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Nightreign on Mint is really framey compared to Windows (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by tombruzzo@hexbear.net to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

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!