Hi. I was playing Dark Souls Remastered for a few months and suddenly the performance dropped significantly. It was running at 60 FPS at 1600x900 resolution, but now it's around 25 FPS. The performance monitor shows that the Vega 10 GPU runs without problems (62-67 degrees Celsius, not overheating). I compared it with other benchmark videos and didn't notice anything unusual.

I disabled my discrete NVIDIA GPU when I started playing Dark Souls and found that the Vega 10 is much better on Linux. After the performance drop, I first thought that the NVIDIA GPU turned on again, but no.

I run Dark Souls through Steam. I also noticed that Dark Souls 2 (the old one) has a performance drop too, so it's not just one game, but I'm not sure about other games.

I tried:
- adding more NVIDIA packages to the blacklist
- downgrading Mesa to cached versions from before I started playing
- maxing out performance with the `ryzenadj` package
- forcing high performance mode in battery management
- following the AMDGPU driver installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU
- disabling all tools like gamemoderun, gamescope, and mangohud
- changing proton versions: 9, 10

I've spent like two days reconfiguring everything and nothing worked. Maybe someone could suggest other possible solutions that I haven't considered?

Proton logs: https://pastes.io/untitled-paste-11973

Below is my system info

System: Kernel: 6.18.2-arch2-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=618b6493-66ad-4dab-9838-3590e512d09f rw reboot=pci loglevel=3 quiet pcie_aspm=off rtl8821ct.disable_msi=1 Desktop: bspwm v: 0.9.12 with: polybar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Arch Linux Memory: System RAM: total: 20 GiB available: 17.51 GiB used: 3.92 GiB (22.4%) Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode. Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est. Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 4 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A5244CB0-CTD serial: N/A Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A2K43DB1-CTD serial: <filter> CPU: Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109 Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1398 min/max: 1400/2300 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1398 2: 1398 3: 1398 4: 1398 5: 1398 6: 1398 7: 1398 8: 1398 bogomips: 36734 Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: old_microcode status: Not affected Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsa status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX230] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d11 class-ID: 0302 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 55.0 C Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2.2:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo> Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 11 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics (RADV RAVEN) driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.2-arch1.1 device-ID: 1002:15d8 surfaces: N/A API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing. Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo gpu: amdgpu_top,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 375.07 GiB (78.6%) SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 471.94 GiB size: 463.46 GiB (98.20%) used: 375.07 GiB (80.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes compressor: zstd max-pool: 20% ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 54.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1700 Info: Processes: 322 Power: uptime: 21h 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 2 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.94 GiB services: upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical tool: systemctl Packages: 1160 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1138 libs: 360 tools: yaourt pm: flatpak pkgs: 22 Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.40 submitted by /u/Moryee
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I tried the following controllers:

Steam Controller Xbox 360 Wireless Controller 8Bitdo Ultimate 2c

Always 1 controller at a time gets recognized, making it impossible to play coop. Playing with keyboard is also impossible as it appears to control the same character as the controller. I tried disabling Steam Input, but nothing changes. Anyone got a solution?

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i have been using linux for the past 3 years and i got a controller from my brother so we can play on steam split screen, but i don't know anything about controllers and i think it is broken or something, when try to select something in a radial menu (for example bg3)
it can not go to 1 or 2 'o clock just the 8general directions and it is hard to do anything with it
am i the wrong for now knowing something (i have never used controllers before) or is the controller broken ?
edit 1: i have a trust gxt controller

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https://github.com/Ashrynne/hyprflow
Hyprflow is a super flexible and simple bash script that will take care of procrastination by not letting you get distracted by basically anything on your system. From specific websites, or even pages of a website, to any apps, games and windows of any kind that you have

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Hey Linux Gamers,

Finally, closing one of the oldest requests on GitHub, Goverlay is finally available at Flathub. It was only possible due to the amazing work of @twig6843 .

