Posting here because I don’t know any other decent communities to ask.
I’m running Mint on a fairly beefy PC that was top spec in 2022. I started with Windows then added another SSD for Linux. I went with Mint but overall I’ve found games to be a bit lackluster on here.
The main one is Elden Ring: Nightreign. It runs buttery smooth on Windows, but on the same PC using Linux it gets a little choppy and almost unplayable if I’m in a round with others.
I’ve noticed other issues like Arc Raiders is meant to work well on Linux but was an unplayable mess for me.
I’m just doing everything through Steam so nothing weird or hacky going on, I have a laptop with Bazzite I use to get games from Myabandonware running and it has been fine by comparison.
Are there any extra programs or dependencies I should download? Or should I just switch to Bazzite given I’m gaming and running a Nvidia card? I got into Linux after building this PC so I didn’t know AMD was better for Linux at the time. Building this PC showed me how to install an OS on a computer so it was the start of the rabbithole for me in a way.
I know there isn’t a lot of details on specs here, but I’m more wondering if there’s anything more I should do on a non-gaming focused distro or if it’s easier to just switch.
System: Kernel: 6.8.0-88-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2602 date: 09/27/2024
CPU: Info: 24-core (8-mt/16-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
smt: enabled arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 2.1 MiB L2: 32 MiB L3: 36 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 848 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5500:5800:4300 cores: 1: 1100 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 1100 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 1100 12: 800 13: 1100 14: 800 15: 845
16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800
28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800 32: 800 bogomips: 191692
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05
arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,DP-3
empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Remo Tech OBSBOT Meet driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 3564:fef2 class-ID: 0102
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
screens: 1
nvidia-driver-580-open
Version 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Also I’m not running any compatibility for Nightreign at the moment. I’ve tried diffferent Proton variations and it hasn’t made a difference.
Sounds like you might not have the right graphics drivers installed. For nvidia, you should be using the proprietary drivers. Iirc, mint has a nice GUI for changing graphics drivers, called driver manager or something like that.
I’ve just put all the system details in the body. I thought I was having driver issues but that was secureboot fucking with my system when I turned it on to do the BF6 open beta. I heard tinkering with driver options can impact games even when you go back because the game is looking to those drivers but even an uninstall hasn’t helped.
I was having a similar issue with Ultrakill because of the drivers but it’s running smooth now I have things resolved.
Is your laptop maybe in powersave mode?
You didn’t provide any details, so wild guesses only here. idk about mint but on kde the button to switch modes is meta+B … if your distro provides the right packages for that functionality out of the box. I’m sure there is a terminal command to check it too.
I’ve just put the system information and driver version in the body of the post. It’s a desktop so powersaving mode shouldn’t be an issue.
It still could be. For example, on my desktop I still have cpu governor profiles and the energy saving one is clocked rather low.
I have never used mint so I can’t speak to its gaming performance or optimisation tricks but I would be tempted to try out with a more bleeding edge philosophy (like Bazzite or Catchy or Nobara). They’re likely to have newer drivers and kernel etc. If that solves your problem - great!
I’m almost thinking that. I’ve been using Bazzite on a laptop and quite like it. I was running Fedora on a previous laptop as well so I’m familiar with the distro it’s derived from as well.
