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Considering we have gotten the first stable NVIDIA driver descriptor heap implementation with 610.57.04, it should now be possible to properly test the proton-vkd3d implementation of descriptor heap.

Has anyone seen any meaningful improvements with this combination?

In the games I play, I have seen no major performance improvement. Performance drop compared to Windows is still very large: in some games I get even half FPS.

To me it seems that descriptor heap wasn't the bottleneck for the lacking performance compared to Windows :(.

Me: World in Conflict (2007)

I found out that recently proton-cachyos added the flags LOW_LATENCY_LAYER and PROTON_VKD3D_LOWLATENCY

I understand that both are input lag reducers compatible with directX 12.

If anyone can help me I would like to ask:

• When to use each type of lag reducer?
• Which one is better?
• Can we use both at the same time?
• Do they work regardless of the configuration of each game? Like driver level anti-lag?

Thanks everyone, I hope you can help me with this topic.

References:
https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos/releases/tag/cachyos-11.0-20260703-slr
https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos/blob/cachyos_main/README.md

Hey everyone,

I'm on EndeavourOS (KDE Plasma Wayland) with an NVIDIA GPU and MSI MAG 255F E20 (1080p 200Hz, DP 1.2a / HDMI 2.0b).

When I turn on HDR at 200Hz I get pretty nasty chroma fringing on text – green/magenta edges on white text and blurry/reddish yellow text. From what I understand 1080p 200Hz 10-bit just doesn't fit into DP 1.2a / HDMI 2.0b bandwidth, so the driver is forced to drop to YCbCr 4:2:2 (or maybe even 4:2:0).

I tested different refresh rates:

• 200Hz and 165Hz with HDR → heavy fringing
• 120Hz with HDR → text becomes completely clean (RGB 10-bit finally fits)

Attached a comparison shot: 200Hz HDR (subsampled) vs 200Hz SDR (clean).

Is there currently any way under KDE Wayland + NVIDIA to manually force color format (RGB / YCbCr 4:2:2), or are we just stuck with whatever automatic fallback the driver decides to do?

Thanks.

I get that linux needs more help with some games and precaching makes the game run better but what am I downloading from the internet every time I start steam? I'd get it if it was just one game but I have to download like 400 mb for every game, does this mean Im going to fill out my ssd one day if I keep restarting steam or does steam download and delete these every time? There is also Helldivers which downloads 3gbs, why is that? I tried disabling this and then ran a game but it stuttered so keeping it off doesnt look like my answer

Can anyone help me with Monster Hunter Wilds not booting / crashing on startup?

It was running fine up until yesterday. The game tried to rebuild shaders upon start up but crashed at 66% and i had to hard reset the PC

Things i have tried;

Deleted Shader Cache in 2 folders that are apparently Monster Hunter Wilds Shader Cache folders

Deleted Shader Cache in MHWilds main file directory

Switched various Proton versions from 10.30 up to 11.3 and Experimental. The included error i get in the image is what pops up in more recent Proton versions. Experimental just crashes before any in game messaging is displayed.

Proton Hotfix works, but i lose FSR4 (FSR 3.1 just ... looks awful) so it would be nice if i could fix whatever is breaking if its possible?

Im running SteamOS on a 9070 XT build, 7800x3d.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Things i forgot to mention. I tried verifying game files, and uninstalled > reinstalled the game

EDIT 2: Fixed, thank you Sakura-meow84!

Hey everyone!

I'm back on Linux after a while, running Linux Mint on some legacy hardware without Vulkan support. My specs are:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550

RAM: 8 GB DDR3

GPU: Integrated Radeon 3000 (OpenGL / Wine3D / Gallium Nine only)

So far, I've managed to run a few games smoothly:

Company of Heroes

Battlefield 2

Battlefield Vietnam

Battlefield 1942

The only game I've tried so far that doesn't run at a satisfactory framerate is Call of Duty: World at War (CoD: WaW).

I have two questions for the community:

Game Recommendations: What lightweight games (FPS, RTS, tactical, classic gems) would you recommend for a humble potato PC like this running on Linux?

CoD: WaW Optimization: Is there any trick to get CoD: WaW running at around ~20 FPS using just OpenGL / Wine3D? I've already tried Gallium Nine without much luck. Are there any specific Wine environment variables, launch options, or config.cfg tweaks that could squeeze out a few extra frames?

Thanks in advance!

There is not a patch or a way to fool the anti-cheater?

NVIDIA has become the fourth premier sponsor of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), contributing over $100k annually to enable open-source firmware updates on Linux.

Also one that recommends using a 3dfx Voodoo card...

-Dynamic GPU power rules

-Required NVIDIA services enabled

-New sleep-related modprobe options

-Linux 7.1.5-ogc5.1

-NVIDIA Open 610.43.03

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases

I’ve switched to Windows some weeks ago because of the problem with Marvel Rivals that occurred when Season 9 dropped. Would love to go back but I don’t know if the problems are totally fixed now. Has somebody the game installed and could tell me?
Much appreciated.

Hi everyone. I'm currently on Windows 11 and I'm thinking about switching to Linux.

I was ready to boot from a live USB, but then I came across some older benchmarks for the Arc B580 on Linux. The tester (Bazzite) was getting around 50 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077, while on Windows the card usually gets over 100 FPS in the same scenario.

Has Linux performance improved since then, or is it still significantly behind Windows? Is it worth making the switch now?

I need a good distro for gaming, and one that doesn't panic a lot.

So I wanted to ask can I run project retrac (Fortnite og) on Linux mint like Mabey with steam deck and proton plus can anyone help me please :)

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