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.benjamimgois.goverlay

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I downloaded Zenless Zone Zero and it closed after launching for the first time, so I thought I didn't had any space for the shaders to unpack cuz I had 7ish gb left after downloading so I went ahead and made some space (40 gb). Then it ran fine.

now fast forward to today, I ran it and it launched and closed again immediately, so I went to launcher settings and cleared game cache and then it launched fine.
Now fast forward to present time, I launched it again, same problem but even after clearing the cache, I can't launch it now. It opens and closes immediately.
First I tried with proton-GE and then with system(10.19) runner.

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title.

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I've wanting to switch since the forced us W11. I installed it and I hate it. Is there any viable Linux distribution for gaming? Preferably actively updated. Thank you.

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When I stream on discord (I use Vesktop) often these artifacts come up. I even see them myself and they come out when I'm on fullscreen. I have no problems while recording with OBS. I have a GTX 1660 Super, two monitors, I use Fedora on Gnome with Wayland. Any help is welcome :)

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Hi there!

I often use Steam Input to remap some buttons — for example, to make the Start button quicksave on a single press, quickload on a double press, and so on.

However, when I enable Steam Input, the in‑game button prompts in Cyberpunk 2077 switch to Xbox ones. Is it possible to use Steam Input while keeping PlayStation button prompts?

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Im trying to recreate this on Linux using vkBasalt. What effects/shaders do I need?
Ive been fighting this vkBasalt thing all day now and per game config still wont work

https://preview.redd.it/rhgmwshthx9g1.png?width=1073&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e86a67eda21e0df4fddbf22118074c966e3c4fe

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OS: Arch Linux
WM: Hyprland 0.52.2 (Wayland)

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https://preview.redd.it/9vde27eebx9g1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=195cda94c2aea0263c26d719e0b59ddd657669ba

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Hello everyone,

With my latest upgrade of my configuration (that you can find below), I've become quite fed up by Windows overall (currently 11) as I feel like it's dragging my specs now, and with the whole future features planned, I feel like it's only about to get worse.

https://preview.redd.it/nqrxg7gj6x9g1.png?width=533&format=png&auto=webp&s=55ce264f71e0460a1ce1e9d8fe16038393c1c7c2

In terms of usage, nowadays I only play solo games from Steam/GoG, sometimes Emulators and using Firefox to browse stuff and watch Youtube.

I've always been tempted to try some Linux solution (sorry if I keep confusing Linux Distribution, I know there are Ubuntu, Fedora etc...) in the past, but I'm quite a newbie to say the least. But more importantly, I was always afraid of having all drivers compatible, and also all games. I'm a Steam Deck owner for 2 years now, and I've been impressed by Proton sustainability and so it reassured me, even if I still have a few doubts about modded games such as Fallouts.

Also I was thinking for starter to not yet completely switch from Windows to Linux, but to have it on a second Disk to first test, and if I get along with it, I would eventually do the full switch.

I did read when browsing the subreddit that Ultramarine Linux was a really good candidate for a first newbie experience, but may be incompatible with some specific features like ethernet (may have missunderstood, but as I don't have any wifi...).

What would be the best Linux OS for a newbie, focused on gaming ?

I thank you in advance for your answers!

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Both native and proton crash instantly when you launch with shadows turned on. This is happening to more people according to protondb. I wonder if devs know about this or if someone came up with a fix.

Using Nvidia with Bazzite.

https://www.protondb.com/app/1142710

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Hey guys. Been working on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) for a few years as a computer science student and I'm finally committing to switching to Linux for my gaming desktop, which leads me to the following questions:

Is Pop_OS working out-the-box? I have an AMD CPU and a 4070Ti.

On System76's website, they state that every program working on Ubuntu will work on Pop_OS!. Is it enough to say that it is an Ubuntu-based distro?

I have a 8BitDo Ultimate controller which works thanks to a dongle, is it supposed to work out-the-box on Linux too?

Thanks to anyone who gives me a piece of advice.

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