100 tries - dcn32_program_compbuf_size line:138 [12619.750672] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* No EDID read. [12620.579032] amdgpu 0000:05:00.0: [drm] enabling link 2 failed: 15 If you have this message, it means that your machine can't identify the headset as a headset on the display port side of things, which is required by steam to work. Apparently this is usually caused by bad cables or by old cables (as EDID is a newer feature of display port). I moved the headset closer to the computer and plugged it in directly, and found success.

I have ordered a fiber optic display port cable that supports edid, so hopefully that allows me to go back to the old setup with the longer cable.

Hope this helps to find or eliminate possibilities for your issue!

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I’m on pop! and are trying to set up ALVR with my quest 2. It will connect and everything but steamvr gives an error -202. On my headset my screen is black when it connects to ALVR streamer.

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